Business Deal Fan Prints

"And for a left-handed designated hitter and a player to be named later, Mr. Steinbrenner would gladly fly Elián home."

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

UK/US Free Trade Deal

'It's a deal, lets sniff bottoms!'

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'You'll be happy to see that I've finally managed to turn things around.'

"Of course you can resign Ferguson. How would you like to buy back your freedom? Cash, credit card or easy payments?"

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

"I need to catch you after the meeting."

"People, the facts are inescapable. Any ideas on how we can ignore them?"

"Sir, I have a question that's lunch-related."

"...That's agreed then, we raise our salaries by 40%..."

"I always cry at mergers."

'Watch it...I'm carrying a concealed weapon...my lawyer.'

...and if the Chairman rings, find out who he is.

'No hostile takeover bids beyond this point.'

'So, summing up: we 'like' you and you 'like' us.'

Let's shake on it.

'In this pyramid we are unionized. We don't accept more than 50 lashes per day.'

'In conclusion, the supplier who can repeat this phrase fastest with least mistakes wins the catering contract...'

"Remember, negotiating is like buying fruit. You don't know what you'll get until you squeeze 'em a bit."

"We've got an application from a bank asking if we'd like to sponsor a branch."

'I'll give you this, Henderson - you're no worse than anyone else.'

"I came, I saw I takeovered."

"Don't anybody move: this is a merger."

'Our strategy is to begin the meeting with an ironclad no-negotiation policy - and negotiate from there.'

'I just wish, he had been more direct...

"Oh, I'm sorry, Berger. I must have accidentally pressed the 'Sycophant' button."

One man thinking 'merger', the other thinking 'takeover'.

'I guess you lost me, Hank, at the point where we jump to light speed, travel back in time and undo the stupid merger that's causing all of our current problems!'

'I thought we'd get a merger agreement, so I arranged for our accountant teams to be on hand.'

'They want to know if they can have their arrows back.'

'We structured the deal so that you'll need a lawyer to explain it.'

Chinese business cuisine.

'Sorry for interrupting. I didn't realize you were still trying to hammer out an agreement.'