Company Acquisitions Gifts

"I say buy up Sony and Honda, and so forth. I mean, tit for tat."

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

A fight in the Boardroom.

'They sold the company in 2001? I was wondering why things were slow.'

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

'We divested ourselves of a division here, a subsidiary there, a branch here, an affiliate there...there's nothing left!'

"What's wrong with swallowing up other companies?"

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

'If we have only fractional ownership, it's not a private jet anymore, is it?'

"That's Hicks from the corporate office. He's adorable, but trust me—when it comes to acquisitions, he's an animal!"

Under new blame.

'Uh - oh... this looks like an unfriendly takeover!'

Takeovers.

"The torch is passed, but since the company is going green, I'm passing a high efficiency, solar powered multi LEC prism spotlight."

'Make them a four billion dollar takeover offer, but don't cause a fuss.'

"Pistachio almond—that's the buyout."

"So far it doesn't look like a hostile takeover."

"Oh, no! We've inadvertently gobbled up our own parent company."

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

'This merger will cut jobs 40%, reduce salaries 30% and increase the work hours 25%. Your job is to make this look like the best thing that ever happened to our employees.'

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"It's strictly business. Please don't take your financial ruin personally."

"Leave Lou to me. I'll eat him and then you can run the company."

'I think we're setting the bar too low.'

Cafe investors: I'd like your support in acquiring the lemonade stand down the street. By cutting redundant labor, marketing and technology. I place our annual savings at $17 billion. The phone company investors bought it. Can monkey lick your head?

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

'Massive unpredictability is absolutely certain, maybe.'

"I always cry at mergers."

'There's enough of us...we can take them!'

'Could you be more specific than a king's ransom or an arm and a leg.'

'The buildings are merging.'

No - None sense, take-charge, inc. - Formerly: Happy-go-lucky, inc.'

"Someday, son, all this will be yours. It'll be under water, but still ..."