Corporate Takeovers Pillows

Guess what, Mommy? With money from an IPO, today we completed a hostile takeover of XCLPS Corp.

'Son, the Marshak Co has take us over lock, stock and barrel. And old man Marshak - he's adopted you.'

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

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

'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..."

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

'We've just become the biggest corporation in America.. let's celebrate today and begin downsizing tomorrow.'

"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?'

A woman wearing a skin sitting behind a desk with a nameplate that reads "Sheena, Queen of the corporate jungle."

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

Under new blame.

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

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

"Now this chart should clear up any confusion you have with the report."

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

Why am I running?

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

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'

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

"Pistachio almond—that's the buyout."

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

Considering she started here as an office temp she's done quite well.

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

'There he goes, the bravest M&A knight that our kingdom has ever known.'

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

"I believe he was the victim of a hostile takeover."

'With the firm growing at the speed it has there are bound to be a few problems...'

"Benign so far."

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

Fortune cookies based on various business magazines.

"The water does taste a little funny. Maybe they added analgesics, to ease the pain of restructuring."

'Going back to work now that the kids are grown is one thing, Martha. Mounting a hostile takeover bid of my company is another!'

'It's okay if don't want to give us control of your company. We're perfectly capable of living with incredible disappointment.'