Mergers And Acquisitions Expert Mugs

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

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

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"

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

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

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

"They've agreed to the merger, the sticking point is who is swallowing who?"

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

Takeovers.

Fish and color

'He bowed lower for me than for you.'

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

"Cheer up, if this carries on we could become a very attractive takeover target.

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

'I understand they specialize in acquisitions.'

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

"Nobody wants to merge with us."

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

"Hey team, meet our new V.P. of acquisitions and mergers." (businessman introducing a vicking, barbarian)

'I believe in aggressive mergers, Celia.'

'Sorry, J.B., but I never merge after a first meeting.'

"I gotta admit, he's one hell of a negotiator."

Business Partners' vows

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

'Massive unpredictability is absolutely certain, maybe.'

"I always cry at mergers."

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

'A merger will enable us to have more people to blame.'

'A hostile takeover just wasn't feasible, so we agreed to a hostile merger.'

Daimler, ChryslerSturm and Drang meeting

"I was able to negotiate it from a hostile takeover to an uneasy alliance."

Okay, let's see...who's on tap to update our progress with that hostile takeover?

After the Nordstrom-Nordstream Merger

'The buildings are merging.'