Mergers And Acquisitions Maestro Gifts

'...You have a hostile takeover bid stuck in your craw.'

'I'm sorry but I'm afraid the corporation is going in a different direction.'

"You've just got to have the biggest and the best, have'nt you?!"

'Lion Tamer experience hey? Well, I have a project currently needing your management skills...'

'I'm going to practice on you before I start managing other people.'

Fish and color

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

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

"I guess someone got up on the wrong side of the podium today."

"If I knew when this was going to end, it wouldn't be so stressful."

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

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

"Do you swear to calm the jittery financial markets, all the jittery financial markets and nothing but the jittery financial markets, so help you God?"

...I wonder who started the rumour of your resignation?

Traffic Management Strategic Group

'Dow goes up, Dow goes 'round, but we'll keep rockin' 'til the Fed cracks down . . . '

Cheer up, you'll get your day.

"Anyway, we'd love to have You on board for the Creighton deal."

Project Manager Showdown

Hats: Management/Good Job/Friendly but Aloof.

A statue of a businessman in a park with an inscription that reads "Outperformed the market".

'He was always too busy to sit for his portrait.'

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

"well I'll be - you are the boss of me."

'No doubt about it, John, zero does represent a critical support level for this stock.'

Football is like investing. It's good to have a diversified portfolio. A team should use a balanced mix of run plays and pass plays. And sometimes the quarterback is smart to accept a sack rather than trying something too risky. Right. Take the small loss and move on. A defensive player getting a finger on a pass can have a big impact. In both football and investing a tip can be a real game changer. But some things are different. Football has nothing like a T-Bill. There are no guarant

'My computer? - I got rid of it for insubordination!'

The merger hits a snag.

The Speculators

"...And please let the merger do through!"

"Your first job is to learn to recognize your boss' voice on the phone."

"I'm glad my team places me on a pedestal."

'I've been a broker for almost three days and I've never seen the market act like this.'

"Get me someone in Apologies, someone in Walkbacks, and send up the whole Scapegoating team."

"Gentleman, come in! Come in! Let me take your company."