If there is a Collective Bargaining Agreement, we can answer a lot of our questions in free agency. If there's not a Collective Bargaining Agreement, which we should know hopefully in the next few days, then we'll be doing most of our player acquisitions in the draft.
Quotes about acquisitions (16 Quotes)
Every generation enjoys the use of a vast hoard bequeathed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented By fresh acquisitions, to future ages.
When you have mergers and acquisitions that improve the quality of your product, the ability to grow and bring better efficiency, it's good for all.
We don't see rates declining much further or a significant firming in the near future, partly because ample capital is flowing into the market after the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, we are encouraged by the ongoing development of our internal sales culture and by our ability to complete and integrate acquisitions. We anticipate further improvement in both areas in 2006. We also anticipate that contingent commissions could decline this year due to loss experience for insurers in 2005.
Acquisitions are very important. And in fact one of the distinguishing factors between Cisco, Lucent, and Nortel is the ability to successfully acquire. Most of the new exciting technologies are coming from start-ups. And the ability for these companies to identify those start-ups and properly integrate them is going to be an ongoing differentiating factor.
Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.
We are quite open, however, to looking at acquisitions and there are opportunities that we periodically consider. and I think that may be something we do in the future, but I must say that there is no commitment to that at the present time in any form or size.
As part of our strategy going forward we are aggressively looking at alliances and joint ventures and acquisitions of biotech companies.
When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever.
Given the challenging acquisition market we are pleased to have acquired these outstanding properties. We continue to focus our growth in high growth and high barrier to entry markets. We currently have over 600 million of potential acquisitions in various stages of due diligence, and are optimistic about our ability to execute our acquisition strategy.
Interactive Data posted excellent 2005 financial results. In 2005, we surpassed the 500 million milestone in annual service revenue, an achievement that reflects the organic expansion of each core business as well as the contributions from our acquisitions.
In the company of friends, writers can discuss their books, economists the state of the economy, lawyers their latest cases, and businessmen their latest acquisitions, but mathematicians cannot discuss their mathematics at all. And the more profound their work, the less understandable it is.
The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation its acquisitions are the germs of its production.
Today we're focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it's fair to say we're not out looking for a large one, but I think it's also very fair to say that as a public company you can never say never.
The record breaking earnings and production results are indicative of the company's ability to deliver value through successful acquisitions.
Everyone alters and is altered by everyone else. We are all the time taking in portions of one another or else reacting against them, and by these involuntary acquisitions and repulsions modifying ourselves.