“Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance.” WellsTermCompanySharePerformancesStrongerDetermineSteadyCriteriaMergers Author:Kevin B. Rollins
“I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years using his body, why can't I be in the music industry for 50 years using my brain when my brain is way stronger than anyone's body?' I have to have a successful record company, more hit records. I want to dominate the game.” PeopleIfsWayWantYearsBodyGamesBrainCompanySuccessfulRecordsIndustryStrongerNbaMusic IndustryRecord CompaniesShaq Author:Rico Love
“An eternal marriage is eternal. Eternal implies continuing growth and improvement. It signifies that love will grow stronger with time and that it extends beyond the grave. It means that each partner will be blessed with the company of the other partner forever. Eternal signifies repentance, forgiveness, long-suffering, patience, hope, charity, love, and humility. All of these things are involved in anything that is eternal, and surely we must learn and practice them if we intend to claim an eternal marriage.” IfsMeanLongSufferingGrowsGrowthCompanyPracticeForeverHumilityInvolvedEternalClaimsStrongerBlessedCharityPartnersImprovementGravesRepentanceContinuingBeing BlessedLong SufferingEternal Marriage Author:F. Burton Howard
“The more I move among workers and factories and other plants, the stronger I become convinced that it is advisable to have as [a company] president a practical man, preferably one who has risen from the very bottom of the ladder. Workmen, I find, have far more respect for such men than for collar-and-cuff executives knowing little or nothing about the different kinds of work which have to be done by the workers. Wherever circumstances call for placing a financier or lawyer or a papa's son at the head of a large organization, he should be made chairman or some other title, but not president.” MenShouldKindLittlesMadeDifferentDoneMovingPresidentCompanyKnowingSonCircumstancesOrganizationStrongerPlantWorkersBottomConvincedLawyerPracticalsTitlesExecutivesFactoriesDifferent KindsLaddersChairmanRisenCollarsPapaWorkmenCuffsFinanciersAdvisable Author:B. C. Forbes
“I think you might see us growing much deeper into banking. You might see us acquiring companies in the banking area. You might see us acquiring companies in the retail area. I think you might see us acquiring companies in the telecommunications. I think you will see us getting stronger in business intelligence.” ThinkingInspirationalMightCompanyGrowingAreasStrongerDeeperBankingRetailGetting StrongerTelecommunications Author:Larry Ellison
“War is like a game of chess ... but with this little difference, that in chess you may think over each move as long as you please and are not limited for time, and with this difference too, that a knight is always stronger than a pawn, and two pawns are always stronger than one, while in war a battalion is sometimes stronger than a division and sometimes weaker than a company. The relative strength of bodies of troops can never be known to anyone.... Success never depends, and never will depend, on position, or equipment, or even on numbers, and least of all on position.” ThinkingMayLittlesLongTwoWarSometimesBodyMovingGamesDifferencesNumbersCompanyKnownPositionDependsPleaseStrongerChessDivisionRelativeTroopsEquipmentKnightsPawns Author:Leo Tolstoy