Sentences with phrase «than a merger»

An alliance, rather than a merger, was more likely.

A combination of a drugstore company and an insurer is considered less problematic than a merger of two players in the same business, which could reduce competition and hurt consumers.

Theoretically, there's a risk that the court could find the fair value to have been lower than the merger price, but that's exceedingly rare.

From a technical standpoint, I think these folks would have an easier route toward approval than a merger of two competitors.»

[6] While Norfolk supported the proposal; Suffolk indicated it would have preferred a merger with Norfolk and Essex Constabulary, although wanted to explore the viability of options other than merger; and Cambridgeshire expressed a preference to stand alone.

Comparing those numbers to all of the lateral movements of lawyers from one firm to another throughout the course of the year, the lateral hire transactions were several times greater in the aggregate than mergers.

Eight deals were cross border verein tie - ups, and those are more like offshore franchise sign ups than mergers, so we may exclude those when looking only at the U.S. market.

Norton Rose started the day with close to 2,000 lawyers in 31 cities on three continents, whereas Deneys and Ogilvy together total about 600 attorneys in eight cities, so this looks more like strategic acquisitions as part of a global expansion than a merger of near - equals.

AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV is more than a merger — it is a transformational event that could change the entire television...

Two activist investors, Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group and Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co., have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

Access Bank plans to pursue organic growth in Ghana rather than mergers or acquisitions after the central bank raised the...

That explains one side of the deal, but not the other and even then we might expect Pearson to seek the highest bidder rather than a merger or alliance.

LLC filed a Schedule 13D on December 15, 2008 urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

Two activist investors, Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group and Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co., urged MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than merger, but MATH's management seem intent on a merger.

LLC had been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

The two activist investors, Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group and Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co., have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

«Two activist investors... have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

Two activist investors, Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co. and Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group, have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

The firm is already speaking to a number of potential candidates, but managing partner Richard Masters, who took over from 1 April, told Legal Week that he would like an «acquisition» rather than a merger, with the ideal candidate being a small boutique.