Alex Berenson Quotes

We get talent and scale from mergers.

We continue to see acquisitions as an opportunity area for us. It's one of the tools that we use to grow.

M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company.

Speed is the No. 1 thing. Our core competency has been doing exactly this: buying companies and integrating them quickly.

Mergers and acquisitions, we are always looking for that.

Goodrich is a perfect addition to our Hamilton Sundstrand business. And with a strong portfolio of complementary products, Goodrich also brought great leadership balance, great opportunities to provide more integrated systems.

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity.

Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.

Wal-Mart does not do big mergers, though it will buy much smaller competitors in so-called 'tuck-in acquisitions.'

Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda's international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business.

Votorantim is attentive to opportunities that arise in both domestic and international markets to expand its businesses.

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

Adecco and Penna have a long history of working together, and Penna represents an excellent strategic fit for Adecco in U.K. HR services, expanding the breadth and depth of services Adecco is able to offer to its clients. The acquisition of Penna also offers meaningful synergy potential for Adecco in the U.K.

Success in M&As comes with executing with vigour along with the obvious right choices that you got to make.

There are black companies that are very active in the economy, that are growing and not on the basis of mergers and acquisitions, but because of putting new money into their particular companies and, therefore, their particular sectors. Indeed, if they didn't do that, they would collapse as companies.

I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business.

We have substantially improved our position in Japan which now represents a major part of our business.

I see the level of sophistication and knowledge about business growing dramatically. Several decades ago, only a few companies thought about international business.

I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

The formation of the News America Publishing Group will lead to greater editorial excitement, new business opportunities and greater efficiencies and coordination.

My mission is to grow business in Silicon Alley.

If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.

In 2003 Scotland had 36 new business registrations per 10,000 adults. It's still the same.

If the founders of a start-up are considering selling it, I'd advise them to consider the synergies. Could the buyer give you access to something you don't have now, like a certain technology? Would it make your life easier? Are you looking for a change? Things will change, so you have to be ready for that.