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To: Bid Buster who wrote (29486)	2/26/2003 9:52:31 PM
From: X Y Zebra	of 57110

understood... there is no incentive... the perks and benefits of "life as we know it" is far too comfortable... reminds me of The Stepford Wives... we live under the Tyranny of the majority ------------------------------------------- and on the OT stuff... Stock Focus Silicon Valley Buyouts? Megan Mulligan, 02.21.03, 8:30 AM ET NEW YORK - Investment bankers who specialize in mergers and acquisitions of technology stocks had little to cheer about in 2001 and 2002, but there are now a few tantalizing signs that this business will improve in 2003. Examples: in December Veritas Software announced an agreement to buy Precise Software Solutions for $537 million, and Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) is on the verge of buying Web-search software maker Inktomi. On Jan. 21 Forrester Research announced its intentions to purchase Giga Information. The Association for Corporate Growth, a merger and acquisition trade group, also has some encouraging statistics: 97% of the industry experts contacted in a January survey thought there would likely be more deals in 2003 than in the last two years. Kenneth E. Jones, president of ACG's Philadelphia chapter, points to pent-up demand for deals, low stock prices and the cleanup of corporate governance issues as reasons for the expected turnaround in M&A activity. "Chief executives are more willing to commit capital towards takeovers than they've been in a while," says Jones. more.... forbes.com

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