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...There is no talk yet about a merger of the S.D.P. and the Liberals, but at some point, if the two groups work together well in Parliament, a marriage might be proposed. Having ended up with such a large chunk of the popular vote but so few seats in Parliament, the Alliance hopes to win support for one of the major planks in its manifesto: proportional representation, an electoral system under which seats are awarded to parties in direct ratio to their popular vote. But since Britain's current system greatly benefits the two established parties, both the Tories...
...merger goes through, Microsoft will have the size to compete with Google in the online-advertising game, a fast-growing sector with a ton of potential. Size means greater efficiency and more inventory to offer advertisers. "The No. 1 thing we're trying to do is increase scale and increase capacity to give ourselves a better chance to be more successful more quickly," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Monday. "It's not primarily about scaling down. It's about scaling...
...since taking Société Générale's CEO post in 1997, Bouton has fended off several takeover bids. The most notable effort came in 1999, when BNP sought to buy Société Générale in an attempted three-way merger with French bank Paribas. Bouton's defensive maneuvers to prevent that were strengthened by labor stoppages by bank employees, many of them shareholders, whose support of Bouton since the Kerviel debacle has been solid. Despite that collective determination, Mistral says Société Générale...
...Collective survival instinct, for one. With investigations underway by the Paris stock market regulators and shareholder lawsuits proliferating, Société Générale is now considered a fat and defenseless takeover target. The likely prospect that its post-merger work force would be slashed is a chilling one in a France groggy with nearly 8% unemployment. During trading Tuesday, SocGen's stock price jumped nearly 11% amid heavy trading on rumors rival BNP is planning a hostile bid on the bank. That prospect appeared even more feasible on Wednesday, as BNP announced 2007 profits...
...endemic political paralysis. Prodi has been busy trying to fend off - and recover from - a half-dozen near-crises since taking office 20 months ago, rather than focus on much-needed reforms to the pension and justice systems. Meanwhile, state air carrier Alitalia bleeds money, and its hoped-for merger with Air France-KLM may now be put back on hold as the political class focuses on fighting among itself...