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...consolidating this industry." But not everyone agreed. Hours after Ricketts' forecast, rival E*Trade Financial confirmed it had placed an unsolicited $6 billion bid for Ameritrade - but to no avail. Ameritrade "is not for sale," Ricketts said. So where else might online firms be looking to unite? Expect a shake-up of the Internet gambling market, says Chhabra. Gibraltar-based PartyGaming, the company behind the world's largest online poker firm, PartyPoker.com, last week beefed up its management ahead of a rumored $10 billion flotation. Rivals Cassava Enterprises and Betfair are also reportedly considering a listing. Could the cash injections...
...investors, while sometimes uncomfortable for management, keep them on their toes. But unions adore the locust comparisons, and are urging the government to introduce measures to discourage short-term speculative investment - a ban on funds acquiring and then breaking up companies, for example. Following the Deutsche Börse shake-up, even some of Germany's leading capitalists are starting to agree. Breuer, who will continue as supervisory board chairman of Deutsche Bank - Germany's largest - after his departure from the stock exchange, said last week that no big German company was now immune to outside shareholder pressure. Keitel...
...hiring of Erickson represents a huge shake-up for the Crimson women’s soccer program, which has seen only two head coaches since its inception in 1976. Current Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise started the program before being replaced by Wheaton, who coached Harvard for 18 seasons...
...Minutemen offense seemed to capitalize on a third-period goalie shake-up, when Evan O’Donnell, Harvard’s starting goalie, was injured...
...months there had been rumors of an impending leadership shuffle in Warsaw. But after the shake-up was announced last week, power remained exactly where it had begun: in the grip of General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The Polish leader stepped down as Premier and then went before parliament to name as his successor Deputy Prime Minister Zbigniew Messner. Earlier, Jaruzelski had himself elected head of the Council of State, Poland's collective presidency. He will continue in his all-powerful role as Communist Party chief...