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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 5/15/2005 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day of the Locusts | 5/15/2005 | See Source »

Throughout the dual season, crews have looked to shake the Crimson off of the start, and a six-boat setup on Sunday guarantees a furious first 20 strokes for the early advantage. Navy almost always jumps out early, Princeton and Yale pulled ahead of the Harvard boats off of the start, and Georgetown took the early lead from Harvard in the first varsity’s dual race with the Hoyas...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: RIGHT ON TARGET: Lights Look To End Eight-Year Drought | 5/13/2005 | See Source »

Throughout the dual season, crews have looked to shake the Crimson off of the start, and a six-boat setup on Sunday guarantees a furious first 20 strokes for the early advantage. Navy almost always jumps out early, Princeton and Yale pulled ahead of the Harvard boats off of the start, and Georgetown took the early lead from Harvard in the first varsity’s dual race with the Hoyas...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, | Title: RIGHT ON TARGET: Lights Look To End Eight-Year Drought | 5/12/2005 | See Source »

...wasting our time with 'One, two, three, four, we can't shake it anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: May 16, 2005 | 5/8/2005 | See Source »

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