Acquisition fever also provides opportunities.
To be sure, the wireless industry in the United States has been gripped by acquisition fever, most recently with Deutsche Telekom's planned acquisition of the VoiceStream Wireless Corporation for more than $50 billion, which was announced last week.
Short-term, focus may be a very good thing as Comcast and Disney muddle about with acquisition fever.
But the acquisition fever rampant on Wall Street has made a distinct impact upon executives, many of whom find it difficult to resist the "bigger is better" theory of survival.
"The market is gripped by M&A [mergers and acquisitions] fever.
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This trend began in earnest in the mid- to late-1980s, when mergers and acquisitions activities reached a fever pitch at the same time that commissions were getting squeezed thinner and thinner.
The Instagram acquisition fuels start-up fever, and Om Malik explains why Facebook spent all that money: "Facebook is essentially about photos, and Instagram had found and attacked Facebook's Achilles' heel — mobile photo sharing".
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The mathematician, 53, who has persuaded millions to buy into Deutsche Telekom since 1996, has been lambasted for a near 90% decline in share prices following a two-year acquisition spree; the buying fever left the group with 67 billion euros ($68 billion) of debt.
