The council's study confidently says that over time megabanks will be constricted from expanding through mergers and acquisitions.
Union leaders have to expand the merger debate and include the membership, or it will remain just that -- a debate.
Talks between Novell and SuSE began earlier this year, and what started as technical discussions expanded into merger negotiations, Mr. Messman said.
But she has said the exchange should seize opportunities, even if that means expanding through a merger or takeover.
David de Rothschild, 61, who took over the family-controlled bank last year, is trying to expand the mergers business in the United States.
It has had a rather complex corporate history, having been owned by private-equity firms and expanded through mergers with other groups.
But he has a long history as a dealmaker and investment banker and helped found and expand the mergers and acquisitions practice at Goldman Sachs.
The acquisition is the latest in a recent series that Chase, the giant New York-based banking company, has embarked on in an effort to expand its mergers-and-acquisitions talent pool and shore up its investment banking operations.
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To keep up his manufacturing competitiveness as costs gradually rose in Taiwan, he built plants in China; he's showed no reluctance to expand through mergers.
