Among the risks is a sharp decline in the stock market, which has been particularly jumpy lately because of earnings disappointments and the uncertainty over the outcome of the presidential election.
Neil Hume at the FT has spotted that the deal no longer requires the agreement of Kraft shareholders (who had been very jumpy) because the increased cash component reduces the number of new shares to be issued.
The batting about of the "R" word -- recession -- is making investors even more jumpy because that could turn the slower growth in profits that many investors are now expecting into a decline in profits.
Most hamsters get a little nervous or jumpy because they are worried about their babies or birth.
She was jumpy, she said, because of the activist groups.
You were kind of jumpy before, one of the whores says.
"Our quarterbacks were a little jumpy, and rightfully so because of mistakes on the offensive line," Parcells said.
All of a sudden, that has changed.Partly as a result of the storm hitting all emerging markets (see article) and partly because of jumpy nerves following the war with Georgia, the markets in Moscow have been crashing.
Normally, Moskowitz moves with the jumpy energy of a Hollywood agent, but now he was subdued.
