For Bayer, whose pharmaceuticals business has stumbled, the move gives the company more clout in over-the-counter treatments and greater geographical balance in that business, which Bayer executives expect to reach 2.4 billion euros ($3 billion) after the merger.
A broadcast network might also give him more clout in negotiations over acquisitions, which in turn could be of benefit to the viewer.Yet this week's draft bill retains one rule generally believed to be designed to keep Mr Murdoch's hands off ITV: it is not for sale to any newspaper group with over 20% of the national market.
Joining forces could at the very least help cut costs.Scale would also give cable operators more clout when negotiating with content providers over the rates they have to pay to carry their channels.
Stand down, please, and let someone with more clout, more guts, more pride and more self-respect take over.' Thankfully, this time it has been nothing like that.
"Regulation is a fixed cost, so the bigger you are, the more clout you have to amortise [spread] it over.
If I were doing it again, I would wait until the initial tenure period is over and perhaps then I would have more clout and security.
In Russia, Vladimir Putin hardly bothers to censor newspapers or books, while he keeps firm control over television because he believes (accurately) that TV has more clout.
Had they been included, the officials contend, Utah, whose population increased by nearly a third, to 2.23 million people over the last decade, would be entering the new decade with significantly more clout on Capitol Hill.
Because it carries more clout.
