It's a good deal for DaimlerChrysler. They can now focus on the original business.

Consolidation is coming back to Europe. If you do nothing, you have declining earnings.

It's time to reduce some holdings in oil stocks. Most of the gains in the sector we've seen already.

We are pleased to have found a partner that shares our business focus and complements our skills so well. We look forward to bringing more products and services to the marketplace in the future.

'Pharmacia' captures the focus of the new organization as an exceptionally fast-growing core pharmaceuticals business in the top tier of the industry,

We think (acquiring Whistle) is a very important acceleration of our focus of bringing e-business to small businesses around the world.