There were different camps in the past but now, in effect, it's one company.

As VNU seems to be willing to open up the books, chances of a bid on the whole company have further increased.

Accepting the … bid also implies that investors miss an expected 500 million euro special dividend and the benefits from a 500 million euro share buyback program in 2006.

When a company has such a strong product cycle coming, there are years of momentum that you enjoy.

It shows the pope is not obsessed with the past, but is keeping his options open and is willing to do unconventional things that even the innermost Vatican circles don't expect.

This is not a withdrawn pope who looks to the past. He looks at the situation as it is and is capable of listening,