1. The company have abandoned their takeover bid.

2. The takeover bid now looks unlikely to succeed.

3. The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996.

4. A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

5. Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.

6. Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.

7. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of ￡351 million.

8. They made a takeover bid for the company.

9. They found themselves outflanked by the rival takeover bid.

10. A takeover bid for the airline was launched today.

11. The company made a takeover bid for a rival firm.

12. The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.

13. To ramp up a share price during a takeover bid is unacceptable.

14. According to informed sources, a takeover bid is planned for next month.

15. But it's now facing a hostile takeover bid by a Suffolk based-brewery, Greene King.

16. Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio A takeover bid for an Oxfordshire brewery has failed again.

17. The emergency consists of a takeover bid by a larger and more aggressive company.

18. We're vulnerable to another takeover bid, especially if there's another recession.

19. On page 12, our City editor comments on the takeover bid.

20. The Abingdon-based Morland brewers will know tomorrow if they've managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid.

21. Despite the results and the dividend being lower than expected, Saatchi shares rose 15p yesterday on hopes of a takeover bid.

22. The rise in the Tonka bond was helped by a takeover bid from another toymaker, Hasbro.

23. Knighton is reported to be ready to abandon his takeover bid.

24. Read in studio One of Britain's oldest breweries has won a two month battle against a hostile takeover bid.

25. Read in studio One of the region's independent breweries has managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid - at least for the time being.

26. This gave rise to speculation that Suchard planned to use these funds to launch another takeover bid[/takeover bid.html], possibly for Cadbury Schweppes.

27. Time allowed 00:18 Read in studio A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits.

28. The chairman acted quickly to squash rumours of a takeover bid.

29. Read in studio An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid.

30. The definition of insider dealing would be expanded to include those contemplating a takeover bid as well as people using inside information.

1. The company have abandoned their takeover bid.

2. The takeover bid now looks unlikely to succeed.

3. The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996.

4. A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

5. Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.

6. According to informed sources, a takeover bid is planned for next month.

31. However, if we continue to have a milder climate, it could mount a takeover bid in the garden.

32. The takeover bid fit in with Merrill's strategy of expansion.

33. Second-guessing the bank's next move in the takeover bid proved very difficult.

34. T Cowie was not successful in its ￡32m hostile takeover bid for Henlys.

35. And initial notification of such a takeover bid is almost never made by letter,(http:///takeover bid.html) for secrecy reasons.

36. Fund management launched a $ 3.9-billion hostile takeover bid -- an unprecedented move in a generally cozy industry.

37. Morland rejects: Small independent brewer Morland last night rejected a ￡101.3m takeover bid from larger rival Greene King.

38. Last year Pilkington was regarded as the company still most likely to face a takeover bid, according to analysts.

39. Insiders have been predicting that the company would be involved in a takeover bid for some time.

40. a takeover bid for the company.

41. The company is resisting the takeover bid.

42. This can be a surreptitious method of mounting a takeover bid.

43. They staged a management buyout to pre - empt a takeover bid.

44. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer told a business lunch in Sydney that he had moved on after Yahoo rejected its takeover bid in the spring.

45. The takeover bid put a $ 2 m price tag on the company.