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, The takeover of the company is bound to mean more job losses.

5, A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

6, Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.

7, The company underwent a massive upheaval after the takeover.

8, Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.

9, Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of ￡351 million.

10, They made a takeover bid for the company.

11, They found themselves outflanked by the rival takeover bid.

12, The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt.

13, There's been a military takeover of some kind.

14, He prevented a hostile takeover of the company.

15, The company is ripe for takeover.

16, The company saw off the threat of a takeover.

17, Industry-watchers hailed the takeover as a triumph.

18, Kalon Group has sweetened its takeover offer for Manders.

19, After the takeover,(http:///takeover.html) several subsidiary companies were demerged.

20, They were involved in a takeover last year.

21, He may be ousted by a military takeover.

22, Investors reacted positively to news of the takeover.

23, A takeover bid for the airline was launched today.

24, Profits fell sharply following the takeover.

25, Rumours of a takeover began to swirl around the stock markets.

26, Chief executive David Prosser said the takeover speculation was wrong and no one was sniffing around.

27, Final arrangements for the takeover have yet to be formalized.

28, The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.

29, The company is in the middle of a takeover battle.

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

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, The takeover of the company is bound to mean more job losses.

5, A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

6, Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.

7, The company saw off the threat of a takeover.

8, He may be ousted by a military takeover.

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

31, The company made a takeover bid for a rival firm.

32, The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.

33, The takeover of the embassy constitutes a flagrant/blatant violation of international law.

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

35, Family control would prevent any hostile takeover or greenmail attempt.

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

37, They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.

38, The consortium won a fierce takeover battle for the engineering group.

39, The spokesman refused to disclose details of the takeover to the press.

40, The company has decided not to go through with the takeover of its smaller rival.

41, Rumours of a possible takeover of the company were soon squashed by the management.

42, Analysts were divided on the likelihood of any takeover.

43, Details of the takeover terms were announced yesterday afternoon.

44, Fuld refused to comment on takeover speculation.

45, His comments caused a revival of takeover rumors.

46, Chase Manhattan completed a takeover of J.P.

47, But takeover speculation could give the stock some zip.

48, They've all got masters appointed since the takeover.

49, Nor would they welcome a takeover by the Tigrayans.

50, The army takeover has heightened international concern.

51, The deal is Ireland's biggest corporate takeover.

52, The airline's safest route remains a merger or takeover.

53, But the company planning the takeover has said its determined to fight on(/takeover.html),() and has extended its deadline for shareholders.

54, On the crowded streets of Hong Kong, the masses feel less sanguine about the Communist takeover.

55, There is a difference of opinion between the chairman and the board as to the best way to handle the takeover.

56, Harrison said a crucial issue was the continued speculation that Fairfax was a prime takeover target.

57, Throughout the 1630s he continued to lend his wholehearted support to the Arminian takeover of his church.

58, Types of takeover offer General offer A general offer is an offer for the entire issued equity share capital of a company.

59, Some speak resentfully of a takeover by the Wessis, with themselves marked out for the role of second-class citizens.

60, The appointments are the first non-executives taken on by Lowndes since its highly leveraged takeover of Harris Queensway last year.

61, Even so, a significant number of takeover bids were probably no more than a form of corporate conspicuous consumption.

62, Current broadcasting rules would ban the choice prize a takeover of Granada, the suitor Tyne Tees spurned last year.

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

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

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

66, This reduces the advantage to the raider, and so too the likelihood of a takeover.

67, These issues caused great controversy at the time of the takeover battle.

68, The leading Stockholm trade publisher Norstedts, also included in the 1990 takeover, has a significant legal publishing department.

69, Lurking in the background, too, are the constant takeover rumors about the bank, the largest in Florida.

70, Public relations consultants A good firm of financial public relations consultants should be engaged to assist with the takeover.

71, Last year, the shares traded in the 14p to 4p range as the market reacted to takeover rumours and profit warnings.

72, The Republican takeover of Congress deflated that notion, though, and he no longer stresses it.

73, Management buyouts are a new and rapidly growing means of company takeover and new firm formation.

74, Many of the old takeover favourites were also hard hit as speculators moved to take their profits.

75, But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding.

75, try its best to gather and make good sentences.

76, In the first three quarters of the first year after the takeover Wells spent only $ 2. 8 million here.

77, Knighton is reported to be ready to abandon his takeover bid.

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

79, This is widely understood as a call to arms to defend the movement against a takeover by Mr Klaus.

80, The company was rumored to be a takeover candidate years down the road but not immediately.

81, A merger is essentially a particular category of takeover; no special distinction is drawn in this book between mergers and takeovers.

82, A takeover attempt by another corporation is a very real danger to a corporation with dissatisfied stockholders.

83, As far as business is concerned, a federal takeover of health care was never a viable option.

84, A Wilson spokesman said the governor is reluctant to approve a state takeover of a federal responsibility.

85, Also rumoured they used strong-arm tactics during one of Buckmaster's many takeover bids to build up his conglomerate.

86, Most of the others were suffering from a degree of nervous exhaustion after the long takeover struggle.

87, 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.

88, For this reason, by far the majority of takeovers proceed by way of a takeover offer.

89, Guinness, in addition to its traditional brewing interests, had acquired Bell's whisky after an acrimonious takeover battle in 1985.

90, Perhaps it was inevitable that, one day, Psion would have to make a bold takeover of one sort or another.

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

92, Target shareholders can sometimes be circumspect about accepting ordinary shares in the offeror, particularly if the takeover has been fiercely contested.

93, The Takeover Panel is largely concerned with the interests of shareholders during takeovers.

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

95, The takeover of power by conservative politicians lasted only three days.

96, He describes the reasons for takeover activity being so fevered in the 1980s and shows how accounts reflected them.

97, Takeover speculation lifted merchant bank Morgan Grenfell another 13p to 370p and Kleinwort Benson 8p to 374p.

98, But there is a catch: St Ives is leading printer of takeover documents, annual reports and other City bumph.

99, But news of a major management bloodletting, impending layoffs and a possible takeover cast a pall over the festivities.

100, In the end, they argued, this would make them no longer viable and a ripe candidate for takeover by another district.

101, S G Warburg was rumoured to be pushing the stock, citing an imminent takeover.

102, This gave rise to speculation that Suchard planned to use these funds to launch another takeover bid, possibly for Cadbury Schweppes.

103, Building societies ripe for takeover: Speculation is rife in the building society industry.

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

105, Cooper says that the magazine had assumed Horticulture and its burden of debt to make itself less attractive for takeover.

105, try its best to gather and create good sentences.

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

107, In addition to the Steetley takeover, the group bought four roofing businesses for a total of ￡87m.

108, Stock prices dropped at the merest rumor of a company takeover.

109, It was doubtless because the government was then concerned about possible foreign reaction to a takeover.

110, The lack of this information presents a barrier both to contested and agreed takeover bids.

111, It may be used to acquire control of a target company as an alternative to a takeover offer.

112, On something of a buying binge lately and snapping up smaller cable operators, Cogeco is itself seen as a takeover target.

113, Composites, which have attracted takeover speculation, were inclined to ease on disappointment that Pearl had been targeted.

114, In 1995, nine of those regional utilities faced takeover bids.

115, But the New York-based company's structure underwent a massive upheaval after industry rivals Lasmo won a three-month takeover battle last December.

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

117, However, those who advocate a federal takeover of workers' compensation are barking up the wrong tree.

118, Read in studio A second important deadline has passed in the takeover battle for Oxfordshire brewers, Morland.

119, While the exodus of top people seems to be growing, sources said that Apple is still an attractive takeover candidate.

120, The making of a takeover offer is not the only means of obtaining control of a company.

121, Since Apple has long been rumored to be a takeover target, the letter added to the angst in Cupertino.

122, This is evident especially in the food and drinks industries, both of which have seen takeover activity during the 1980s.

123, This leaves only one realistic option a full scale takeover.

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

125, It's not the first time Barphone has been a takeover target.

126, Sometimes the reaction to a share exchange offer may be affected by the offeror's conduct during the takeover battle.

127, His decree appeared designed to prevent a proposed takeover of the media by the Congress of People's Deputies.

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

129, This was given nine months before the bank collapsed and financed Gasco's takeover of Cornish tin mining company St Piran.

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

131, The recent takeover gave Rafferty exclusive control of the company.

132, Another specific influence on both share prices and option premiums is the expectation and likelihood of a contested takeover.

133, Jobs under threat ... Dowty loses the hostile takeover battle.

134, Basil de Ferranti was chairman of the company until it merged with International Signal and Control, a takeover which he supported.

135, So potent is the tradition of Czech cafe society, that most cafes were shut down after the Communist takeover in 1948.

135, is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.

136, Since March 1989 and prior to the takeover late last year, Hawker reduced its head-count dramatically.

137, It's reported to be on the acquisition trail after the major World Online takeover announced yesterday.

138, A Court Scheme represents an alternative to a takeover offer as a method of acquiring control of a public company.

139, It has saved some breweries from takeover, and encouraged new ones to open.

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

141, Most likely it will be taken from budgets for Democrats, who are losing staff because of the Republican takeover.

142, A takeover was under way by the grey men and the only ones who survived it were the grey people.

143, The lender recently launched a card at a low introductory offer of 3.9 APR after its takeover of Bank One.

144, Westinghouse last week adopted a poisonpill plan to make any takeover attempt tougher.

145, The following section examines in greater detail the barriers to increased takeover activity in the Community.

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

147, Management departure, takeover rumours and a profit warning have contributed to its drop from four to 15.

148, The result would, at best, have been clerical absolutism, at worst, Communist takeover or civil war.

149, Torgyan alerted the media to the takeover, which had involved his being physically excluded from party headquarters.

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

151, This, therefore, set the scene for a three-way takeover battle for the future of Rowntree.

152, I find it really depressing that a city as diverse as New York has succumbed to this kind of corporate takeover.

153, Hopes that political stability will encourage a bout of takeover activity, directed attention at all the old bid chestnuts.

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

155, Several retailers are expected to be takeover candidates as a slowing economy reduces sales and profits, analysts said.

156, This kind of legal legerdemain is one of the most damaging legacies of the takeover binge of the 1980s.

157, The purchase triggered takeover laws requiring Mediobanca to make an identical public bid.

158, In the long run, however, adroit its marketing, takeover may be the only solution.

159, He rose to city editor, and survived the Gannett takeover, remaining until 1985.

160, And initial notification of such a takeover bid is almost never made by letter, for secrecy reasons.

161, Dixons has seen its fortunes fall steadily since its abortive takeover assault on Woolworth in 1986.

162, If implemented, this will be a serious blow to takeover specialists.

163, They are said to be generally positive to the takeover but still need to achieve certain comfort levels.

164, Oil giants such as Getty were stalked by takeover wildcatter T Boone Pickens and swallowed whole by others.

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

165, try its best to collect and build good sentences.

166, It was in that kind of environment that the Takeover Panel started its life from small beginnings and with a light touch.

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

168, This threat of takeover may act as an effective discipline in some cases, although it is hard to prove.

169, A valuation of a smaller company must take account of its potential as a takeover target.

170, Mandatory offer A takeover offer required to be made under Rule 9 of the City Code.

171, Kingfisher's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a ￡1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons.

172, The attitude to foreign takeovers is now considered by studying the contested takeover for Rowntree.

173, Round one to Morlands ... brewery fight off hostile takeover.

174, If they discovered evidence of share dealing ahead of the takeover by individuals using confidential information they would institute more formal inquiries.

175, Reports of atrocities had followed the takeover by the rebels of the town of Lalaua in Nampula province on 29 June.

176, Despite rumours of a coup, most people believe the army has been sufficiently depoliticised to make a takeover unlikely.

177, There are other constraints on the firm's capital, however, most importantly perhaps, the takeover constraint.

178, Currently, phonics advocates are painting whole word theory advocates as products of the hippie takeover of education in the 1970s.

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

180, An example was Chau Hon, who continued to run his bakery after the Communist takeover.

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

182, The form of the announcement, as with a takeover offer, will be governed by Rule 2.5 of the Code.

183, This downward pressure may be increased by underwriters or accepting shareholders selling offeror shares in the market following the takeover.

184, The company announced Tuesday it had adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to make a takeover more costly.

185, Safeguards should be available to protect individual investors and ensure that all parties to a takeover are treated equally.

186, Recommended offer A takeover offer which is recommended by the board of the target company.

187, They fell 2p to 495p while United gained 7p to 421p on continuing takeover speculation.

188, Eastern Airlines, long a takeover candidate, found itself in bankruptcy, not the arms of a suitor.

189, But Leeds may not be the eventual takeover target.

190, China's takeover of Hong Kong was a historic event.

191, Takeover doesn't work on the primary or standby machine.

192, a takeover bid for the company.

193, The takeover attempt is turned down by the board.

194, Buyouts can involve a hostile takeover.

195, The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.

196, The company is resisting the takeover bid.

197, Microsoft could attempt a hostile takeover.

198, Hostile takeover in time(/takeover.html), will also introduce various forms of anti - takeover measures.

199, PENN.O) said on Thursday its $6.1 billion takeover pact had been terminated, marking the latest leveraged buyout to crumble amid tight credit markets and a weak U.S. economy.

200, The sixth chapter mainly addresses anti - takeover issue its system guaranty.

201, Examples might include a corporate president or an attorney who misused information regarding a planned but unannounced takeover attempt.

202, A phosphate sink, and the inevitable takeover of blue-green algae, might be reversed by adding, say, a lightning - generating appendage to the glass globe.

203, It eventually causes that takeover behavior of pursuing maximizing shareholders, wealth is twisted inefficacious takeover frequently take place.

204, You can then issue the takeover command on the standby machine.

205, Texas pipeline company Southern Union Co , the subject of a takeover bidding war, held talks with at least nine potential suitors beginning in 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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

207, The idea of a takeover hadn't been broached, by either party, until early this week.

208, Its takeover by CNPC of China was eased by a state visit by the president, Hu Jintao, to Astana, the Kazakh capital.

209, Remember, Microsoft initiated its open takeover attempt on February 1st, 2008.

210, Firm diversification is increasingly achieved by the means of takeover and merger.

211, William Doyle, the chief executive of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, has more at stake than anyone in BHP Billiton's hostile takeover attempt of the world's biggest potash producer.

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

213, Frank Bainimarama announced the takeover at a news conference Tuesday in Suva, confirming the island nation's fourth coup in the past 20 years. Fijian troops surrounded Mr.

214, The shares of local retailers soared initially, on speculation they would be takeover targets for foreign firms, with some of which they already have small joint ventures in India.

215, If the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money.

216, Potash Corp could foil BHP's takeover attempt by selling a portion of its assets into a joint venture at a price that implies a substantially higher value for the whole company than BHP's current bid.

217, Bull-Dog Sauce introduced a poison pill defence to stop the U.S. hedge fund's takeover attempt.

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

219, Corporate takeover through the public markets (hereinafter "takeover") means the legal act intending to get the control of a public corporation by means of acquisition of its shares.

220, It is shown that, the innovating firm chooses ex-ante takeover for large spillover and...

221, All this has made the bank a perennial takeover target.

222, The so called "hostile takeover" meaning the which goes against the wishes of the target company's management and board of directors, opposite of friendly takeover.

223, A business that prevents a hostile takeover of another company by offering better terms.

224, In the long run, being shielded from takeover breeds inefficiency.

225, In takeover of the target company, the directors stand in the center of the conflicting interests.

226, The potential takeover target must actually bring resources online that are typically an exclusive, ownership-type item, such as disk groups, volume, or file systems.

227, The takeover may help Geely a step forward in competing with other homegrown brands.