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hostile takeover

NOUN
  1. a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company

How To Use hostile takeover In A Sentence

  • PeopleSoft has also sued Oracle in connection with the hostile takeover bid.
  • Firms massaged their profit figures upwards so as to discourage hostile takeover bids.
  • It's hardly standard practice for a hostile takeover, where it is normal to pour as much scorn and vitriol on the target's management as possible.
  • Time allowed 00:18 Read in studio A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits.
  • He also brought forward the company's annual shareholder meeting to late March in what is seen as an effort to disrupt the hostile takeover bid.
  • Grubman knew Ebbers, and even advised him on the hostile takeover of MCI.
  • Such foreign direct investment is less about hostile takeovers than about friendly acquisitions.
  • Fund management launched a $ 3.9-billion hostile takeover bid -- an unprecedented move in a generally cozy industry.
  • When there was hostile takeover bid, the town held prayer meetings for their corporation.
  • In the midst of the commodity craze in 2007, Chen waged a hostile takeover of a Hong Kong-listed steelmaker that was ultimately defeated with the backing of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.
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