hostile bid

However , this friendly alliance had been unsoldered by a hostile bid for both companies by BNP, a French rival .

Potash said that BHP had made unsolicited contact with its customers as part of BHP's $39bn hostile bid for the Canadian company.

But that lack of a large holding in the group left Bouygues SA vulnerable to a hostile bid.

Kraft's management said it would be disciplined, but intended to pursue a hostile bid.

By making a hostile bid, the consortium could avoid messy management compromises, allowing RBS quickly to impose its cost disciplines.

In 2008, BHP abandoned its hostile bid for a then debt laden Rio Tinto as the global financial crisis deepened.

Last month, state-owned Korea National Oil Co. launched a $2. 9 billion hostile bid for Dana Petroleum PLC of the U. K.

For starters, the usual defenses against a hostile bid will not be easily available.

Potash Corp. is the target of a $40 billion hostile bid from BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world's biggest mining company.

Yet even in the mature markets there could be consequences if a state fund is a big shareholder in a firm caught in a hostile bid.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has assembled a proxy slate of candidates to nominate to Yahoo's board in the event it pursues a hostile bid.

Official attitudes changed when Enel, an Italian energy firm, made a hostile bid for Suez.

Wells Fargo made a hostile bid, which at the time was unheard of in the banking sector.

If the offer is rejected, the Chinese group is unlikely to make a hostile bid, a person close to the situation said.

China could even secure backing from institutions in Canada, where there is considerable opposition to BHP's hostile bid.

An object lesson in how to destabilize a competitor: launch a hostile bid when it is attempting an orderly sale of assets to pay down debt.

On October 12th Oracle announced a hostile bid of $6. 7 billion for BEA, which makes software to run and tie together other programmes.

A hostile bid in fertile territory, or fertile minds getting carried away?

BHP Billiton launched a hostile bid for Potash Corp, the world's largest fertiliser producer.

ch. In 2006 the two sparred when Mr Samuelsson launched a hostile bid for Scania, a Swedish truck firm.

Rio also paid $270m to defend itself from BHP Billiton's hostile bid, which it dropped in November 2008.

But after receiving no encouragement from the candymaker, Rosenfeld launched a hostile bid on Nov.

was known for snubbing authority, making a hostile bid for a national broadcaster and standing for public office