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It is a bold bet for Sony. But at least it has given itself some room to maneuver in such a volatile industry by not overpaying .

Another large investor also voiced concerns that BHP could be lured into overpaying due to the hostile nature of the deal.

Kraft's largest shareholder, the billionaire investor Warren Buffett, has warned the company against overpaying for Cadbury.

You can avoid overpaying by knowing which tax breaks you could take advantage of, but you have to pay what you owe.

Similarly, homebuyers are likely to be overpaying for property when the price-to-rents ratio is higher than normal.

It's the first step down a slippery slope of being manipulated with numbers and overpaying for your vehicle.

If overpaying hugely for a rival does not count as inept, then what does?

Although overpaying a chief executive on its own is unlikely to bankrupt a company, there are other reasons to care about top pay.

"There's certainly a risk of overpaying, " says Robert Miller-Bakewell, a former equity analyst who covered the sector for two decades.

However, banks that are overpaying for new staff could suffer a sharp cut in profit margins if the market turns down.

CIC also is hoping to avoid the mistake made by the Japanese and others of overpaying for U. S. real estate.

But even for rich countries, systematically overpaying for foreign assets is a bad idea.

Chief executives are, of course, reluctant to admit overpaying for past acquisitions.

Some analysts say steel makers are buying at the top of the commodity cycle and overpaying as a result.

Yet the question remains whether institutional pressure to prevent the Pru overpaying for AIA is well directed.

Only by overpaying for the assets will the banks be adequately recapitalized.

Drummond accuses Google's competitors of overpaying for "bogus" patents.

The trick is evaluating the condition of the car and determining whether you are getting a fair deal or overpaying .

But Paul Jackson of Forrester, a market-research firm, worries that Nokia will end up overpaying.

What's more, there is good reason to believe that Goldman is purposely overpaying for its investment in Facebook.

Overpaying for two music firms is thus not twice as crazy as overpaying for one.

Pay for quality, pay for outcomes, and stop overpaying for everything in the medical system, which is driving up costs.

But there is little public tolerance for overpaying with taxpayer money.

China is effectively overpaying for financial assets (dollar reserves) that it doesn't need in order to support its export sector.

Does this mean we're overpaying?

If they up the offer, they risk overpaying a player who is unhappy in Atlanta.

And they can count on a base level of demand , as long as fear of overpaying is trumped by fear of missing out .