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Kraft went public Monday with a cash-and-stock bid for Cadbury, which had already rebuffed the advance in private.

Recently, the bank has been seeking to enter the inner circle of the derivatives market, but so far, it has been rebuffed.

He was in general uneasy about any process of negotiation; he hated to put himself into a position where he might be rebuffed.

When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked if he could come to Beijing as part of his five-nation tour earlier this year he was rebuffed.

Hu was arrested a month after Rio Tinto rebuffed state-owned Chinalco's attempt to double its stake in the company.

But this case, of course, is easily rebuffed: the child whose mother stays at home does not have his rights violated.

"Henry, " an alcohol-dependent homeless man in East Harlem, continually rebuffed efforts by Yu's outreach team to help him.

When Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, visited India last week and appealed to her hosts to limit emissions she was rebuffed.

Rebuffed and reviled, I began to feel emotionally drained.

In one tense exchange, Alaska Democrat Mark Begich was initially rebuffed when he asked Press for a list of dealers scheduled for closure.

The Obama White House last month politely rebuffed an activist who showed up with a Carter-era panel.

But Yahoo! 's management then rebuffed Microsoft, regarding the offer as undervaluing the company. Instead Yahoo!

The IMF's last attempt to help these countries was soundly rebuffed.

Potash Corp. , the biggest fertilizer producer, has rebuffed Melbourne- based BHP's $130 a share offer and said it was seeking suitors.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an apology to Turing in 2009, and a campaign for a 'pardon' was rebuffed earlier this month.

It defied a series of Security Council resolutions calling for a halt, and rebuffed diplomatic overtures from Europe and the United States.

The captain, whom I tried to approach, rebuffed me like a dog and would not hear a word.

Chen to develop Chinese system to heaven, capital turnover temporarily unable to pay for rebuffed.

Prince Saudi al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, rebuffed the idea, saying the Chinese did not need suggestions from Saudi Arabia.

While the US had no constitutional term limit, the country had - so far - rebuffed the idea of an "imperial President" .

"He had . . . forgotten himself, had gone too far in his advances, and had been rebuffed" (Robert Louis Stevenson).

In July, Zodiac rebuffed a first approach from Safran, arguing the companies have little in common and a deal would yield few cost savings.

Silverstein, hit by the credit crunch, recently asked the Port Authority for help in financing the towers, and was rebuffed.

Chinese leaders rebuffed early efforts to woo Beijing into a closer relationship.

Repeated requests over two months for interviews with the museum director or other senior officials were rebuffed.

Lin to recruit, the company has manning requests, Lin reluctant to separate home, rebuffed.

A bizarre letter from Saif's father to "our son" Barack Obama asking him to stop the "unjust war" was similarly rebuffed.

Livingston was to pursue a purchase of New Orleans, but he was rebuffed by the French.

He would still be with Marriott but for the persistence of Choice, whose overtures he rebuffed several times.

Their application to the UN's Security Council, pencilled in for September 23rd, will be rebuffed by an American veto.

Repeated attempts by Angela Merkel, the polonophile German chancellor, to build a strong relationship with Poland were rebuffed.

He denies a report that he sought to meet the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, but was rebuffed.

In New York, the protesters initially set out to occupy Wall Street but were rebuffed by police.

But the delegation led by vice-premier Wu Yi rebuffed US calls to let foreign securities firms set up wholly owned subsidiaries.

The US, then the world's dominant surplus country, rebuffed calls for a mechanism that would impose pressure on both sides.

Major music labels are developing their own whole-album music file format after being rebuffed by Apple, a source for a UK newspaper says.

In a separate posting, Mr. Tang wrote that Mr. Locke tried to use a coupon but was rebuffed by Starbucks staff.

They said Mr. Assange tried to meet with Swedish prosecutors several times before leaving Sweden, but was rebuffed.

Temasek is understood to have rebuffed the advances because it considers its stake in StanChart to be of financial and strategic importance.

Luxembourg and Italy today called for the creation of joint European bonds, a move rebuffed by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

Optimists were regularly rebuffed by circumstances. Winning, in a sense, was accomplished by not losing.

Luckau, in Brandenburg, tried to levy a tax on wind turbines but was rebuffed by the eastern state's government.

China wants to maintain its image at home and abroad, and being rebuffed by Google does not help.

The resolution of Terry's long-term future at the club after Manchester City came calling and, eventually, were rebuffed provided relief.

Bringing his concerns to the attention of the unit chief, the officer was rebuffed for lack of further evidence.

He pleads for the left's patience and understanding, certain to be rebuffed.

Manchester's manager Sir Alex Ferguson attempted to sign Young earlier in the year, but his efforts were rebuffed by Villa management.

Mr. Buffett initially rebuffed the idea of an acquisition, then reconsidered.

After Mr. Richard edited the final version in 2006, he urged senior officials to make it public but was rebuffed, colleagues said.

The Obama administration wants bigger stimulus packages from Europe and Japan. Europeans have rebuffed the proposal.

They petitioned district, municipal, and central government offices for help, but were generally rebuffed.

In one study researchers simulated rejection in the lab and found that aspirin alleviates the painful feelings triggered by being rebuffed.

She rebuffed all suggestions that she should resign.

That's not just because Bahrain has consistently rebuffed efforts by Qatar to gain sovereignty of the islands.

I was rebuffed and I spent a grim and tragic Christmas Eve in those most unchristian surroundings.

But Sharkey rebuffed suggestions of a growing rift in the UK music industry.

When my sons were young teens, many of my cheery attempts to communicate with them were rebuffed by the very limited teen vocabulary.

Needless to say, we stood by the story--and rebuffed the demands.

Help from the United Nations, countless NGOs and even the American navy was rebuffed.

Yahoo! 's founder and chief executive, Jerry Yang, dug in his heels and rebuffed the offer.

Although NASDAQ holds nearly 29% of the LSE, it was so tartly rebuffed that even its request to meet with the board failed.

JPMorgan Chase made a lowball offer for WaMu soon after buying Bear Stearns, but was rebuffed.

Request clearance guodong rose with my relationship, but rose unexpectedly excuses rebuffed.

Earlier that month, Mr. Obama was rebuffed on the currency issue by Chinese leaders during his first visit to China.

The warning came hours after the oil producers' cartel rebuffed calls from consuming countries to raise its output.

It rebuffed repeated Chinese diplomatic appeals and allowed the Dalai Lama to travel to Arunachal.

In a speech last October the prime minister lauded certain historians who had rebuffed "the black armband view of Australian history" .

China Eastern has so far rebuffed Air China's offer.

It also rebuffed MPs' demands for a register of lobbyists.

IN SEPTEMBER James D'Cruz tried to buy a handgun at a shop in north Texas and was rebuffed.

But Yahoo! 's bosses rebuffed Microsoft, saying the offer undervalued their firm.

China tried to buy Russian nuclear submarines but was rebuffed, so it launched a program to make its own.

He rebuffed me when I tried to help him.

He also rebuffed overseas business groups for speaking out publicly.

In the actual situation, however, the minute he rebuffed me I had another attack of peevishness.

Our proposal was again rebuffed, probably for the same reasons.

They rebuffed him, and after three successive rejections he got the message and gave up.

But thus far China's military has rebuffed U. S. calls for regular high-level defense talks.

This offer was rebuffed by the Arab League and Hamas leadership.

Washington rebuffed the request, the Yonhap news agency said.

Finally, if your craving just won't BE rebuffed, indulge it - judiciously.

In February it rebuffed appeals by Germany's e. ON, one of its most important customers, to link its gas to spot prices.

Some struggle to send money home to their families, often rebuffed[3] by their husbands who control the purse strings.

I know that's a long time, but honestly, it won't help to call now, for you will only be rebuffed.

She gently rebuffed him, but agreed that they could be friends.

Bosworth was rebuffed while on a visit to the region.

Temasek rebuffed the approach, the report said.

Mr Medvedev rebuffed his patron and prime minister.

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He rebuffed all my offers of friendship.

On Monday, CNN reported that a female passenger on that flight tried to warn the crew about the man's disguise three times but was rebuffed.

In 2004 it rebuffed similar efforts to limit oil and gas development on New Mexico's Otero Mesa.

Mr. Papandreou rebuffed the call to resign.

Iran rebuffed the US' year-end deadline to accept an enrichment fuel deal.

The Chinese leadership rebuffed the Bush administration's overtures, however, according to current and former U. S. officials.

The offer was smartly rebuffed by Anglo's board.

Blache returned to France and her efforts to direct in the late 1920s were rebuffed.

Leading banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley rebuffed appeals to provide funds, as did the world's richest man, Warren Buffett.

It wouldn't be the first time government officials have rebuffed Xiang's overseas ambitions.

Sam was rebuffed again and again.

Nasdaq bought a 25. 1 per cent stake in the LSE earlier this year after its initial bid was rebuffed.

Rebuffed by both the editing application and the OS, it is easy for a new user to imagine that a document cannot be renamed at all.

Last year Mexican officials angrily rebuffed a Pentagon study arguing that the country was in danger of becoming a failed state.

It seems odd, then, that one gesture the EU has made towards getting more involved in Asian affairs has been rebuffed.

Peabody was rebuffed by Macarthur's board in a first takeover approach last year.

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Roth said that he has been in touch with Delta about getting reimbursed, but was repeatedly rebuffed.

Last year, Obama was ignored, rebuffed, and even humiliated by Beijing.

The interesting part of this, of course, is that Google offered to buy Groupon last year for $6 billion, but was rebuffed.

Last year, Facebook attempted to buy Twitter for $500m, but had its offer rebuffed.

In 2004, it rebuffed Siemens of Germany for taking an interest in VA Technologie, a smaller Austrian firm, and authorised Ö

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