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Show stopper A legal barrier, such as a scorched-earth policy or shark repellant system, that firms use to prevent a takeover.
Show Stopper 1. Any law or regulation that makes a hostile takeover impossible or prohibitively expensive. A show stopper may take the form of a court order or an act of legislation. The term implies that the target company takes some action in order to make the takeover difficult or impossible, but this is not always the case. See also: Antitakeover measure. 2. More generally, anything that prevents an activity or transaction from taking place as planned. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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trillion construction industry, today announced that it won the Cadence
Design Services "Show Stopper" Award for "Companies
Making A Difference in the Construction Industry. 2
trillion construction industry, previously announced that it won the
CADENCE "Show Stopper" Award for "Companies Making A
Difference in the Construction Industry" at the A/E/C Systems 2000
conference in Washington, D. Much of the programming will be aired throughout the holiday
selling season with additional programming taking place in Canada,
including an all day "Show Stopper" scheduled for January 5,
2000. |
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