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Hostile Takeover |
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Hostile takeover A takeover of a company (usually made by an open tender offer to shareholders) against the wishes of the current management and the Board of Directors by an acquiring company or raider.
Hostile Takeover What Does Hostile Takeover Mean? A takeover attempt that is resisted strongly by the targeted company. Investopedia explains Hostile Takeover Hostile takeovers are usually bad news for both companies, as the target company's employees' morale and attitude can turn quickly to animosity toward the acquiring firm. Related Terms: 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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| Researched with exacting precision and calculated depth, Blood Money will prove enlightening and fascinating to Civil War scholars and lay readers alike, as it exposes myths about the Civil War's origins, and reveals that the hot-button issues of the era served as a convenient means to distract Americans from the huge national debt being incurred--a crisis situation that would in turn prompt a hostile takeover of American banking and currency. Aer Lingus board on Friday strongly advised shareholders to take no action on Ryanair's hostile takeover offer of [euro]2. For reasons I don't understand, Lions Gate decided not to raise its offer and engaged in a hostile takeover bid. |
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