Sentence examples for a friendly takeover from inspiring English sources

"This is not a friendly takeover," they write.

This week's favourite rumour was that Chevron is planning a friendly takeover of Texaco.

The owners-to-be were completing the details for a friendly takeover.

Saatchi & Saatchi was acquired by Publicis in a friendly takeover in 2000 for $1.9 billion.

There is something irresistibly comical about the spectacle of two CEOs announcing a friendly takeover.

So an arm of Britain's local government has in effect agreed to a friendly takeover by a £7bn multinational.

The international banking group HSBC Holdings made a surprise friendly takeover bid for the French bank CCF today in a move to build a strong base in continental Europe.

Back in Manchester, Drasdo says Neville's meteoric rise has created a buzz among fans of the red half of the city, who hope he may be part of a future "fan friendly" takeover of Manchester United.

Lieber, the author of "Friendly Takeover: How an Employee Buyout Saved a Steel Town," is a lawyer and unfortunately writes like it.

On Sunday night, Freeport-McMoRan announced a $26 billion, or $126.46 per share, friendly takeover of Phelps Dodge, a deal that would create the globe's largest public copper company.

Lieber is the author of Friendly Takeover: How an Employee Buyout Saved a Steel Town, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Rats in the Grain: The Dirty Tricks and Trials of Archer Daniels Midland.