The phrase "a takeover between" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used incorrectly as "takeover" usually refers to a situation involving one company acquiring another, and "between" suggests a relationship involving two parties, which is not the standard context for a takeover.
Example: "The takeover between Company A and Company B was finalized last week."
Alternatives: "a merger between" or "an acquisition involving".
[C2.] Newport News-Grumman to Talk Newport News Shipbuilding, the target of a takeover battle between General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman, said it would begin talks with Northrop Grumman.
The bid is expected to set off a takeover battle between Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, which already agreed to buy Guidant for $21.4 billion.
In one instance alone, involving a takeover battle between ENI and the private Ferruzzi food and chemicals group, Mr. Craxi and his party were accused of pocketing as much as $12 million.
He banned supplies to the ships from British ports, and his support strengthened in 1966 when a takeover dispute between the unlicensed stations Radio Atlanta and Radio City resulted in the fatal shooting of Radio City's owner.
The bid is expected to set off a takeover battle between Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, which had already agreed to buy Guidant for $21.4 billion after reducing its offer because it said safety problems had diminished the company's value.
Dell, the subject of a takeover battle between the activist investor Carl Icahn and the company's billionaire founder, reported a 79 percent slide in profit as personal computer sales continued to shrink.
The smaller drug maker, whose products include a generic version of Lipitor, is itself the product of a takeover last year between Watson Pharmaceuticals of the United States of Actavis of Switzerland.
Correction: May 27, 2000, Saturday A picture caption in Business Day yesterday about a takeover battle between Societe du Louvre, the main asset of the Taittinger Champagne interests in France, and Asher B. Edelman, an American takeover investor, misstated the title of Anne-Claire Taittinger.
French aluminium company Pechiney spurned an unsolicited 3.4 billion euro takeover bid from Canada's Alcan on Wednesday, setting the stage for a takeover tussle between the two rivals.
