They spoke on condition of anonymity because executives with the productions did not authorize discussion of business strategy.
Wesley Jessen, based in Des Plaines, Ill., a maker of specialty contact lenses, said its board had authorized discussions because Bausch & Lomb had indicated it might pay more than the $600 million bid now on the table.
Casey's board "has authorized discussions with the third party to explore whether a transaction can be reached that reflects true value of Casey's and is in the best interests of Casey's, its shareholders and its other constituencies," the company said in a statement.
"While the board firmly believes $40 per share substantially undervalues Casey's, it has authorized discussions with the third party to explore whether a transaction can be reached that reflects Casey's true value and is in the best interests of Casey's, its shareholders and other constituencies," says the company.
But a practical measure would be for the government to authorize industry discussions in which carriers could explore marketing policies to overcome present service defects.
Mr. Wolf told the court that Mr. Flamig, who denies having spied for East Germany, had been an unwitting bit player in the cold war, conducting authorized political discussions in the former East Germany without even knowing he was talking to intelligence personnel.
Mr. Pohlad, according to an associate who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Mr. Pohlad had not authorized public discussion of the project, never intended to finance "The Master".
If the investigation bears out what officials have learned so far, "it also flies in the face of our stated priorities to target criminal fugitives," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agency had not authorized further discussion of the case.
Under the arrangement, DreamWorks will make fewer movies than in the past, according to people briefed on the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity, because neither Reliance nor DreamWorks had authorized public discussion of the agreement while it was being completed.
The report evidently says that McCabe authorized a discussion involving one of his top aides, the FBI's chief spokesman and a Wall Street Journal reporter for a story, published Oct. 30, 2016, that included details of McCabe pushing back on Obama appointees in the Justice Department to continue an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
The four people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the internal discussions.
