Sentence examples for bid to split up from inspiring English sources
Icahn and group of investors bid to split up media giant last August.
It has also been in talks with the InterContinental Exchange over how to split up NYSE Euronext if his takeover bid succeeds.
Late last year, as the joint museums bid came together, it suspended an attempt to win legal permission to split up and auction the collection.
Defense and car parts company TRW agreed to sell its aeronautical systems business for $1.5 billion to Goodrich, as it aims to split up into different parts in the face of hostile takeover bids.
The AES Corporation cut short a bidding war today over the second-largest power company in Chile, striking an agreement with the rival bidder to split up the Chilean company's assets.
But if it wants to attract serious bids from financial players, Computer Sciences will likely have to be more flexible regarding its sale price and be open to the possibility of having to split up and sell off parts separately.
Neither BMW nor Volkswagen wanted to split up Rolls-Royce.
That led BMW and Volkswagen to split up Bentley and Rolls-Royce.
