Sentence examples for block the takeover from inspiring English sources

Mr Sparrow writes:Last week, at PMQs, Ben Bradshaw suggested that Cameron should block the takeover on the grounds that News Corporation's assurances could not be trusted.

Friday was the last day that the Legislature could act to block the takeover and still have time to override a veto.

The stake is not high enough to block the takeover deal in its current form but could nevertheless create a headache for the prospective buyers.

He told reporters that the violence was apparently part of a plan to block the takeover of eight branches of the bank today.

The FSA admits that it had expected RBS to rebuild its capital ratios over three years and not considered whether it should block the takeover.

SPORTSSATURDAY, PAGE D1 United-US Air Merger Ends United Airlines and US Airways ended their plan to merge after the Justice Department said it would block the takeover.

A Delaware State judge effectively blocked the takeover offer for four months and ruled that Martin Marietta had breached confidentiality agreements between the two companies.

Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, which must also give its blessing, clearly has doubts.If the Justice Department were to succeed in blocking the takeover, that would be quite a blow for Mr Stephenson and AT&T.

In a ruling circulated on Monday, Justice Arthur M. Diamond of State Supreme Court in Mineola rejected the county's request for a preliminary injunction blocking the takeover, bluntly dismissing most of its arguments.

It was motivated in part by a clause slipped into the original agreement requiring JP Morgan to guarantee Bear's trades even if shareholders blocked the takeover - reportedly a "mistake" which was "inadvertently included".

Germany's largest utility, E.ON, won approval for its 10.7 billion euro ($10.47 billion) acquisition of Ruhrgas with more conditions as the government aims to remove a court injunction blocking the takeover.