Sentence examples for derail a plan from inspiring English sources

Whatever the other benefits to Vodafone, the most immediate effect is to derail a plan by Mannesmann, a German company that had planned to link with Vivendi in hopes of thwarting Vodafone's $155 billion hostile bid to acquire Mannesmann.

Whatever the other benefits to Vodafone, the most immediate effect is to derail a plan by Mannesmann, a Germany company that had planned to link with Vivendi in hopes of thwarting Vodafone's $155 billion hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann.

Vodafone AirTouch of Britain announced an alliance with Vivendi of France that would derail a plan by Mannesmann of Germany to link with Vivendi to thwart Vodafone's bid to buy Mannesmann.

Through their LT2 Group – so called because they own what are known as lower tier two bonds – they are attempting to derail a plan to force bondholders to take losses on their investments to plug a £1.5bn hole in the bank.

Last year, archaeologists went on strike to derail a plan to open rescue archaeology to competitive bidding, saying it would damage research (Science, 16 October 1998, p. 407).

The Maple offer, first proposed in May, helped derail a planned merger of the Toronto and London stock exchanges.

If it succeeds, the British bid would derail a planned merger between Seita and Spain's Tabacalera.

Nasdaq, fierce rivals with the N.Y.S.E. for years, had sought to derail a planned merger between NYSE Euronext and the Deutsche Borse.

The announcement delayed, but did not necessarily derail, a planned buyout by crosstown rival Dynegy.

In 2014, when Beijing derailed a plan for local direct elections, it sparked the biggest protests in China since Tiananmen.

He personally derailed a plan to privatize the German rail system, upsetting a political deal but winning praise for his fiscal acumen.