Dilip Bhuta wrote to say that he is expecting an offer next week.
"Starting in January or February, brokers would call us up saying, 'I'm expecting an offer on this property or that property,'" says Edward Mermelstein, a real estate attorney and co-founder of Manhattan law firm Edward A. Mermelstein & Associates, of pre-financial-crisis trends.
"I've heard from some people we can expect an offer any day now, from Washington, on Chad," Jets General Manager Terry Bradway said.
Tzipi Livni, leader of the opposition Kadima Party, on Monday turned down, as expected, an offer from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join his government.
Certainly the market, which pushed P&O shares up 11percentnt by close of business last week, expects an offer from Temasek - or at least a fresh bout of share-buying when the exchanges open again tomorrow.
Current owners, the Wycombe Wanderers Trust, had expected an offer from one party after surviving in League Two, but it never materialised.
Shares in Scottish Power jumped 29 pence $0.566), or 3.9%, to 765 pence $$14.87) early on Tuesday morning in London, but they later fell flat as the market had expected an offer of up to 800 pence $15.555) a share.
The Class of 2010 can expect an average offer of $47,673, compared with $48,515 in 2009.
The control panel made a beep, and White waited a moment, expecting a voice to offer information or instructions.
Shares of Dell closed unchanged at $14.14 on Friday, indicating that investors were expecting a higher takeover offer.
And, of course, should the romance (that is, merger talks) go well, you might expect a tender offer.
