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DealBook » Icahn Prepares for Showdown With Oshkosh  |  Carl C. Icahn, who holds roughly 10 percent stakes in Oshkosh and Navistar and wants to see the rival truck makers merge, is set for a confrontation at Friday's annual shareholder meeting, when his proposed slate of directors will be put to a vote, Reuters writes.

When Hillary needs to sharpen her claws for showdowns with Trent Lott, she can pop into D'Alessandro's Signature of Style, the Laubs' favorite full-service salon.

That stance amounts to ceding the initiative to Governor Snyder and his conservative supporters, some of whom see the bankruptcy as a template for showdowns with public-sector unions across the country.

There was only one concern – his advice to those without tickets for the final to travel to Switzerland for the showdown with Sevilla on 18 May.

Tension between market regulators and the U.S. mutual fund industry mounted Thursday, with the Securities and Exchange Commission calling for action on possible overcharging and heading for a showdown with the funds next week over proposed new disclosure rules.

Haskell and his England team-mate Joe Launchbury were injured for the Toulon game but they are back for the showdown with Leinster, who will arrive stacked with Ireland internationals.

German publisher Axel Springer said Friday it would buy a controlling stake in broadcaster ProSiebenSat1 Media from a U.S. group for 2.5 billion euros ($3.1 billion), setting the company up for a showdown with media titan Bertelsmann.

Like outlaws itching for a showdown with the sheriff, angry French scientists have been gunning for research minister Claude Allègre ever since he proposed controversial reforms of the nation's research agencies last year (Science, 23 October 1998, p. 607).

After months of hype for a showdown with White, McMorris won the X Games gold in slopestyle for the second year in a row.

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats introduced legislation Monday to extend and expand an expiring payroll tax cut, setting the stage for a showdown with Republicans who are almost certain to reject the Democrats' proposal for paying for the cut.

But as his comrades geared up for another showdown with the mayor at a public hearing on the project scheduled for Wednesday, Mr. Nicolescue decided to pack up and leave.