Sentence examples for hostile play from inspiring English sources
But SABMiller persisted and took the bid directly to shareholders in a hostile play.
In July, it made a hostile play for the company, but Transatlantic sued Validus, claiming the company had misrepresented the benefits of a possible deal to shareholders.
Now, ConAgra will have to decide whether to make a hostile play for the food manufacturer and take the offer directly to Ralcorp's shareholders.
The hostile play comes just days before Foster's is set to report its annual results, which are expected to be weaker than those of the previous year.
The Maple Group on Monday moved forward in its hostile play for TMX Group with a $3.8 billion bid, besting a $3.6 billion offer by the London Stock Exchange.
As part of Glaxo's hostile play, the pharmaceutical company is looking to replace the entire board of Human Genome Sciences in an effort to force its acquisition of the company, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
President Bush is pushing for sanctions, but European countries like France are disgracefully cool to the idea -- and China is downright hostile, playing the same supportive role for the Darfur genocide that it did for the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Macarthur Coal is at the center of a hostile takeover play by Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal.
Playing hardballOracle, the world's second-largest software firm, launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft worth some $5.1 billion.
Nevada's Mackay Stadium is a notoriously hostile place to play, and Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick is one of the most productive players in the country.
Arrowhead Stadium remains a hostile place to play, and the defense, with rookie Marcus Peters really coming on at cornerback and a pair of quality edge rushers in Tamba Hali and Justin Houston, could make life hard for an inexperienced quarterback.
