Despite signs EchoStar Communications' move to buy DirecTV is hitting a brick wall especially when the U.S. Justice Department last week dismissed a last-ditch offer by EchoStar to win approval for its offer, Murdoch won't wax cocky: "I don't want to chance fate".
A last-ditch offer by Democrats to allow three was refused by the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
A last-ditch offer by Turkey to open one port and one airport to (Greek) Cyprus seemed unlikely to succeed.
On a day of feverish rumours and hectic telephone diplomacy, eurozone finance ministers decided that a last-ditch offer from Athens was too little, too late.
With the league shuttered until the players accepted a last-ditch offer in January to save a 50-game season, Stern went to make peace with the players at a Midtown Manhattan hotel — flanked by security guards.
Kurds, long repressed by the Arab majority, rejected a last-ditch offer of citizenship by government officials and took to the streets.The army and intelligence services may be dominated by loyalists.
The diplomat described a scenario in which the United Nations votes to endorse a strike against Iraq, but provides for a last-ditch offer of amnesty and exile for Mr. Hussein by an Arab-led mission.
A last-ditch offer by Bouygues held out €15.5 billion in cash and 5% of the resulting entity, also valuing SFR at €17 billion after rather more tangible synergies.Following three weeks of deliberation, Vivendi's supervisory board stuck with its original inclination.
The America's Cup champion Alinghi rejected an offer to settle a lawsuit brought by an American syndicate, and asked its rival to drop legal proceedings.The United States syndicate, Golden Gate Yacht Club, home of BMW Oracle Racing, made a last-ditch offer yesterday for a joint settlement.
YWP was among several zoos which put in last-ditch offers to take the giraffe.
The UK's Yorkshire Wildlife Park - which has a state-of-the-art giraffe house and the capacity for an extra male - was among several zoos which put in last-ditch offers to take Marius.
