Sentence examples for losing takeover from inspiring English sources

Alcoa, which had been distracted by its losing takeover bid for Alcan (now part of Rio Tinto), is trying to shed peripheral businesses like consumer packaging.

Sam Wyly, the Texas billionaire, plans to begin another proxy fight today to try to oust the chairman and four other board members of Computer Associates after soundly losing a takeover battle for control of the company last year, according to executives briefed on the plan.

Investors were speculating that the bank might lose the takeover battle.

He tried AstraZeneca but lost the takeover scrap in embarrassing fashion.

It is not clear what Deutsche will do with the money since it lost the takeover battle for Telecom Italia.Dixons, a British electrical-goods retailer, is expected to raise about £300m ($473m) from selling perhaps 18% of its loss-making Internet service provider (ISP), Freeserve.

So, as in the deal for American General, the bidding is expected to be high for potential targets like John Hancock, which went public last spring but loses its takeover protection early next year, as well as Lincoln National, Jefferson-Pilot, Hartford Financial and Protective Life.

Another disadvantage: tracking stocks lose any takeover premium they might have if a suitor were interested in buying.

Even by the standards of Wall Street -- where high-stakes brinksmanship often determines who wins and who loses in the takeover game -- the takeover battle will long be remembered for its last-minute strategic maneuvering.

French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche reported that the French government was looking into merging state-owned Banque Postale with Societe Generale, which has looked vulnerable to a takeover after losing $7.1 billion in a rogue trading scandal.

Harold C. Simmons, the billionaire corporate raider, lost his latest takeover bid yesterday -- at least for this round.

It ought to be hard to lose a £1bn takeover bid when you start with 51% support and are offering hard cash.