A weekend report suggested Rank and 888 would merge before making an offer for William Hill.
More recently Rupert Murdoch, who controls the News Corporation, considered making an offer for NBC Universal.
In making an offer for Ozark, T.W.A. joins a growing list of airline buyers.
Making an offer for a house, something often done in past generations with little apprehension, is now riddled with worry.
Whyte confirmed in a statement to the Stock Exchange in November that he was considering making an offer for Rangers and was in talks with Murray International Holdings.
The last time they spoke, the client told her he would not be making an offer for any of the properties they had seen together.
Reed Elsevier also said it was considering making an offer for Harcourt General, a textbook publisher, which was put up for sale in June.
Comcast executives and their advisers met yesterday to consider making an offer for the entertainment businesses of Vivendi Universal, executives involved in the discussion said yesterday.
Under the City Code, Glencore was barred from making an offer for six months, expiring in mid-December, unless certain conditions emerged (for example, a third-party offer).
CVC Capital Partners said on Monday that it had held inconclusive talks with various parties about making an offer for Six Continents.
Six Continents, the hotel and restaurant company formerly known as Bass, is considering making an offer for Starwood Hotels and Resorts, people close to the companies said today.
