The idea was that shareholder rights would be strengthened, and managers forced to become more efficient.A mere 2% of takeovers in Europe are hostile.
Two years ago Franck Riboud, the boss of Danone, a French food group, was able to whip up a froth of economic nationalism to ward off the mere threat of a takeover by America's PepsiCo.
It remains to be seen whether Ellis's overtures will result in a formal bid, let alone a takeover, but the mere existence of interest offers solace for supporters during an uncertain period for the club.
Mere weeks before a Democratic takeover of the House, the GOP majority has finally scheduled a hearing to debate the idea of hiking the federal wage floor from $7.25 per hour.
And the savings banks are staunchly opposed to the mere suggestion of any such takeovers.
This year has been even worse, thanks to the recession: in the third quarter it was 18% lower than a year earlier.Mr Zell, who invested a mere $315m in Tribune's $8.2 billion takeover, soon proved an erratic captain on a sinking ship.
A glaring case in point has been Israel's mislabeling and misdiagnosis of Hamas after their 2007 takeover of Gaza as mere "terrorists".
For Goldman Sachs, which is among the most respected banks in equities trading and advising on takeovers, FICC accounted for a mere 17% of its revenue in 1998, but a decade later it had become its largest and most profitable business, making up 35% of its revenues.Escalating debt and the expansion of bank balance-sheets have played a part in this, but so has complexity.
But pensive workers loitered all morning outside the 45-storey skyscraper to reflect on Bear Stearns' $2-a-share takeover, which values it at a mere $236m£118m8m).
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