Sentence examples for of a higher bid from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile AstraZeneca added 82p to £47.13p on talk of a higher bid of around £53 a share from predator Pfizer.

Still, they remain below Elliott's offer, suggesting that some shareholders may be skeptical about the arrival of a higher bid.

When Mr. Gross called with news of a higher bid, they went to $1.03 million and wondered how long and how high the bidding would go.

"Clearly there's a high likelihood of a higher bid from Barrick because certainly the one they have on the table now is totally inadequate," the chief executive, Peter W. Tomsett said.

The promise of a higher bid appears to have had little allure for CommonWealth; the company said late on Wednesday afternoon that it remained committed to its planned stock sale.

Shareholders look increasingly likely to be pivotal in deciding the fate of ABN, which is also the target of a (higher) bid from a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland.A private-equity consortium conceded defeat in its attempt to buy Qantas Airways.

Alcan shareholders also have reason to believe the stock could be worth more because of the potential for a higher bid.

The same car was offered at a Bonhams auction in Massachusetts in 2003 where it failed to sell on a high bid of $97,000.

Purely as a negotiating tactic, Fourtou could pre-empt Gent's offer to BT and SBC in hopes of wringing a higher bid out of Vodafone.

Transatlantic has also been talking with a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, which bid $52 a share, in hopes of securing a higher bid.

While Transatlantic deemed that bid insufficient, it has said that it would begin talks with the unit, National Indemnity, in hopes of securing a higher bid.