While an offer proceeds in the usual time sense, the confirming responses apparently proceed toward the past.
Savage has regularly donated money toward the legal defense of the Marines accused of murdering civilians in Haditha, Iraq; occasionally, Savage will offer proceeds from any sales through his website.
If the Justice Department allows the offer to proceed, the PeopleSoft board's rejection of it -- at a level 33percentt above the offer of $19.50 a share made in June -- could stir up enough stockholder anger for Oracle to prevail in a proxy fight for control of the board.
For two years he practised in Bombay and Rajkot with little success, but an unexpected offer to proceed to South Africa opened a new vista before him.
"I'm concerned that there doesn't seem to be anyone on the board acting on behalf of shareholders who don't think this offer should proceed," Ms. Keattch said.
In America, meanwhile, Citigroup, Wachovia and Wells Fargo spent the weekend in a circus of court hearings, as Citigroup tried to get a state judge to enforce its F.D.I.C.-approved merger agreement with Wachovia — while Wells Fargo and Wachovia sought out other judges, both state and federal, to overrule him, and allow the Wells Fargo offer to proceed.
Either decline the offer or proceed with extreme caution.
RBS could reject all the offers and proceed with a stock market flotation.
The company had offered to proceed with the deal but delay its upfront payment; the state, however, was said to be concerned about a legal challenge if it allowed the winning bidder to alter the terms of its deal.
When Sotheby's was first informed of the De La Torre claim, the auction house offered to proceed with the sale, retain its fee and put the proceeds in a special account to be divided later in a settlement between the rival claimants.
