It's possible that the persistent rumors of takeover bids have sidelined major feature movement on the platform, but then again Twitter has always been slow and cautious in expanding its feature set.
Black cab-maker Manganese Bronze was soaring again this afternoon, following persistent rumours of a takeover.
Such is the uncertainty surrounding Hull, with persistent rumours about a takeover and the owner's deteriorating health, that a strange atmosphere lingered amid the celebrations.
While the College successfully fended off each takeover attempt, the persistent threat that it might move kept the Legislature from appropriating any money for new campus construction at Lansing.
There were persistent rumours that it was a takeover target.
What's more typical of Labour is its disavowal of strike after strike, its conservative structure and lack of internal democracy, its persistent nationalism and imperialism, and its takeover by a caste of managerial Thatcherites by the end of the century (ie New Labour).
Web chat service Meebo, always innovative with advertising, is trying out something fairly aggressive: full takeover ads that show a persistent advertisement in the background.
Yahoo! has benefited from a confluence of events: new partnership deals, value investors looking for bargain-priced stocks and persistent rumors that the company is a takeover candidate.
The company has yet to find a permanent replacement, and that may have something to do with persistent rumors that the company is a prime takeover target for, among others, Procter & Gamble.
In the immediate aftermath of a government takeover of Fannie and Freddie, the companies were persistent in seeking to recover money from the estates of Lehman Brothers and other defunct lenders related to dubious loans.
