Analysts have long suggested a tie-up with US Airways, but some also raise the possibility of bidding for Alaska Airlines or JetBlue Airways.
So, the Indian companies have done something they never did before: They have taken a leaf from Buddha's teaching of peaceful co-existence and are exploring the possibility of bidding as a single consortium.
Football is the most popular sport in Malaysia and the country is currently studying the possibility of bidding as a joint host for 2034 FIFA World Cup.
"We cannot, under our remit, exclude the possibility of a bid by any other party and interest was expressed by a party today suggesting a bid will be made over the weekend," he added.
Sources close to the situation have played down the possibility of a bid for Alcoa, but analysts say it could still go ahead.
"The share is falling partly because the possibility of a bid on TDC within the next one to one and a half years is gone," Mr. Nyborg Moltke said.
Mrs. Clinton's advisers do not believe that joining the Obama cabinet would preclude her from running for president again, if she sought to do so, though she has played down the possibility of another bid for the White House.
(By contrast, Bouygues SA's other shareholders gained from the possibility of a bid, because it could boost the value of their shares).SAUR was the ideal vehicle for buying shares it had a stable cashflow and almost no debt.
Instead, he lets a group of donors know that he is "exploring" the possibility of a bid, as if the campaign trail were some inaccessible region inhabited by polar bears.
Xstrata has left open the possibility of another bid for Anglo American, which also holds a 45percentt stake in De Beers Investments, the diamond company, and a nearly 80percentt stake in Anglo Platinum, the largest platinum producer.
