Sentence examples for takeover against from inspiring English sources

In what amounted to an internal coup, a majority of Liverpool's board of directors on Monday agreed to the takeover against the wishes of Hicks and Gillett, who are reportedly demanding $900 million to relinquish control.

He pursued the takeover against dissenting voices among his own shareholders - even after ABN Amro had sold the American assets he prized, and when it became clear the world had changed as the credit crunch took hold.

So lacking in classic Duke players are these Blue Devils that when Grayson Allen began to takeover against Wisconsin in the second half of the title game, social media immediately elevated him as the beacon of Duke hate for a new generation.

Much of the country has rallied behind Gen. Abdel Fattah Sisi, commander of the armed forces, who led the military takeover against Morsi.

People are having sex one episode and launching billion-dollar hostile takeovers against each other the next.

Despite this setback, Icahn did not relax; he began a corporate takeover battle against a giant South Korean tobacco company.

In November of 1995, the media conglomerate Granada launched a successful hostile takeover bid against the Forte empire.

Mobil also failed in unfriendly takeover campaigns against Conoco and Marathon Oil in the early 1980s as part of its drive to increase its crude reserves.

The financial analyses set forth a value range – estimates of intrinsic value, trading value and takeover value – against which the proposed consideration is compared.

In a coup last summer, he acquired control of the Omnitel cellular network in Italy by supporting Olivetti's successful takeover bid against Italy's dominant telephone company, Telecom Italia.

Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt against Yahoo may encounter an unexpected hurdle in August after a Chinese antimonopoly law takes effect that will extend the nation's economic influence far beyond its borders.