Sentence examples for takeover chatter from inspiring English sources

They point out that in recent years Burberry has been a perennial target of on-again, off-again takeover chatter.

A promising start with gains on the back of upbeat broker comment and takeover chatter around life insurer Friends Provident was short-lived.

A month ago, E*Trade's shares rose on takeover chatter; the company was said to be in merger talks with Ameritrade.

Alongside the takeover chatter, Glencore was also buoyed by predictions from Japan's biggest copper smelter that the industrial metal – which hit a six-year low below $5,000 a tonne in late August – could return to $6,000 a tonne within 18 months.

Share prices are dropping as takeover chatter about both companies grows louder.

Options implied volatility, helped higher by unconfirmed takeover chatter, rose 11.9% to 51.43% in early-afternoon trading.

8.45am GMT Back to the Comcast-Time Warner takeover -- there is chatter that the merger to be announced sometime around 11.45am GMT (6.45am New York time).

"Growing such exposure organically has proved extremely difficult and costly for many asset managers," according to a note last week from a UBS analyst, Arnaud Giblat, which helped set off a round of chatter about a possible takeover.

DealBook »   Goldman's Unusual Takeover Defense  |  In light of the Greg Smith chatter, Floyd Norris recalls an anecdote about Goldman Sachs in the 1960s, in which the firm employed a highly unconventional method of warding off a takeover.

There is much chatter about loss of control, hostile takeover and the like.

There's even been chatter that the company could be a takeover target after it's finished lightening its load of lesser-performing assets — maybe by the likes of Exxon Mobil Corp. or BP plc — despite possible anti-trust problems.