Sentences with phrase «bidding wars at»

The last piece of advice I give people looking to make big deals is to avoid bidding wars at all costs.

«How do you lend against a house that should in theory be $ 1 million, but someone overpaid in a bidding war at $ 1.4 million, and they want a loan for 75 per cent of the value?»

It used to be a project with this kind of clout and buzz would spark at bidding war at the major studios, but the streaming service Netflix has solidified itself as a major player that can run with the «big dogs» so to speak, and nabbing Bright was a huge coup.

Half - formed and not really resembling the adult version of itself, Tadpole recasts better movies as situation comedies and in so doing locates itself as a pretty nice (unoriginal) idea with few aspirations beyond inspiring a bidding war at Sundance for its furtive parsing.

«We had the fantasy experience of a bidding war at Sundance,» he said.

«How do you lend against a house that should in theory be $ 1 million, but someone overpaid in a bidding war at $ 1.4 million, and they want a loan for 75 per cent of the value?»

Last year Sullivan received widespread acclaim for his debut show at Manhattan's Maccarone gallery, and demand for his paintings continues to rise, with one recently sparking a bidding war at auction in London — it ultimately sold for $ 137,000, more than double the high estimate.

But were it to have ignited a bidding war at auction, «Lucifer» might have fetched a nine - figure price.

This is the first time that the painting has been on the market for thirty years and we are sure to see a bidding war at the auction in May for this extremely rare and universally enticing work, especially with such a prestigious provenance and exhibition history,» stated Brett Gorvy, Chairman and International Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art.

Not exact matches

The six - day auction ends tonight at 10:30 E.T., and the bidding war heated up on Friday afternoon, with offers of nearly triple the previous day's bids.

The Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported in November that Comcast and Verizon had approached Fox about buying at least part of the company, providing the first signs of a bidding war.

Sky shares were up 3.8 percent at 13.57 pounds by 1434 GMT - well above the offer price, implying that some shareholders anticipated a bidding war.

We quickly engaged in a bidding war for 11,000 followers, at a starting price of $ 80.

«Prices have declined at the high end of the market but remained steady for more moderately priced units; bidding wars have become noticeably less prevalent,» the Beige Book said.

In 2012, I wrote about a study that looked at the winners of bidding wars for contested acquisitions, and found they generally do worse over the next few years that the companies that lost.

«It sounds like, in bankruptcy, there's suddenly a bidding war for this newspaper,» said Gabriel Kahn, co-director of the Media, Economics and Entrepreneurship program at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

It was listed at $ 1,299,000 to invite bidding war.

Sky's shares rose 3.9 percent on Tuesday, closing at 13.59 pounds, above Comcast's offer, implying that some shareholders anticipated a bidding war.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

I meant 04 of course, but hey, who knows, maybe in a parallel universe, Bush won in 08 as a write in and in 2012 we're at war with China and Australia and backed by our allies North Korea and Chile in a bid to control the newly formed territory of Middle Eastfrica and to avenge our fallen Icelandic comrades.

The previously little known agribusiness has been at the centre of a «cheese war» since Bega Cheese lobbed its first bid in September.

Bright Food Group Holdings chief financial officer and director Wayne McIntosh said on Tuesday that while Bright Food had looked from afar at Treasury in the past, it was not interested in joining a bidding war.

Bega Cheese is bracing for the impact of a bidding war for Australian milk supply at a time when global farm gate prices are expected to fall.

The bidding war, which started with the stock trading at about $ 4.78, prompted Murray Goulburn to offer $ 9.50 a share.

I even got into a bidding war on eBay at 2 a.m. with Margaret from Duluth for a hand - hammered copper mold.

However, this could now be the start of a bidding war with Real entering the fray, and if Liverpool can't convince the Brazilian ace to stay, then they could be looking at a significant boost for their transfer kitty.

Anyway, the fact is we know Wenger won't be joining that bidding war and is even unlikely to spend anything else in this window after getting Bramall at the bargain basement store....

New Norwich manager Chris Hughton is ready to go to war with former boss Paul Lambert in a bid to keep star striker Grant Holt at Carrow Road.

So i believe Dortmund is playing delaying tactics to keep auba at the club and another 15 or so goals for them, can we really get auba in five days??? can we get any one else in 5 days With the world cup at the summer I think its vital that we conclude our business now else it will be virtually impossible and far to expensive to purchase then as to many clubs will be out with their check books trying to bid for there player therefor a biding war is in the horizon

Just what we need at the moment...... These super Kids would be a bonus...... and its not like there are bidding war for em from other clubs (Something we are so bad at)....

He isn't the perfect quarterback, but few passers at his level have ever reached free agency and the impending bidding war could certainly eclipse the $ 27.5 million average given to Garoppolo.

With seemingly half of the Champions League clubs looking enviously at Khedira, Real Madrid will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of an unexpected bidding war for a player whose contract has almost expired.

I think it was a bad move by Wenger letting Coq go for a miserly # 12 million at today's inflated prices but getting back to Alexis the good news that's happening now is he's creating a bidding war which I hope will push Lex's price up

If this with leaked with the sole purpose to fuel a bidding war, the Raiders being all but out and the Jets being a favorite make more sense, as the Jets have a ton of cap space and just as many, if not more, questions at CB.

Atletico boss Diego Simeone has said that Griezmann may quit the Madrid club at the end of next season, according to Star Sport, who report that a bidding war could see offers reach # 80m for the 25 - year - old.

Listening to the words of Wenger on the subject, it appears that our boss has decided not to try competing with the spending power at Old Trafford, to avoid a bidding war that will push the prices even higher.

Lemar seems an obvious candidate to replace the Chilean at the Emirates Stadium, but as the Mirror note, Liverpool are also looking at him and this could mean a bidding war.

But it now appears that the Fluminense playmaker will not be the only player with that surname — admittedly spelt differently — that will be at the heart of a bidding war between English sides.

At the start of this article you were asked to consider what a free market would lead to if top recruits were the beneficiaries of bidding wars for their services.

When at least two teams want you, you have a bidding war.

The 17 - year - old talent is set to be at the center of a bidding war this summer, with Tottenham Hotspur chief among those keen to land the Championship Player of the Year.

This would be great news for Arsenal FC and would give us Arsenal fans some great ammunition to fire at our counterparts on the red half of Merseyside in the banter wars over the summer and into next season, especially as it would be the second time in a couple of seasons that it happened and after the way they took the mickey about our transfer bid for Luis Suarez it would be ironic to say the least.

When he heard about the million - dollar bidding wars for TV rights to the 1992 Olympic Games, with technical crews numbering in the thousands, Barber recalled the days when he was sports director for CBS Radio, and was the network's only broadcaster at St. Moritz in 1948.

The 26 - year - old is believed to be Chelsea's main transfer target but the European champions could be priced out of a bidding war with City, especially if Mancini has extra funds at his disposal following any potential sale of Balotelli.

The club's decision not to get involved in a bidding war with local rivals Manchester United for Alexis Sanchez despite long - standing interest, and even though Guardiola had previously worked with the Chilean at Barcelona, was another vote of City's confidence in their all - time top goalscorer.

The news comes as QPR continue negotiations with Mark Hughes about succeeding Neil Warnock as manager, with the hope that a new boss can reignite the fortunes of Taarabt, who has been on the fringes this term, having fired the R's to promotion from the Championship the season before.A deal with French money bags Paris Saint - Germain looked like going through in the summer, but Taarabt later blamed political differences for the transfer ultimately collapsing, leaving him frustrated at having to stay in England.The mercurial Moroccan has interest from a host of top European clubs, but his conduct in the last few months, including walking out of QPR's 1 - 0 win over Chelsea at half - time and consistently admitting he wants to leave, have left many questioning his attitude and professionalism.However, Qatari side Al - Sadd have not been put off, and made their move for Taarabt last week, only to pull out of a deal after being told it would take a whopping # 15 million to convince them to sell.That sort of figure also rules out Newcastle and Aston Villa as potential destinations, with the thought now that QPR will hang on to Taarabt until at least the summer, where they hope Taarabt could spark a bidding war, after being rejuvenated under a new manager and firing the club to Premier League safety.

He then dropped a bombshell on the club and its fans, as recently as two weeks ago, when he announced he wouldn't be signing a new deal at the club, sparking a bidding war between Juventus and the Manchester clubs.

Marsh would go on to read parts of his diaries aloud to his second wife, writer and anthropologist Kate Fox, and with her encouragement and connections, Marsh found his words at the centre of a bidding war.

Once the grocery chain's CEO, John Catsimatidis, caught wind that the building that houses one of its stores at 350 E. 86th St. near First Avenue was going up for sale, he planned to join the bidding war, he said.

The state Conservative Party last year backed Rob Astorino in his bid to become governor, but now is at war with him over his «Reform Party.»