Sentences with phrase «failed takeover attempt»

, Executive Life, Mutual Benefit, Fidelity Mutual, Confederation, and the near miss on the Equitable (what a story — I was on AIG's failed takeover attempt team), the rating agencies went into full scale defense mode, downgrading every company in sight.

Unilever posted better - than - expected first quarter revenues and increased its quarterly dividend by 12 % as it continues to appease shareholders after a failed takeover attempt by Kraft Heinz.

Not exact matches

Detroit could challenge the takeover in state court, but such attempts have failed in Michigan in the past.

The first attempt at a takeover, at a school in Compton, Calif., failed after a prolonged court battle.

Modeled after failed attempts in other cities to create «Recovery» districts, the Takeover plan gives Means the authority to strip control of our schools from the publicly elected School Board.

In hind sight one can deduce the various attempts to carry out this diabolical plot: the illegal takeover of an elected BBOE, the failed attempt at a charter change referendum and the hiring of Paul Vallas, public school destroyer extraordinaire.

«Wisconsin Jobs Now will continue to support efforts by parents and educators to establish real community schools and will fight back vigorously against any attempt to appoint another Takeover Czar or expand the failed takeover legiTakeover Czar or expand the failed takeover legitakeover legislation.

The attempted takeover was made possible by a highly disputed new law called Parent Trigger, which allows half - or - more of parents at any failing school (as designated by the U.S. Department of Education) to make major decisions about its future.

So Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency (TEA) commissioner, failed at his Home Rule attempt in Dallas (See Panning a Charter Takeover of all public schools).

Wiedeking led a failed hostile takeover attempt of Volkswagen, and later opposed the merger of the two carmakers.

This is a legacy of a failed, and acrimonious, takeover attempt in 2008/09 at GBP 45p per share.

Cisco (s csco) has failed in its attempt to reverse the European Union's approval of Microsoft (s msft)'s 2011 $ 8.5 billion Skype takeover — but the thinking behind the verdict should dampen any Microsoft celebrations.