Sentences with phrase «several failed bids»

Not exact matches

The saga of the failed BHP Billiton bid for Potash Corp., which was heightened by the potential involvement of a Chinese state - owned enterprise, carries several lessons for Canada as it prepares to deal with a growing number of large, and potentially controversial, acquisitions by state - owned and other enterprises.

This is a parity - heavy year in which every team has a flaw — Clemson lost to Syracuse, Oklahoma failed to really put away several weaker teams, Georgia got blown out once (but avenged it), and UCF failed to go back in time and schedule teams that would happen to be good — but that's no reason to default to two teams that've combined for five Playoff bids in three years.

The London side made several bids for the 21 - year - old over the summer, but failed in all of them [Mirror].

Already Arsenal have failed with a bid just under # 5m and will be hoping they clinch his signature with a deal that will consist of several add ons to make up the difference in their valuation of the player.

(And, having worked on several — including his uncle's failed presidential bid in 2008 — he has a pretty good idea of what an unsuccessful campaign might look like).

«Today we have unsealed a nine - count indictment that outlines a pattern of self - dealing and corruption that spans decades and covers several events, including the defendant's failed bid to become the Brooklyn District Attorney,» U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch said during a press conference announcing the charges, where she described Mr. Sampson's alleged conduct as «one of the most extreme examples of political hubris that we have yet seen.»

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

His piece entitled Loss of Memory is Worse Than Death (a steel cage encasing several vitrines which contained a surgical mask, gloves, and a syringe) also failed to sell, closing at 55,000 pounds (less than half of the maximum expected bid).

Ocean Tomo's March auction in San Francisco was particularly disappointing, failing to stir much frothy bidding after several years of splashy live - auction events.

In the «dot - com boom and bust» era, there were several experiments with lawyer bidding, but all the sites failed because they could generate enough revenue.