Sentences with phrase «stalking horse in»

Others claim he is a «stalking horse in all but name».

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The latter had an existing $ 90 million «stalking horse» deal to buy most of Gawker's websites, which the two companies announced when Gawker initially filed for bankruptcy protection in June.

The Weinstein Co. announced in a statement that no other bidder made a better offer than Dallas - based Lantern Capital, which made a «stalking - horse»...

According to court papers filed late Thursday, the bidder is taking on a role of a «stalking horse» in a court - approved auction set for Monday in New York.

The Toronto - based company, whose $ 300 - million stalking horse offer for the Canadian subsidiary of the toy retailer was approved in a U.S. court this week, is looking for stores outside of Canada it can potentially snap up.

Univision Holdings (univision) has offered to acquire Gawker Media, challenging a $ 90 million stalking horse bid from media company Ziff Davis in the auction for the U.S. internet publisher, people familiar with the matter said.

As so - called stalking - horse bidders, Sprint and Standard General will have to compete with potential rivals in a court - supervised auction.

Tribune Publishing has already said it wants to be the bidder that sets the opening price for the actual auction next month — the «stalking horse» position in the process.

Fairfax agrees to buy Toys «R» Us Canada in $ 300 - million stalking horse bid, source says, Financial Post United States

In the high - profile tussle for 6,000 wireless patents from bankrupt Nortel Networks, Google kicked off the tug - of - war with a stalking horse bid of $ 900 - million — far greater than anyone expected.

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wallace in Santa Ana on Monday approved the request by moving back the deadline for so - called stalking - horse bids, which set a minimum price for a bankrupt company's assets.

So - called conservatism and so - called radicalism in these contemporary guises are in general mere stalking - horses for liberalism: the contemporary debates within modern political systems are almost exclusively between conservative liberals, liberal liberals, and radical liberals.

In some of the center's literature one can find these claims: «Capitalist development is a necessary prerequisite of democracy,» and «The marketplace is a stalking horse of democracy.»

Lorigo's challenge came in response to Long's letter last week in which the state chairman branded Lorigo a stalking horse for Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who is trying to petition his way into the GOP primary.

Crowley has been relegated to the sidelines in the NY - 6 battle lately as the focus has been on the mysterious — and belated — candidacy of longtime Queens Democratic operative Jeff Gottlieb, who may or may not be (depending on who you believe) a stalking horse for the party's endorsed candidate, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, although she has been plugging away at her campaign, announcing earlier today that she has netted yet another small labor endorsement.

Quizzied over whether their man is a «Stalking Horse» or a «Stalking Donkey», in the tradition of Sir Anthony Meyer, a Prufrock supporter described him solemnly as a «Stalking Womble».

Marchione was the clear winner in the Conservative Party contest despite a stalking horse opponent and McDonald has the Independence Party nod.

The New Statesman reports that «local members believe that Mahmood may be acting as the stalking horse for his sister, the current mayor of Waltham Forest, Saima Mahmud, who may be a candidate in the event of a trigger ballot against Creasy».

There has been a lot of talk about the Jewish vote in NY - 6 and the apparent attempt by people associated with Meng's campaign to divert support away from Lancman through the stalking horse candidacy of newcomer Jeff Gottlieb.

You still see the press talking about «stalking horse» candidates sometimes, or talk about such - and - such mounting a challenge against the leader, echoing back to the old rules when people like Thatcher in 1975 and Heseltine in 1990 could directly stand against the incumbent leader.

Fulfilling his troth, Robin is convinced by the elder Loxley, Sir Walter (Max von Sydow, hammy), to take the dead prodigal's place as lord of the manor and husband of the distinctly displeased Marion in order to prevent the baronial lands from being seized by the grasping tax collectors of the newly crowned King John (Oscar Isaac, mincingly monotonous), whose chief henchman, Sir Godfrey (Mark Strong, bald), is playing a double game as both John's right arm and a stalking horse for a French invasion of England.

But in both of those cases, we had a clearly established frontrunner (The Revenant in 2015; La La Land in 2016) that got overtaken by a stalking horse.

The «choice» program is only a stalking horse for the neocon wet dream of dismantling the whole concept of common schools, along with government services in general.

In January 2017, Nissan showed the stylized Vmotion 2.0 concept, a stalking horse for the swoopier five - passenger Altima sedan that actually goes to production.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in Manhattan today approved a procedure to auction Borders» assets that makes a group of liquidators, rather than Najafi Cos.» BB Brands, the so - called stalking - horse bidder.

Unfortunately, when fatty tumors occur in horses, they can form on a stalk within the abdomen, become twisted, and cause colic.

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At least for anybody more interested in solving the problem rather than using it as a stalking horse for some other, ideological, agenda.

Representation of purchasers and potential purchasers in bankruptcy auctions and sales, including negotiation of stalking horse bid protections and litigation involving challenges to the sale.

Google opened bidding in April with a $ 900 million «stalking horse» bid, and said it hopes the patents will ward off litigation from more established rivals.

He stated that the proposal should be rejected out of hand, in part because the Commission had taken an «intellectually dishonest approach, hoping we would not notice the real purpose of the Regulatory Objectives is to be a stalking horse for non-lawyers practicing law, non-lawyers owning law firms and multi-disciplinary practices.»

Several newspapers, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, have reported that over the weekend General Growth's board voted in favor of Brookfield becoming the stalking horse bidder in its reorganization.