Sentences with phrase «takeover attempt from»

A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil's brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund led by Dittmar Rigule (Gabriel Byrne), erotic distractions from international supermodel Nassim (Liya Kebede), and adversaries with an agenda for destruction.

Also last year, Coury took the lead in a bitter takeover fight with Ireland - based Perrigo Co., a manufacturer of over-the-counter medicines, and fought off a takeover attempt from Israel - based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd..

Qualcomm is likely to make aggressive moves to keep shareholders happy in the next two quarters while the company faces a possible hostile takeover attempt from Broadcom, research firm Nomura said Tuesday.

Not exact matches

Harvard Law School professor Lucian Bebchuk studied about 2,000 companies for five years after takeover attempts, buyouts and other activists» interventions from 1994 to 2007.

In late 2002 and early 2003, the global organization — recently spun off from Bass Group — faced bloated overhead costs in the competitive hotel industry, experienced a decline in business and vacation travel because of the worldwide economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.

In his four years as CEO the company managed a merger of equals, grew from $ 210 million in revenues to $ 562 million, survived an aborted takeover attempt by Microsoft (msft), and evolved into a company that today is a regular on Fortune's list of Best Places to Work.

Listen to how Lawrence Lederman, in his Tales from the Takeover Era, described what drew him from ordinary corporate law to takeover work: «Besides agility, attempting a takeover requires craft and the willingness to take risksTakeover Era, described what drew him from ordinary corporate law to takeover work: «Besides agility, attempting a takeover requires craft and the willingness to take riskstakeover work: «Besides agility, attempting a takeover requires craft and the willingness to take riskstakeover requires craft and the willingness to take risks.»

He'll be questioned about the inappropriate communications which emanated from his office with News Corporation during its attempt to takeover broadcaster BSkyB.

The chaos resulting from quick takeovers of low - performing schools and attempting to transform them into successful charter schools has brought angry parents out in droves across Tennessee.

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.

The Third Avenue goal in acquiring a common stock is to attempt to acquire the security at a price that represents a substantial discount from the price which would exist were the company a private business or a takeover candidate.

[5] From 1906 to 1934 the office of County Clerk was held by John Mahiʻai Kāneakua, who had been active in attempts to restore Queen Liliuokalani to the throne after the United States takeover of Hawaiʻi in 1893.

In 2017, those attempts ranged from account takeover fraud to mobile banking Trojans that enabled hackers to steal funds from victims» bank accounts.