Sentences with phrase «up in a bidding»

This reached a fever pitch at the beginning of the decade when we saw many integrated oil companies get broken up in a bid to «unlock» hidden value.

«What will be interesting to see is if we end up in a bidding war,» Waterhouse said, suggesting Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International as potential rival bidders.

Incoming Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and President Renee James teamed up in their bid for the C - suite, a strategy that initially threw the board for a loop.

This is being reported by CalcioMercato, who are also stating that Massimiliano Allegri's side could end up in a bidding war agains the Red Devils for Oberlin should they up their reported interest in him.

That is assuming both those areas are not caught up in a bidding war.

They will be looking to get a leg - up in their bid for Champions League qualification with a victory over Spurs today.

He has been repeatedly accused of a cover - up in a bid to keep US intelligence onside, not the kind of thing that wins you votes in Labour's electoral college.

Next month, however, the bureau is going to change things up in a bid to reduce concerns about the survey.

The start of the new year, it seems, is when «new singles» are most likely to sign up in a bid to find Mr. or Mrs. Right, all leading up to a wonderful date on February 14th.

Sometimes buyers get caught up in a bidding war and end up agreeing to borrow more money than they had intended.

At this point in the process, you may be confronted with competing bids, and it's important not to get caught up in a bidding war that could put you in a difficult situation.

• Don't allow emotions get you caught up in a bidding war.

A host of firms including Slaughter and May, Travers Smith, Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are lining up in a bidding war for French electrical retailer Darty.

Anyone in the real estate market in Toronto knows that when the market is hot, good properties end up in bidding wars.

The tech giants; Amazon, Apple, Google and Verizon; might end up in a bidding war to gain rights to stream NFL's «Thursday Night Football.»

Ira & Carol acted so swiftly that we didn't end up in a bidding war.

Sometimes buyers get caught up in a bidding war and end up agreeing to borrow more money than they had intended.

«I think you'd end up with a buyer who'd pay the most «market would bear» money, based on driving the competition up in a bidding war.»

Not exact matches

A YOUNG Perth entrepreneur has teamed up with a leader among Malaysian start - up businesses in a bid to boost the success of local technology entrepreneurs.

Yesterday, I wrote about the shady role of a few start - ups in the government's bid to gather more and more intelligence about people and businesses around the globe.

While preparing for his second presidential bid, in 2006, he got caught up in an extramarital affair that produced a child.

British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline is seriously shaking up (among other things) its R&D operation as part of a bid to realize one billion pounds in annual savings.

When a manager here comes to me and says certain commodities are going to be put up for bid in the coming months, I go through my files of people I have run across over the course of the past couple of years.

In turn, the competitive pressures generated by the increased demand for labour will bid up wages, to the point where the extra revenues generated by hiring an additional worker are completely offset by the higher wages that this worker can command.

Capital One picked up ING Direct U.S.A. last year for US$ 9 billion, and in August Scotiabank announced its bid to acquire the Canadian division for $ 3.1 billion.

Commercial developers have engaged in their own orgy of debt - fuelled construction projects, bidding up land values threefold last year and erecting countless office towers, malls and hotels.

Energy companies in North America have been ramping up production in tandem with OPEC's efforts to cut global output in a bid to take advantage of rising prices.

Under Armour is spending $ 560 million to scoop up two fitness apps in what is the athletic apparel company's latest bid to compete in both the physical and digital worlds.

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Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist at the firm, said in a note Monday that the S&P 500 could reach his «bull case» target of 3,000 «by the middle of the year as investors bid up P / Es toward 18.5 x on one last surge of euphoria before settling back down by year end.»

This system has never made me pass up an opportunity — in fact, it's helped me strengthen my cash flow so much that I've been able to contemplate all kinds of growth options, including a recent $ 325,000 bid on a bankrupt company whose assets were worth nearly 10 times that much.»

Facebook opened up its Messenger app to developers to create chatbots in April 2016 in a bid to expand its reach in customer service and enterprise transactions.

Just last week, the company went all the way up to the Supreme Court in a bid to save the flailing deal and asked the Delaware judge.

Altadis (up 16.89 %) Shares in the Franco - Spanish tobacco group resumed trading higher on Thursday, above the level of Britain's Imperial Tobacco's bid approach made earlier.

In March, reports emerged that Microsoft was mulling over an $ 8 billion bid to snatch up the red - hot, $ 3.8 billion work chat app Slack — but Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates put the kibosh on that before an offer could be made.

We could end up with $ 10 million in revenue this year, but we're not going to stoop to low - balling bids like some other companies.

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

The increased wagering on golf won't necessarily go away if Woods» doesn't hold up as a player: His previous comeback bids have ended in disappointment.

Broadcom lowered its bid to buy the company Wednesday in response to a possible Qualcomm tie - up with NXP Semiconductors.

Broadcom lowered its bid Wednesday in response to a possible Qualcomm tie - up with NXP Semiconductors, which Broadcom sees as lowering the company's value.

In a leveraged buyout attempt that has turned into a long and contentious process, Michael Dell and his investment partners have upped their bid to take the company he founded private to $ 24.6 billion.

While the company has reportedly put itself up for sale, so far no suitor has agreed to a deal, though a fake takeover bid in May 2015 briefly sent Avon's (AVP) shares surging 20 % before the offer was revealed as a hoax (and the shares promptly resumed their downward trend).

Still, the takeover bid pushed up the value of Ackman's large stake in Allergan, netting Pershing billions of dollars, and the hedge fund manager says the experience helped him realize the value in serial acquirers.

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering sanctioning Venezuela's crude industry in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Reuters reported Thursday, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

And on Tuesday, Royal Bank of Canada said it was opening up select bits of its data to eligible external software developers in a bid to foster innovation and enable them to build and test banking - related applications.

Japanese mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki, who lost eight fingers and a thumb because of frostbite in a previous bid to conquer Everest in 2012, had to give up on his latest attempt on Sunday, saying otherwise he «wouldn't be able to come back alive.»

Each year four - year - old sockeye swim up the Fraser River in a spectacular bid to return to the freshwater streams where they hatched four years earlier.

The Obama administration is seeking to shake up how the government pays for heart attack - related medical care in a bid to reduce health spending, officials announced Monday.

Google is offering a 30 - day free trial and, in a bid to reward early adopters, if you sign up by June 30th, after the trial ends, All Access will cost $ 7.99 a month.

The list is conspicuously lacking any female musicians, though this is likely due to the fact that Swift and Adele yanked their most recent releases from Spotify — which counts 20 million paying subscribers and 75 million users of the ad - supported version of the service — in a bid to drive up physical album sales.