Sentences with phrase «week in a bid»

Posh have secured the signing of midfielder Harry Beautyman from Welling United this week in a bid to add creativity, but they could really do with returning striker Aaron McLean finding some form.

Arsene Wenger appears keen to see off interest from other prospective suitors with his north London side to hold talks with Palermo's president Maurizio Zamparini in London this week in a bid to «thrash out» a deal to sign the # 29.5 m rated South American.

Playing it safe does not come naturally to Rory McIlroy, but the Northern Irishman will attempt to suppress his swashbuckling instincts at Pinehurst this week in his bid to win a second US Open.

But the veteran right - back, who joined the French giants on a free this summer, reportedly took both players out for dinner this week in a bid to have them bury the hatchet.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer picked up her first union endorsement this week in her bid to replace Westchester County - elect George Latimer in the state Senate.

State Senate hopeful Ali Boak is rolling out a series of endorsements this week in her bid for a Hudson Valley Senate district held by Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy.

With the expectation that both parties will reconvene later this week in a bid to reach a truce, they both agreed to take decisions reached back for extensive consultations and deliberation and come back with a position, which will be geared towards resolving the industrial dispute.

Labour frontbenchers will threaten to quit next week in a bid to topple Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, PoliticsHome has learned.

The Senate has adjourned plenary for one week in its bid allow senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP fold attend the party's congresses.

The sweet - and - sour strategy echoes what Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who is the state attorney general, did last week in his bid to become New York's next governor against Mr. Paladino.

The number of MPs now signed up Tory MP Douglas Carswell's no - confidence motion in Martin is said to have reached double figures, with the motion due to be tabled next week in a bid to force him out.

He resigned his post this week in a bid to «encourage the government to do something» to protect the sites.

One of the biggest rows was in West Dunbartonshire where the council agreed in February to cut two - and - a-half hours from the primary school week in a bid to save about # 1m.

Barnes and Noble fired 1,800 people last week in a bid to save $ 40 million dollars per year.

The Fifth Element, Istanbul's first public sculpture park which was co-organised with the fair, also opened this week in a bid to create closer ties with the local community.

Not exact matches

GREG Evans has got off to a flying start in his new role as KPMG's global leader of mining M&A, with one of the firm's major clients announcing its first takeover bid last week.

Even in the weeks before the Fed's move, highly valued private companies faced other pressures as prominent mutual fund companies, such as Fidelity Investments, bid down the value of their holdings, potentially over concerns that they had become too bloated.

Speculation about a potential run for office by McMullin, who launched a bid for the White House as an alternative for conservatives dissatisfied with President Donald Trump's candidacy, increased after Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R - Utah) announced earlier this week that he will not seek re-election in 2018.

In the final weeks of his failed 2012 primary bid, animal lover Newt Gingrich spent a lot of time visiting zoos — trips that resulted in many photos of the candidates with a variety of animalIn the final weeks of his failed 2012 primary bid, animal lover Newt Gingrich spent a lot of time visiting zoos — trips that resulted in many photos of the candidates with a variety of animalin many photos of the candidates with a variety of animals.

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.

In an email sent to Reuters last week after the Challenges report was published, lawyer Baratelli said the company's successful tender bids were lawful.

Rick Perry, former governor of Texas who also ran in the 2012 presidential race and who suggested last week he would make his own bid, also made it official Thursday.

In a bid to encourage staffers at the streaming giant to take more time off, Hastings, who serves as Netflix's co-founder and CEO, is hoping to lead by example with his own rather ample vacation allotment: six weeks every year.

BERLIN — Samsung unveiled two smartphones and a virtual - reality headset Wednesday in a bid to draw consumer attention before its fierce rival, Apple, announces its holiday lineup next week.

Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev told Bloomberg in an interview this week that the authorities hope to recognize bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a legal financial instrument in 2018 in a bid to tackle money laundering.

Verizon, the biggest U.S. wireless carrier, is seeking to challenge AT&T, the second largest U.S. wireless provider, in the third round of bidding, even though its latest offer was at the low end of the $ 3.5 billion to $ 5 billion range of the second - round bids that came in last week, the people said.

I put in a all cash bid this week for $ 100,000 over asking for a house with ocean views.

U.S. - based electronics retail giant Best Buy Co. is closing its 131 Future Shop stores Saturday and will re-open 65 of them in a week under the Best Buy banner in a bid to improve business.

In fact, according to a report this week, Penn West Petroleum received multiple bids for its Viking assets, with those bids reportedly coming in C$ 100 million above analyst expectationIn fact, according to a report this week, Penn West Petroleum received multiple bids for its Viking assets, with those bids reportedly coming in C$ 100 million above analyst expectationin C$ 100 million above analyst expectations.

Trump plans to to further outline his economic and tax policies in a speech in Detroit on Monday, following a bruising week in which he publicly sparred with the Muslim family of a fallen U.S. soldier and initially refused to endorse leaders of the Republican Party in their re-election bids.

Bon - Ton extended the deadline for bids in its bankruptcy auction last week to April 4, after announcing it was in active discussions with a bidder whom it did not identify.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, in his last week on the job, is taking the government to court in a bid to have Ottawa release information about the impacts on federal jobs and services from $ 5.2 billion in cuts announced in last year's budget.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press / Files

by Anita Anand This week, the Ontario Securities Commission and British Columbia Securities Commission simultaneously heard a case relating to the hostile takeover bid that Idaho's Hecla Mining Co. has launched for Dolly Varden Silver Corp., a junior issuer based in British Columbia.

Expectations for strong U.S. jobs data on Friday have been maintaining a bid for dollars, while timely survey data show that a cooling in economic growth is afoot, and ECB President Draghi gave dovish - tilting remarks following the central bank's April policy review last week.

The new initiative comes just weeks after the Singapore government launched a blockchain competition with government funding in a bid to reward and select successful blockchain startups.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's government this week published a series of papers outlining its position on issues such as the transfer of goods and services in a bid to provide some clarity.

It appears the positive impact of coin burn was priced in well in advance, as the token was better bid last week.

Santos chairman Keith Spence said the substantial rise in the oil price since US predator Harbour Energy made its indicative buyout overtures will need to be reflected with a higher proposal if it makes a firm and binding bid after due diligence is finished in the next two weeks.

In this go - round — he, too, says he is submitting a new bid this week — he may have lined up a name familiar to those tracking newspaper property sales of the last half - dozen years, as a would - be partner: Ron Burkle.

In a filing submitted to federal Bankruptcy Court last week, attorneys for Digital First signaled the company's intention to bid by requesting that the court push back the deadline to submit initial bids for Freedom's assets from Friday to Feb. 12.

Despite the $ 110 / share bid price and the late - week rally, Time Warner's stock is trading around $ 87 in Tuesday's...

Takeover target Godfreys has warned of soft trading over the past few weeks, which would have caused it to technically breach a covenant, it has already received a waiver from, in a lending agreement with the 99 - year - old major shareholder who launched a cash bid for the company two weeks ago.

I was also puzzled by the bid in the crude oil market the last 2 weeks (in the face of stock market weakness) and I thought CAD could benefit from rising crude.

Large market participants bid up the price of bitcoin in the weeks prior to the CBOE launch, loading up on the underlying asset and then offsetting that exposure by shorting futures.

Mr Boon said the Tabcorp offer — which offered shareholders a 21 per cent premium on the share price before the bid was revealed last week, and a 58 per cent stake in the combined company — was too good to refuse.

Several weeks of jungle adventure followed as the pair made their way north through hazardous terrain in a desperate bid to reach the coast and freedom, often relying upon the hospitality of the rural people they met on their way.

Echoing the words of Nelson Mandela following his release from prison, Dr John Sentamu urged people to unite as a community in a bid to get to the truth of what happened in the disaster six weeks ago.

Helping to entice KKR, and other private equity firms, to throw a bid on the table is Mr Clarke's previous work with the close - knit global private equity firm industry who see merit in his initial plans — also revealed this week — to slash costs by $ 35 million at Treasury Wine and pump the savings into a 50 per cent boost on brand marketing.

Mr Farley's comments come a week after Australian Agricultural Company's failed bid to secure a 15,000 hectare leasehold in the Ord River region of Western Australia.

The return to unit holders and shareholders is likely to have a bearing on any vote on the Saputo deal, particularly since a syndicate of rival bidders has indicated a guarantee of $ 1 a unit or share when they cast their bid, expected in the coming weeks.