• Atticus Capital, which owns 1% of Barclays, has written to the British bank's Chairman, Marcus Agius, requesting that he call off his bid for Dutch rival ABN Amro.

    FORBES: Barclays Hears Dissent On ABN Amro

  • The Federation of Small Business said his call to force firms who wanted to bid for public contracts to offer apprenticeships would harm enterprise.

    BBC: Labour conference: Miliband vows 'new bargain' for UK

  • Accusations of insider trading and tax dodges have been bandied about since the sale, prompting Thaksin to call a snap election for April 2 in a bid to regain authority.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The one thing the woman who believes that she has the right to lead the country without being elected by anyone thinks that Israel should do in response to Ahmadinejad's call for our physical destruction is to object to Iran's bid to join the UN Security Council.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A road paved on reality

  • There's also a call for the G20 this autumn to co-ordinate action in a bid to bring down inflationary pressures, which looks like a heavy hint that the oil price and speculation in other commodities should be constrained.

    BBC: Britain pushes hard choices for Europe's hard core

  • When Carson Pirie Scott, another midwestern chain, made a hostile bid for Younkers, Martin picked up the phone to call Gould.

    FORBES: Businessman with a politician's touch

  • Unsuccessful candidates who got a call from the president included Congresswoman Connie Morella, who lost her bid for re-election in Maryland's 8th District.

    CNN: White House: We've made history

  • If you think you know the last senator to run for president who was defeated in his next bid for re-election to the Senate, give us a call.

    NPR: Political Junkie: Clinton, Lieberman and Holder

  • If you say to me that the request for proposals, the call for tenders will be free, fair and transparent, then we say EADS will bid and we trust you.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Sarkozy at the White House

  • He says he wants to amass a 25% stake, which would be sufficient to veto special resolutions and call extraordinary meetings but well short of the 29.9% stake that would trigger a bid for the whole company under U.K. takeover rules.

    FORBES: Gunning for It All

  • That move would allow the smart cheater to get long the calls for a slightly lower cost and make the call trades look like sales since they got traded on the bid.

    WSJ: Insider Trading's Smart Cheats

  • Obama's call for a nuclear-free world combined with his aggressive stance towards Israel's purported nuclear arsenal, his bid to disarm the US nuclear arsenal, and his ineffective response to North Korea's nuclear brinksmanship and Iran's nuclear project have served to convince nations from the Persian Gulf to South America to the Pacific Rim that they should begin developing nuclear weapons.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Rocking Obama's world

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