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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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