They looked at the monstrous 345-page prospectus describing the split-off that created Liberty and passed on the offer.
Alibaba prefers a friendly deal with Yahoo, but it could still revisit an alternative plan to bid for the whole company in conjunction with buyout firms if the cash-rich split-off proposal falls through, people familiar with the matter said.
Ms. Whitman was named CEO of the struggling computer and printer giant in September and so far has aimed to undo the damage created by her predecessor, Leo Apotheker, including putting the kibosh on a proposed split-off of the company's PC business.
Discover is the easiest business to split off--and the unit that many see as the most likely to go.
Journe had sold it last year, but now the oil inside was sticking--only a bit, but enough to throw the split-second calibrations slightly off.
On the Netflix company blog this weekend, Hastings apologized for his handling of the price hike and outlined a plan to split off the DVD-mailing business under a new brand, Qwikster.
In particular, Smith, the Knicks' sixth man, continued his struggles, shooting just 1 for 6 over the first half. (He drilled a contested heave from half-court at the buzzer, but officials waved it off, saying it was a split-second too late.) The Knicks went into the break trailing 52-46 marking the fourth consecutive home playoff game the Knicks trailed at the half.
They don't - you know, they split off from it, but they began with the Muslim Brotherhood.
At the time of the interview, her position as the official Respect candidate was under question - as the party itself had split into two factions - and the party chairwoman who had to sign off Ms German's candidate had gone to George Galloway's side.
But it could leave the Security Council split and make an end to the stand-off with Iran harder.
The ultra-conservative Salafist Al Nour party has seen members split off to form their own faction.
Then it should split new-economy investments into a separate company and spin this off.
EMU-philes concede that a formal split is a long way off, and in public all chant the mantra of party unity.
Airport monitors counted waiting time by identifying a different passenger each 15 minutes at the very back of the queue, which could be a line formed before passengers split off into separate lines for European passengers, non-European passengers and those prescreened for expedited-entry programs.
After Christmas, the school year would be split into three eight-week terms, each separated by two weeks off.
Governor King has tried his best recently to ward off demands for tighter monetary policy that has seen a split-vote for several quarters.
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It is amazing to behold the split-second timing of these operations, with jets regularly landing and taking off in such a small area.
It's too late for a park on the scale of Gettysburg or Antietam, but off the side roads important battlefield fragments still exist, behind split-rail fences, amidst cattle, corn and glistening yellow tobacco leaves.
Alonso, also on the super soft tyre and on a clean run, found enough to split the Red Bulls, and with Felipe Massa in fourth, almost nine-tenths off Vettel's pace, the Spaniard appears to be the only serious threat to Red Bull's dominance.
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At any moment one of them could split off a chunk more than big enough to capsize a kayak into the 45-degree water.
They may even split the legal profession in two: big corporate clients will pair off with the big-five firms, leaving independent law firms with private clients only.
Apple obviously writes its own software for the iPhone, but Samsung's phones all run a customized version of Google's open-source Android, and Samsung is so dominant that it could very well split off and start building its own version of Android, just as Amazon did with the Kindle Fire.
Under the David Packard approach, new product lines split off into autonomous units, and scores of disparate operations populated the four main businesses--ink-jet printers, laser printers, servers and PCs.
But there is bound to be the question: where does the advantage lie in an investment bank which is cut off from its in-house source of funding, and should it not simply split completely?
In January Tilton proposed to split off a big chunk of the carrier later this year and turn it into a low-cost airline, rumored to be named Starfish, that could compete with JetBlue and Southwest.
You're better off just passing them by -- and as far as your entree goes, either split it with somebody or pack up half and take it for lunch tomorrow.
Danny Murphy split two defenders with a pass to the edge of the box to Zamora and after his cute lay-off, Gera lashed under the body of Pyatov from an angle on the left.
Georgia got within 64-62, but Clarendon split free throws with 2.1 seconds left and Barbee's desperation shot was off.
Like Cipriani, who had a much-publicised split with model and actress Kelly Brook, Henson has often been in the public eye as much for his off-field activities as his on-field accomplishments.
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