They know the comps and are prepared to make an offer at fair market value.
If he fails and the bank's shares plunge, expect Citigroup to make an offer.
Ferguson has confirmed his interest in midfielder Paul Coutts, but claims he is yet to make an offer.
He came to Drexel and asked if we could raise money for him to make an offer for Gulf.
Schulze had until Feb. 28 to make an offer for the company, but no offer materialized, Best Buy said Friday.
By combining this intellectual property in one company, Biogen IDEC might now be able to push Genentech to make an offer.
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse says the company is not planning to make an offer for the rest of Clearwire, Bloomberg reports.
Losing out on a property that you were almost ready to make an offer on because someone beat you to it can be heartbreaking.
PPR, which now owns 68% of the Gucci Group, is obliged to make an offer for all the shares it does not own already.
"They like the idea of being able to make an offer at a level they feel they can afford, " said Mark Street, the airline's head of customer loyalty.
WSJ: El Al, Virgin Atlantic Are Airlines That Auction Upgrades to Business Class
Last January crosstown rival Novartis swooped in, increasing its stake to just below the level at which Swiss law would force it to make an offer for the remaining shares.
So if Delta Two was to make an offer for Sainsbury's, "they'd be buying the company on the basis of the current management team staying in place, " predicts the analyst.
The Redskins had to make an offer they felt would outbid the quarterback-needy Cleveland Browns, who could have offered both the No. 4 and No. 22 selections in this year's draft.
When they do take on new employees, companies are taking longer to make an offer, knowing that they no longer have to move fast to prevent competitors from stealing their prospective hires.
Sources close to him say that his stakes are long-term and that he does not plan to cross the 15% threshold that would require him to make an offer for a further 20%.
Even if Fox executives decided to make an offer, O'Brien may well be barred from appearing on another network for a year or more, depending on the contractual arrangement hashed out with NBC.
Rio said that if the ruling was made, it would mean that BHP must "either announce a firm intention to make an offer... or announce that it does not intend to make an offer".
But there can only be one review, Mr Hunt's officials say - and that is always launched after the relevant company, in this case Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, formally announces its intention to make an offer.
If Augusta National admits it was prepared to make an offer but she wouldn't accept, it has admitted that membership is open to women, and it will immediately be asked who the next candidate will be and when.
In order to establish strong evidence of an arms-length negotiation, buyers tend to make an offer a little lower than the ultimate takeover price to allow for adjustments later, especially when they own a piece of the target anyway.
FORBES: Lawyers Jockey For Lead In Lubrizol Lawsuit Sweepstakes
In order to have a completed contract, one party has to make an offer, the other has to accept (on the same terms proposed by the offer) and there must be consideration (the money actually changing hands would have been consideration).
FORBES: Why Is Cam Newton Not Guilty Of SEC Bylaws Violation?
Jenel Lee, who owned a one-bedroom condominium in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, received a postcard in the mail earlier this year from Sam Bryan, an agent representing a buyer that was ready to make an offer with a 50% down payment on a unit like hers.
It probably won't be enough to change the minds of MCI's board, which likely had only entertained a bid from the struggling, number four regional phone company in order to attract attention and increase the pressure on number one carrier Verizon to make an offer.
If its sales soar and Merck can't come up with a Zocor replacement, the pressure could mount on Merck and Gilmartin to make Hassan an offer too good to refuse.
When it comes to endorsement deals, these days, there is no shortage of companies trying to get through the door to make Watson an offer.
FORBES: The Bubba Watson Brand: How Life Has Changed Since Winning The Masters
C. office that she needed more time, and pressed the New York organization to make her an offer, saying she had a competing possibility elsewhere.
Keeping companies posted will not only keep you fresh in their mind, but it will also allow them to get the ball moving if they do in fact want to make you an offer.
应用推荐