Nike will put its full marketing muscle behind McIlroy because the demographics of golf fans make them an attractive target.
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Foreign-investor interest in the American real-estate market began during the housing crisis, when plummeting property prices turned the U.S. into an attractive target for buyers around the world.
And fast growth has made emerging economies an attractive target for foreign investors and their own citizens living abroad, who can find ways to get around capital controls.
The rapid rise of consumers with disposable income in Asia, India, Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America are becoming an attractive target as U.S. companies begin thinking the U.S. market will remain somewhat stagnate for years to come.
Analysts are predicting that these latest sets of results could leave Lehman Brothers an attractive takeover target for an international bank.
The hard-core loyalists, combined with the intellectual property behind its email service, could make RIM an attractive buyout target for rivals.
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Portuguese police said the euro's growing importance as an international currency had made it an attractive forging target for organised crime in the European Union and beyond.
If OSI Shares fail to appreciate significantly on their own, Reid notes that the company, with its low price-to-earnings, sales and book value, would make an attractive takeover target.
Furthermore, if you are considering which assets you would prefer to bequeath to your heirs and to charity, in life and death, Traditional IRA assets become an especially attractive target for charitable giving.
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The hedge fund manager thinks the market is not giving the U.K. telecom full credit for its stake in Verizon Wireless, a stake that could ultimately make it an attractive takeover target for its partner in the venture, Verizon.
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If CBS can convince advertisers that the older generation is an attractive market to target as well given higher disposable incomes and greater potential for purchasing consumer goods like iPads, smartphones and other popular items that younger generations might already own, then it could see a rebound in pricing trends.
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While corporations target March Madness as an attractive marketing opporutnity, networks also peg certain corporations whom they wish to advertise during March Madness telecasts.
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Given the size, asset holdings and attractive valuation, Skilled Healthcare would be an obvious target.
One of the selling points when PE firms speak with management of a publicly-traded target is getting away from the quarterly guideposts set by investors and analysts, which is an attractive alternative for companies struggling through a turnaround or trying to undertake a major growth initiative.
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