His actions, he said, were all aimed at ensuring the strongest possible competition in the Telebras auction, so that the phone companies were sold at the highest possible price to competent operators.

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But Selig and the other owners want this deal done quickly and they want the highest price possible, especially with the financially-troubled New York Mets struggling to raise equity.

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Perelman is no stranger to the Delaware courts his earlier takeover of Revlon in the 1980s prompted one of the most famous business-law rulings ever, governing the duty of managers and directors to obtain the highest price possible when they sell control of a company.

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One law firm has already opened an investigation as to whether the Weiss family and the Board of Directors of AM are breaching their fiduciary duties by not engaging in a full and fair independent auction to ensure that shareholders will receive the highest price possible for their shares.

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Therefore, if you are selling your company you will want to have the strongest revenues and earnings possible to obtain the highest price for your company.

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While possible, the increasing accuracy of pricing information available online is narrowing the gap between the highest selling price a dealer can get for a car and the market average.

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