The only difference between the original hostile takeover- and leveraged buyout-predators of the 1980s and the current band of Internet dealmakers is that the new generation is using stock certificates instead of junk bonds to snap up rivals.
Their relationship ended during a dispute over the terms of a deal to forge a single business out of Xstrata and Glencore, with Glasenberg annoyed that Davis joined a push for more generous terms, a demand which was met but which also turned a so-called merger of equals into a hostile takeover and the break-up of the team.
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Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) issued a statement this morning confirming that it has done detailed feasibility studies on a white knight bid for Aventis (nyse: AVE - news - people ), which is the target of a hostile takeover by Sanofi-Synthelabo (nyse: SNY - news - people ).
Paper company Willamette, subject to a year-long hostile takeover effort by Weyerhaeuser, fell 12%.
He was perfectly positioned by the 1980s to make serious money and headlines as a junk-bond-fueled hostile takeover artist.
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The companies ended up discussing a steel joint venture and widening the co-operation into a full merger, but nobody in Germany has tried a high-profile hostile takeover since.
On the merger front, AirTran Holdings, the parent of AirTran Airlines, which serves long- and short-haul markets, primarily in the eastern U.S., announced in December a hostile takeover for another low-cost carrier, Midwest Air Group.
On the merger front, AirTran Holdings (nyse: AAI - news - people ), the parent of AirTran Airlines, which serves long- and short-haul markets, primarily in the eastern U.S., announced in December a hostile takeover for another low-cost carrier, Midwest Air Group (amex: MEH - news - people ).
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Now, as the billionaire steel magnate attempts to corral enough shareholder votes to complete Mittal Steel's hostile takeover of Luxembourg-based rival Arcelor by the end of June, he has reiterated his belief that consolidation will improve the sustainability of the industry.
Pfizer was an obvious choice to be a white knight for the biotech, which is fighting a hostile takeover attempt by Sanofi-Aventis.
Willamette Industries rejected a sweetened hostile takeover bid from rival wood-and-paper-products concern Weyerhaeuser in a unanimous vote of its board.
In the midst of the commodity craze in 2007, Chen waged a hostile takeover of a Hong Kong-listed steelmaker that was ultimately defeated with the backing of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.
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The enterprise software company's stock slid as results weakened after Oracle 's (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) June 2003 hostile takeover bid.
Rio Tinto is also fighting off a hostile takeover proposal from BHP Billiton, - the world's largest miner.
The top-tier investment banks have one talent that still commands huge fees: their brilliance at the life-or-death deal, such as a hostile takeover, a landmark privatisation or a public offering.
That may yet hinder this month's hostile takeover bid by Vodafone AirTouch, a mobile-telephone company, for Mannesman, a German firm.
Knight Ridder (nyse: KRI - news - people ) is more vulnerable to a hostile takeover than most media ventures in this age of industry consolidation because of its unique capital structure.
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