Meanwhile, the GAA has announced a special ticket price offer for the AIB Club Championship finals if they are purchased by midnight on 16 March.
In merger arbitrage, the narrower the spread between trading price and offer price, the more optimistic traders are that a deal is going through.
This needs-based approach is separating the superior from those who have only price to offer.
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It does not guarantee a minimum price or offer a premium but provides training, advice and better access to credit.
In order to be a positive replacement for the iPhone, the iWatch must carry a larger retail price or offer superior margins.
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Decide the price on offer was ridiculous and refuse to issue?
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Some cadre of investors think that price is not going to win over minority shareholders who know that the true value of the spectrum is two or three times the price on offer.
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Predictably, short-seller advocacy groups lamented the toughness and cost burdens of the new regulations, under which a trader wanting to short a particular stock has to find a price above the prevailing national best bid and offer price if the stock has already fallen 10% or more from the previous trading session.
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Over the three months since the IPO of Facebook shares, their price dropped to less than half of the initial offer price.
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Such a commitment can be effective because, whereas the department store can aim its price cuts at bargain-hunters, the discounter cannot offer price cuts to impatient buyers without offering discounts to all its clients.
Gallaher has recommended that shareholders accept the bid, but the share price moved to a 12 pence premium to the 11.40 pounds offer price in Friday trading, suggesting investors thought a counterbid could be forthcoming.
Zynga's stock market value immediately fell below its asking price on the first day of trading, whilst Groupon climbed initially before dropping to about half of its offer price.
That hamstrings Kmart's ability to compete on price - and offer its customers better value.
Shares in the group were trading at the offer price at lunchtime in New York.
The following Monday, the stock quickly slipped below its offer price, where it has remained ever since.
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In his letter, Ballmer said a proxy fight would likely lead to Microsoft lowering its offer price.
As I discussed in an earlier post, brick-and-mortar stores have to do more than just offer price-matching.
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At an offer price of 175p last week, the newly-floated general insurance firm was trading today at 189p.
They have to wait until they are traded in the market, usually at well above the offer price.
At recent levels it is up more than 27% from its offer price.
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Shares of Glencore were down 4.8% in London, while Xstrata rose 7% to trade slightly below the offer price.
The greater this confidence, the closer to the offer price it will trade.
Shares in the social networking site Linkedin fell below their May 2011 offer price after its shares became freely tradeable.
Airlines, hotels, and car-rental companies could offer price comparisons on their own sites, a model successfully adopted by US insurance companies.
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Ilitch, one of the great gentleman owners in sports, got pissed, lowered his offer price and the deal quickly blew up.
Two recent offerings, Kythera and Intercept, both ripped out of the gates with 20% rallies above their offer price last week.
"We expect Barclays could upgrade its offer price by up to 2 euros by claiming higher synergies in investment banking, " said Lambert.
The offer documents will be amended to reflect the new offer price, but this will not alter the timing of the acquisition.
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