The options, Mr. Ballmer said, were completing a negotiated deal, pursuing a hostile takeover effort or walking away. He spoke during a meeting with employees.

Ballmer在会议上告诉员工：现在的选择是告别了和平谈判的时候了，正在追求一种敌意的收购方式。

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The versatile Mr Cayne also made lots of time for his love of bridge: he was playing in a tournament in Detroit on the weekend when JPMorgan Chase negotiated its takeover of Bear Stearns.

多功能凯恩先生也作了大量的时间对他的爱的桥梁：他是参加在底特律的比赛，周末的谈判时，摩根大通收购贝尔斯登。

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The Guardian reported that News Corp. withdrew its promise to spin off Sky News as a separately listed publicly-traded company, a conditional part of their previously negotiated takeover deal.

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But here is the important fact: concessions were negotiated between Mr Hunt and Mr Murdoch that would have allowed the takeover to take place - if the deal had not eventually been blown up by the public and political furore over News International's role in phone hacking.

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