As the second round of interviews moves to a close, you want to close the deal by asking for an offer.
Although the key Xstrata shareholder, Qatar Holdings, with its 12% stake, was asking for a higher offer than the 3.05 Glencore shares for each Xstrata - it has said it would accept a minimum of 3.25 Glencore shares - most shareholders should benefit from the deal.
Members rejected a 2.45% pay offer and are asking for a rise of 6%, or 50p an hour.
While many are asking if Verizon will make an offer for Sprint, telecom tower companies took a big hit from the deal announcement.
The human will be able to interrogate the system, asking it to provide reasons for its actions or to offer additional information.
Perhaps if you priced them just a bit more reasonably -- no one's asking for anything free here, and go ahead and offer a premium titanium-plated version for the suckers -- the upgrade path wouldn't be so painful.
Such is the swathe of wines on offer that one could be forgiven for asking whether there is a country in the world that doesn't produce wine.
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He said one other offer was received, for "considerably less than the asking price", before the council's bid was accepted.
The firm, which has a large share of Scotland's house advertising market, said the average offer for larger homes was 20% below the average asking price in the three months to December.
Here's a question we've been asking ourselves for a while: what if the dock for a hybrid tablet could offer not only a keyboard and battery, but also increased performance?
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