They, too, found themselves staring down the barrel of an M4 rifle and being marched across to a holding area for potential prisoners.
Since most potential buyers would probably prefer to sell off some assets while holding others, lining up potential spinoff transactions beforehand could be a vital step toward deciding whether to bid for the company.
The story highlights a series of odd tests like the potential boss holding your hand to bring you into the interview room and then asking you about it.
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Figure 1 shows the potential benefits of holding positions for longer periods of time.
It simply was not proper to continue holding those shares while the potential takeover was under consideration.
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Of the arguments against, the weakest is the potential harm from holding up the launch of Windows 98.
We sold some of our macro holding of gold on Tuesday after the push-through failure, as we are always inclined to book some profits at historic highs while holding smaller size for any potential follow-through.
When he announced his plans to the nation on Saturday night, he said Israel would be spared the potential risk of holding general elections for both the prime ministership and Knesset at a time of national emergency.
Retail lost a lot of momentum and but now holding so lower levels for a potential long trade.
Or ride it as a potential blue chip investment, holding it for years?
But while they will likely increase the cost of their backstops significantly, no amount of fee income may be enough if they fear being left holding the bag on obligations that face potential default.
Mr Miliband's intellectual ability is widely admired but his presentational skills were questioned when he allowed himself to be photographed - at the height of the speculation over a potential coup - grinning and holding a banana.
Jed Kolko at Trulia shows that in nearly every market, potential buyers with an expected holding period of five years or more and a combined state and local marginal tax rate of 25 percent or higher are better off financially owning than renting.
But the FCC has committed to minimizing any potential reductions in service, including holding talks with Canadian authorities about interference issues near the border.
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The Nobel Peace Prize, as much of the world keeps holding its collective breath, fearing that the potential collapse of the Eurozone, exits of member states, region-wide banking crisis, half-steps and dithering by European leaders could drag the global economy deeper into the mud and tear Europe into pieces yet again?
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Executives say they remain committed to Sovereign, which recently opened the door to potential acquisitions by converting to a bank holding company from a savings bank.
Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst with CPM Group, said many potential buyers in India appear to be still holding off.
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Just having the option to move back home provided enough of a psychological security net to allow them to be more discriminating about the kind of jobs they accepted, which translates to holding out for positions with higher long-term earning potential.
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Instead, consider looking at the types of stocks you are holding and see if there are more attractive candidates with higher betas and stronger potential for earnings growth.
And limited holding periods can trigger the sale of a PE-backed company that still has the potential for significant upside gains.
As an investment holding, gold-mining stocks are unique in that they hold appeal both for their appreciation potential as well as a hedge against periods of economic uncertainty.
Pay freezes, pay reductions and other corporate cost-cutting measures that began with the crash have now become the new norm, keeping many young employees in a holding pattern of low earning that I predicted would have serious implications for their long term earning potential.
We believe that business leaders can unleash tremendous untapped potential by unshackling their people and their businesses from resource constraints (while still, of course, holding them accountable for results).
For all the potential that such an agreement could provide, talks between the companies are currently said to be in a holding pattern while the FCC completes its review of Dish's spectrum holdings.
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