And the Shias' leaders, including many of those who were hostile a few months ago to the plan for an election, now seem keen to encourage their co-religionists to vote too.
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.
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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But as the question of a hostile takeover came to a head last week, Slim was silent.
But many have been put off taking bridge seriously by unnecessarily complex conventions of play, a hostile tournament atmosphere and a somewhat elderly image.
But Blackwater has repeatedly said its guards were acting "in response to a hostile threat, " a statement repeated by company spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell in August.
Shia Iran, mindful of a hostile Sunni Taliban as a neighbour and increasingly weary of the flow of drugs and refugees across its border, is hoping that its support for the alliance will improve its relations with Central Asia.
You slowly turn a dark, hostile world into a place where people whisper your name in awe.
In 2006 the two sparred when Mr Samuelsson launched a hostile bid for Scania, a Swedish truck firm.
In September, Mr Pinault launched a hostile bid for Worms, a big financial group that included Athena, a profitable and well-run insurer.
But late Tuesday, it faced a more-hostile reception at a town park in northern Uganda, where Mr. Kony based his two-decade insurgency until 2005.
Mr de Villepin approved the deal only after it became clear that Suez was vulnerable to a hostile Italian bid, holding a press conference on a Saturday to make the surprise announcement.
In fact, Hurd urged the firm to let the workers go, because their loud argument could cause another kind of legal problem: A female employee sensitive about sex discrimination could feel that a supervisor who agreed with Rep. Akin was hostile to women, which could open up the employer to a hostile work environment sex discrimination suit.
Though these devices are designed for first-time buyers, they present an experience that is ironically hostile to a potentially hesitant newbie.
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Xstrata was also a bidder for Lonmin and walked away from a hostile bid of 5 billion pounds a couple years ago.
That even this conservative city in the middle of a geographically and culturally hostile desert has a local food scene got me thinking.
On September 3rd four miners were wounded by rubber bullets when security guards fired on a hostile crowd at the gates of a gold mine near Johannesburg, the commercial capital.
IBM, in no fear of a hostile takeover, might be unhappy with a tax reform that would raise its tax rate.
Poison pills are adopted by companies in order to prevent a hostile takeover by diluting the value of a shareholder's stake.
The Sunday Times quotes him as saying in a lecture: "I don't mean that in a hostile way, it's just a fact".
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Sprint could still offer to buy T-Mobile USA for a fat premium, but the Germans seem keen on the fit with MetroPCS. It could make a hostile bid for MetroPCS, but such a battle would be hard to win.
This week, Chief Executive SteveBallmerSteve Ballmer is said to be considering raising the offer by a dollar or two to avoid a hostile takeover, which likely would produce a long, nasty fight, and no certainty that Microsoft will get Yahoo!
This week, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is said to be considering raising the offer by a dollar or two to avoid a hostile takeover, which likely would produce a long, nasty fight, and no certainty that Microsoft will get Yahoo!
The majority of these things are hosted by Christian schools or colleges- hardly a neutral audience, but in his unique and sometimes insulting way he manged to remain engaging to a hostile audience and (again, in a bizarre sort of way) cordial.
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And there is scant prospect of a hostile tender offer to rescue the shareholders of a mismanaged private REIT.
In the past decade the storied Maumee, Ohio auto parts maker had survived a misguided acquisition binge, a hostile takeover attempt, an accounting scandal, a bankruptcy filing, a taxpayer bailout of two of its largest customers and the Great Recession.
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Despite his predictions of a hostile reception from home fans, Clarke was given a warm reception from the Wellington crowd when he joined Katich at the crease.
But Blackwater has repeatedly said its guards were acting " in response to a hostile threat, " company spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell said in a written statement late Sunday.
The appointment of an Anti Human Trafficking Coordinator, who will coordinate the best possible support for victims and make Wales a hostile place for human trafficking to exist, is also a UK-wide first.
The connection between the Sami people and their reindeer has been about survival in a hostile land and it runs very deep: there is a legacy lasting millennia of living together in the polar North.
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