"The choice for Riversdale shareholders is clear - accept the offer or risk seeing their share price return to pre-bid levels, " said Rio Tinto Energy chief executive Doug Ritchie.
The Prudential bid pre-empted a plan to list a stake in AIA on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Mr Cook's move had little to do with grand strategic thinking: it was a pre-emptive bid to silence Eurosceptics in London, and also part of a broader Franco-British game in which his country will be struggling to preserve its veto in areas that others think should be subject to decisions by a majority of votes.
In arranging a marriage between Gaz de France and Suez, the French government has pre-empted a bid from Enel.
The maker of ketchup, bagel bites and a host of other products, surged more than 20% in pre-market trading to above the bid price.
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Put them through a competitive bid process (sealed bid or auction), with pre-set milestones.
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Halliburton had a pre-existing Navy contract, which was actually competitively bid that they're now using to do a lot of reconstruction work down there.
This can be particularly challenging if your stop order triggers during a pre-market session when spreads or the difference between the bid and the ask are wide.
In a bid to offset the political cost of the wage cuts, and also to pre-empt demands from impatient EU partners, the government has announced a sweeping overhaul of the tax system, including a drive to collect more revenue from the rich.
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