Another stake in the protectionist palisade being erected around European steelmaker Arcelor, subject of a 18.6 billion euro hostile take over bid by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.
's multibillion-dollar bid to take over British Sky Broadcasting collapsed as the scandal spread.
The government has also advertised for other private companies to bid to take over failing schools.
But transition officials said Mr. Blagojevich wasn't involved in Mr. Emanuel's successful bid to take over that seat.
's decision to withdraw a multi-billion-dollar bid to take over British Sky Broadcasting.
The Merthyr Tydfil Supporters' Trust have said the club's owner, Wyn Holloway, turned down their bid to take over the cash-strapped outfit.
Last week, it was revealed that a locally-based consortium was believed to be close to tabling a bid to take over the Owls.
It increasingly looks like Verizon Communications will be victorious in its bid to take over MCI , leaving rival Qwest Communications in the dust after two months of wrestling.
London Olympics chairman Sebastian Coe backed the Hammers' bid to take over the stadium in August after the club announced they pledged to keep a permanent athletics track.
The experiment was the first of its kind, and Piscitell put together a plan and a bid to take over the distribution centers and warehouses and essentially become the landlord.
One of Canada's biggest pension funds has failed in its bid to take over Goals Soccer Centres after a vote on the move failed to attract enough support from shareholders.
BBC: Canadian pension fund fails in bid for Goals Soccer Centres
And the government is pushing ahead with plans for directly elected police commissioners, greater flexibility for councils on spending and new powers for communities to bid to take over threatened services.
Now comes Chief Executive Steve Ballmer's latest would-be Google-toppling tactic (after his failed bid to take over Yahoo): a sneak attack using the newly launched version of Microsoft's dominant Web browser, Internet Explorer.
As a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC, (Spurs), the club that yesterday lost the bid to take over the London 20912 Olympic stadium once the games have been staged, I have deliberately refrained from making an immediate comment.
Now comes Chief Executive Steve Ballmer's latest would-be Google-toppling tactic (after his failed bid to take over Yahoo (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people )): a sneak attack using the newly launched version of Microsoft's dominant Web browser, Internet Explorer.
Chris Goodall, an analyst at the media research firm Enders Analysis, said the News of the World was the "sacrificial lamb being taken out into the desert and killed" in order to try to save the Murdoch empire's bid to take over UK broadcaster BSkyB.
He's already bid unsuccessfully to take over Chrysler prior to its spinoff from Daimler.
Private firms will soon be allowed to bid for a chance to take over some government services, he says.
In 2011, Scottish ministers approved a bid by the crofting community to take over the land.
In the Shropshire Premier League , Oswestry maintained their bid to take the title by recording a 79-run victory over Ludlow.
's attempt fully to take over British satellite broadcaster BSkyB was another casualty, the multi-billion dollar bid dropped in the furor.
CNN: Rupert Murdoch: Media magnate grilled on power, influence
The guide sets out government support available to local shops, such as the "Community right to bid", which is meant to make it easier for local people to take over "treasured" local assets faced with closure.
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