Mr Daley has pulled off ambitious takeovers of the city's schools and its awful public housing.
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Last year it was top financial adviser on U.K. public takeovers, ranked by number of deals.
In a bid to improve management, it will let only the best-run banks launch takeovers.
This should help to unlock cross-holdings of shares and remove a key defence against hostile takeovers.
Inflation has also prompted a massive amount of borrowing for corporate takeovers and stock buybacks.
It sided with the Germans on takeovers in return for support on that other front.
The takeovers helped engender a reshaping of corporate America that made its economy work better.
Takeovers such as these earned Lindner a reputation as a fierce corporate predator in the 1980s.
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This is to promote market integrity, prevent hostile takeovers and discourage general sneaking around.
Money is being made again in gold names, tech takeovers and, somewhat incongruously, video rental stocks.
Companies have also held back from selling bonds, issuing shares or doing big takeovers.
The fund bets on events like corporate takeovers and bankruptcies, and makes other investments.
These lawsuits are a direct result of how takeovers are orchestrated under Delaware law.
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Mega-takeovers are likely to be the preserve of big, cash-generative groups with simple structures.
Soon after, Office Depot created a poison pill defense that would fend off hostile takeovers.
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The FSA was given statutory powers to intervene in the panel's regulation of takeovers.
Cultural differences between European countries remain marked, and political opposition to foreign takeovers is still fierce.
Integrating the various businesses from Lockheed's takeovers of companies such as Martin Marietta was proving difficult.
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In December France announced that it would protect industries in 11 areas from foreign takeovers.
Germany has fought hard to preserve a law that protects Volkswagen from foreign takeovers.
This belies the argument that takeovers give new managers more licence to restructure an ailing business.
Roche's managers argue that mid-sized takeovers are gentler than the mega-mergers favoured by its peers.
Takeovers happen and the acquiring firm has a natural bias toward keeping its own people.
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America's rules on takeovers would also make this sort of occurrence impossible in most cases.
And takeovers and mergers might yet encourage banks to be freer with their loans.
Australian bosses also point out that China does not welcome foreign takeovers of its firms.
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This tax-saving tactic has been important with most of the big takeovers and buyouts of the Eighties.
This, in turn, unleashed a succession of takeovers by even bigger organisations, the giant American finance houses.
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Of 60 such takeovers since the start of 2000, the two giants have been involved in 40.
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The reason being that everyone is well aware that many if not most corporate takeovers destroy value.
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