It could be seen as a bully trying to strong-arm ImClone shareholders into accepting a bid it knows is too low.

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Even healthy banks have been arm-twisted into accepting taxpayers' money so that weaker rivals would not stand out for doing so.

ECONOMIST: Situation normal

The rise agreed by Arcelor for this year comes on top of price increases of 19% last year and makes it highly likely that other steelmakers will be arm-twisted by the ore miners into accepting similar hikes.

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