It is now being taken over by Volkswagen, its erstwhile target in a drawn-out takeover battle, after buckling under the weight of debt and derivatives it took on in a bid to wrest control of VW.

大众是保时捷旷日持久的收购战中的早期收购目标。 此前，保时捷为控制大众持有了大量债券和衍生品，却最终被压垮。

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A reminder of just how reckless some deals were was provided on November 26th by BCE, a Canadian telecoms firm and the target of the second-largest buy-out bid on record.

11月26日，加拿大电信公司BCE为了收购目标公司报出了第二大收购出价记录，这为提醒人们这些交易是多么的鲁莽提供了例证。

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The only regulatory risk posed to the deal is in how long it takes to get done, and time always favors the target in a hostile bid situation.

该交易唯一的监管风险就是多久才能完成，而且在充满敌意的竞标环境中，时间往往有利于被收购方面。

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Some of the local residents in Searchlight did not like the fact that outsiders had come in to target Senator Reid, who faces a difficult re-election bid this year, in part,because of his work in guiding the divisive health care reform bill through Congress.

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The firm was previously a bid target for bookmaker Ladbrokes.

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Investors have also been speculating that Premiere could be a bid target of private equity firms, and other media companies, while France's Vivendi has been cited in several reports as one potential acquirer.

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Investors have also been speculating that Premiere could be a bid target of private equity firms, and other media companies, while France's Vivendi (other-otc: VIVEF - news - people ) has been cited in several reports as one potential acquirer.

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