The hostile duo has begun lobbying merger arbitrageurs, who buy shares in acquisition targets hoping to profit from the gap between the trading and sale prices.

敌意二重奏已经开始游说并购套利者，他们购买收购目标的股份，希望能从交易价和抛售价的差额中获得盈利。

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Then came Yahoo: Microsoft stock fell 15% in early February following the company's attempted hostile merger with the search engine giant.

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Then came Yahoo (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ): Microsoft stock fell 15% in early February following the company's attempted hostile merger with the search engine giant.

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The British, however, having seen both an agreed merger and a hostile one fail, are in no mood to link up with the Americans.

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