A hostile bid is a specific type of takeover bid that bidders present directly to the target firm's shareholders because management is not in favor of the deal. Bidders generally present their ...

A hostile takeover bid is an attempt to buy a controlling interest in a publicly traded company without the consent or cooperation of the target company's board of directors. If the board rejects ...

In 2018, tech giant Broadcom unsuccessfully made a hostile bid for semiconductor supplier Qualcomm. After attempting to nominate 11 directors to Qualcomm’s board, Broadcom raised its offer from ...

Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as Friday, according to a published report. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported early ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- There's nothing like a hostile bid by Oracle's Larry Ellison, after a week chock full of merger wheeling and dealing, to set off an early run in tech and Internet stocks.

Suitor Westlake ignores a request to best its bid. The $1.6 billion hostile bid for specialty chemicals and building products maker Axiall (AXLL) looks like its heading to the shareholder vote ...

JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines and asking shareholders of the low-cost carrier to reject a proposed $2.9 billion acquisition by Frontier Airlines. JetBlue is going ...

After Twitter’s board put in place a poison pill provision, Elon Musk appears to be hinting at the possibility of a hostile bid. By Lauren Hirsch Over the holiday weekend, Twitter’s board put ...

HP is once again rejecting Xerox's attempt at a takeover. The printing corporation announced Sunday that it "will not consider combining with Xerox" until the copy making giant answers questions ...