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Hooked on Kindle
By Chris Roush
Tracking the Business Behind the Tomato
By Jonathan Higuera
Five Questions with Bill Choyke
By Jonathan Higuera
Finding the Economy's Silver Lining
By Dick Weiss
Double Whammy: Oil and Housing
By Jennifer Hopfinger
Please explain the definition of a hostile takeover
Q. Could you explain what a hostile takeover actually is? Is it a request from Company A to Company B to purchase Company B? Is Company B always free to reject the offer? --Patrick Garmoe, reporter, Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)
A. A hostile takeover is when Company A offers to buy Company B without there being an agreement between the two companies or Company B even wanting to be sold.
It's in contrast to a friendly acquisition, when the two companies sit down and negotiate a deal before it is announced.
From Investopedia: Hostile takeovers are usually bad news, as the employee moral of the target firm can quickly turn to animosity against the acquiring firm.
Company B is free to reject the offer, but Company A can go to the shareholders of Company B and put pressure on Company B. It can also offer to buy the stock directly from the shareholders without Company B's consent to try to force Company B's hand.
-- Chris Roush, assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former business reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
Select a workshop and register from the drop-down menu below.
The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
By Chris Roush
Tracking the Business Behind the Tomato
By Jonathan Higuera
Five Questions with Bill Choyke
By Jonathan Higuera
Finding the Economy's Silver Lining
By Dick Weiss
Double Whammy: Oil and Housing
By Jennifer Hopfinger
Please explain the definition of a hostile takeover
Q. Could you explain what a hostile takeover actually is? Is it a request from Company A to Company B to purchase Company B? Is Company B always free to reject the offer? --Patrick Garmoe, reporter, Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)
A. A hostile takeover is when Company A offers to buy Company B without there being an agreement between the two companies or Company B even wanting to be sold.
It's in contrast to a friendly acquisition, when the two companies sit down and negotiate a deal before it is announced.
From Investopedia: Hostile takeovers are usually bad news, as the employee moral of the target firm can quickly turn to animosity against the acquiring firm.
Company B is free to reject the offer, but Company A can go to the shareholders of Company B and put pressure on Company B. It can also offer to buy the stock directly from the shareholders without Company B's consent to try to force Company B's hand.
-- Chris Roush, assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former business reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Copyright © 2008 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism