Input: Within weeks after taking charge of a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit, WITHOUT MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENTS WHATSOEVER IN THE WATER SYSTEM, Bechtel doubled and tripled water rates, charging the poor of the city $15 or more a month just to keep their water running... in a city where families live on less than $60 per month

taking

a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit

Bechtel


Input: The public subsequently retook control of Cochabamba's water system

retook

The public

Cochabamba


Input: In order to seize them, she felt she had to attack and destroy the naval power of the US

seize

she

she

the US


Input: I now live in Watertown, MA, 12 miles from Boston's Logan airport, in a lovely two family house I bought as an investment with my boss, my 9 year old Yorkshire Terrier, Teddy

bought

a lovely two family house I bought as an investment with my boss, my 9 year old Yorkshire Terrier, Teddy

I


Input: If I give him shares in my corporation in Feb 2004 of my S Corporation making him 30% shareholder, and I finally distributed profit this year, will the creditors attempt to that take money from him in 2005

give

I

him

my corporation

Feb 2004


Input: the bankrupcy filing took place in 2003, but it didnt clear until early 2004 and that was when i gave him the shares

gave

early 2004

i

him


Input: I believe you had said that you gave him the shares in February 2004 but that the discharge didn't come until June of 2004

gave

I

him

February 2004


Input: We also had a buyer for the building at a prize much higher than it was eventually sold for and a commitment for 4% bank financing in Crossville

sold

it


Input: At Northwestern, we are allowed to either rent school vans for no charge or take our own vehicles to tournaments within 300 miles of Evanston, IL

rent

we

school

school vans


Input: We pay for our flights/rental cars out of pocket

rental

We

our flights/rental cars


Input: We're getting a mid-sized vehicle, so if the car gets 20 mpg that's 75 gallons used

getting

We

a mid-sized vehicle


Input: In the meantime, they have been struggling with cash flow and have been selling off a lot of their buildings and properties to keep the company afloat

selling

they

a lot of their buildings and properties

a lot of their buildings and properties


Input: The Maharashtra officials are either incompetent fools, or worse- malicious fraudsters who conned an international comapny into building a state-of-the-art power plant for them at a cost of billions of dollars, and then refused payment, knowing the company has no legal recourse except lengthy international arbitration, and will likely sell the plant to them for a fraction of its true value

sell

the company

the plant

them


Input: Bechtel Corporation?s took control of the water system of Cochabamba, Bolivia's third-largest city in 2000 under a privatization program dictated by the IMF as a stipulation for loan payments to the bankrupt nation

took

Bechtel Corporation?s

the water system of Cochabamba, Bolivia's third-largest city

Cochabamba

the bankrupt nation


Input: Within weeks after taking charge of a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit, WITHOUT MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENTS WHATSOEVER IN THE WATER SYSTEM, Bechtel doubled and tripled water rates, charging the poor of the city $15 or more a month just to keep their water running... in a city where families live on less than $60 per month

taking

weeks after taking charge of a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit

a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit

Bechtel


Input: The public subsequently retook control of Cochabamba's water system

retook

The public

Cochabamba's water system


Input: Thus, for a "3 to 6 month" operation in China in 1937, Japan would embark on a war that would strip her of all the possessions and industries she had acquired in 70 years

acquired

Japan

all the possessions and industries she had acquired in 70 years

70 years


Input: I now live in Watertown, MA, 12 miles from Boston's Logan airport, in a lovely two family house I bought as an investment with my boss, my 9 year old Yorkshire Terrier, Teddy

bought

a lovely two family house I bought as an investment with my boss, my 9 year old Yorkshire Terrier, Teddy

I


Input: Now the nut of the question should be, What if Iran gives, sells, provides nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists to smuggle into the United States and at 10 AM on a Wednesday pop 2 or 3 in New York City, destroying Wall street, the large banks, the large Insurance companies, the large sock brokerage houses and many other world wide financial institutions

gives

Iran

nuclear weapons

Islamic extremists


Input: Now the nut of the question should be, What if Iran gives, sells, provides nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists to smuggle into the United States and at 10 AM on a Wednesday pop 2 or 3 in New York City, destroying Wall street, the large banks, the large Insurance companies, the large sock brokerage houses and many other world wide financial institutions

sells

Iran

nuclear weapons

Islamic extremists


Input: Now the nut of the question should be, What if Iran gives, sells, provides nuclear weapons to Islamic extremists to smuggle into the United States and at 10 AM on a Wednesday pop 2 or 3 in New York City, destroying Wall street, the large banks, the large Insurance companies, the large sock brokerage houses and many other world wide financial institutions

provides

Iran

nuclear weapons

Islamic extremists


Input: If I give him shares in my corporation in Feb 2004 of my S Corporation making him 30% shareholder, and I finally distributed profit this year, will the creditors attempt to that take money from him in 2005

give

I

him

my corporation

Feb 2004


Input: the bankrupcy filing took place in 2003, but it didnt clear until early 2004 and that was when i gave him the shares

gave

early 2004

i

him


Input: I believe you had said that you gave him the shares in February 2004 but that the discharge didn't come until June of 2004

gave

I

him

February 2004


Input: We also had a buyer for the building at a prize much higher than it was eventually sold for and a commitment for 4% bank financing in Crossville

sold

a buyer for the building

it


Input: The Maharashtra officials are either incompetent fools, or worse- malicious fraudsters who conned an international comapny into building a state-of-the-art power plant for them at a cost of billions of dollars, and then refused payment, knowing the company has no legal recourse except lengthy international arbitration, and will likely sell the plant to them for a fraction of its true value

sell

the company

the plant

them


Input: Within weeks after taking charge of a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit, WITHOUT MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENTS WHATSOEVER IN THE WATER SYSTEM, Bechtel doubled and tripled water rates, charging the poor of the city $15 or more a month just to keep their water running... in a city where families live on less than $60 per month

taking

a public company that had even managed to turn a slight profit

Bechtel


Input: The public subsequently retook control of Cochabamba's water system

retook

The public

Cochabamba


Input: In order to seize them, she felt she had to attack and destroy the naval power of the US

seize

she

the US


Input: Thus, for a "3 to 6 month" operation in China in 1937, Japan would embark on a war that would strip her of all the possessions and industries she had acquired in 70 years

acquired

Japan

all the possessions and industries she had acquired in 70 years

70 years


Input: The sad truth is that while the police officers are inspecting farmers' gun cabinets to see if they comply with regulations somewhere in the UK, someone, who has not filled in a firearms certificate form, will be smuggling a gun into the country or selling one to an inner city youth

selling

someone, who has not filled in a firearms certificate form

one

an inner city youth


Input: Rumsfeld said the Army was sparing no expense or effort to acquire as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can

acquire

the Army

as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can

as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can


Input: The FDA may decide as soon as this week whether drug stores can sell the emergency contraception known as Plan B without a prescription to women age 16 and older

sell

drug stores

women age 16 and older

women age 16 and older


Input: When the chain passed from its private owners a few years ago, problems began

passed

the chain

its private owners

a few years ago


Input: These problems multiplied when the New England chain Stop n' Shop acquired Giant

acquired

the New England chain Stop n' Shop

Giant


Input: That's not the sort of thing you pick up at a military surplus store

pick up

you

you

a military surplus store


Input: Michelle Malkin has a post about this today where some outlets have stopped selling lasers

selling

some outlets

lasers


Input: His paper was on a political personality of the 19th century and Mischie bought the house where his paper's subject lived

bought

Mischie

the house where his paper's subject lived


Input: Of course, there have been companies whose performance would perfectly mimic the validity of this idea, but Psuedo.com failed without producing a single show, and Broadcast.com was swallowed for $6 billion by Yahoo!, to Yahoo!'s great regret

swallowed

Broadcast.com

$6 billion

Yahoo


Input: The recent rumors about WalMart's plans to buy out a shipping company have given rise to the fear that the company may go the conglomerate route

buy out

WalMart

a shipping company


Input: And I won't dwell on the irony of an Oracle employee being driven out of Oracle, starting his own company, and forcing Ellison to spend $10.3 billion to get his company -- but not him -- back (though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

buy

Coca-Cola

the bottling franchise

billions


Input: The company intended to use the cash to pay an artificially low price for Yukos assets

pay

The company

Yukos


Input: It turns out the anonymous company, BaikalFinansGroup, shares an address with OOO Tverneftemash, which was recently bought by ZAO Gazpromgeocomservice, not to ever be confused by the similarly-named Gazprom (which by the way has a similar logo

bought

which

recently

ZAO Gazpromgeocomservice, not to ever be confused by the similarly-named Gazprom (which by the way has a similar logo


Input: Gazprom may have arranged some last-minute debt financing, or might have an outside partner, but I seriously doubt they weren't in some way involved with the company that won the auction

won

the company that won the auction


Input: everyone thinks they can always sell to someone dumber

sell

everyone

someone dumber


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

buying out

their

their bankrupt competitors


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

acquisition


Input: For now, it's just a rumor that Ask Jeeves is buying Bloglines

buying

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: Apparently Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state (yes, the same state that 1) forced Yukos to do the auction, and 2) ran the auction, not that 3) this is suspicious or anything), and which was then being bought with foreign assistance, is not being bought with foreign assistance

sold

Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state

an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state

the state


Input: Today, Ask Jeeves made their official announcement about acquiring Bloglines

acquiring

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: And this is, as far as I know, the first time since the Allegheny deal that there's been a hostile takeover using debt

takeover

Allegheny


Input: And then MCI just sort of accepted a Verizon deal without really bothering anybody

deal

MCI

Verizon


Input: I'd love to call it a classic raid -- he's making an offer for the company, nominating his own board, claiming management can accept one or the other or both, and hinting that if they paid him enough, he'd probably go away

offer

he

the company


Input: In this case, the most interesting twist is that he's shorting shares of Mylan's acquisition target, King Pharmaceuticals; he's basically doubling down on the bet that they won't acquire

acquire

Mylan

Mylan's acquisition target

King Pharmaceuticals

they


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

bought

Mylan

him


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

purchase

Mylan

they

King Pharmaceuticals


Input: Interesting aside: Starbucks is taking over the location in my town that was recently abandoned by Krispy Kreme

abandoned

my town

that

Krispy Kreme


Input: If passed next November, residents would have 90 days to give up firearms they keep in their homes or businesses

give up

next November

residents

90 days

firearms they keep in their homes or businesses


Input: These problems multiplied when the New England chain Stop n' Shop acquired Giant

acquired

the New England chain Stop n' Shop

Giant


Input: That's not the sort of thing you pick up at a military surplus store

That's not the sort of thing you pick up at a military surplus store

the sort of thing

you

you

a military surplus store


Input: Michelle Malkin has a post about this today where some outlets have stopped selling lasers

Michelle Malkin has a post about this today where some outlets have stopped selling lasers

some outlets

lasers


Input: His paper was on a political personality of the 19th century and Mischie bought the house where his paper's subject lived

bought

His

a political personality of the 19th century

Mischie

the house where his paper's subject lived

his

his paper's subject


Input: Another misleading sign was his position as a University professor - he was teaching mostly at private universities, which are still ways to buy diplomas here in Romania

buy

he

private universities, which are still ways to buy diplomas here in Romania

here in Romania

Romania


Input: And I won't dwell on the irony of an Oracle employee being driven out of Oracle, starting his own company, and forcing Ellison to spend $10.3 billion to get his company -- but not him -- back

get

Ellison

$10.3 billion

his

his company


Input: though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

giving

Coca-Cola

the bottling franchise


Input: though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

spending

Coca-Cola

billions

it


Input: The final price, $26.50 per share, beats all the previous bids by a huge margin -- of course, Oracle lowballed their earlier offers, and ended up basically bidding against themselves and the optimism of other Peoplesoft shareholders for a year and a half

price

Oracle

other Peoplesoft shareholders

Peoplesoft


Input: Gazprom may have arranged some last-minute debt financing, or might have an outside partner, but I seriously doubt they weren't in some way involved with the company that won the auction

won

the company that won the auction


Input: It turns out the anonymous company, BaikalFinansGroup, shares an address with OOO Tverneftemash, which was recently bought by ZAO Gazpromgeocomservice, not to ever be confused by the similarly-named Gazprom (which by the way has a similar logo

bought

which

recently

ZAO Gazpromgeocomservice, not to ever be confused by the similarly-named Gazprom (which by the way has a similar logo


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

acquisition


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

buying out

their

their

their bankrupt competitors

their bankrupt competitors


Input: For now, it's just a rumor that Ask Jeeves is buying Bloglines

buying

Ask Jeeves

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines

Bloglines


Input: Apparently Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state (yes, the same state that 1) forced Yukos to do the auction, and 2) ran the auction, not that 3) this is suspicious or anything), and which was then being bought with foreign assistance, is not being bought with foreign assistance

sold

Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state (yes, the same state that 1) forced Yukos to do the auction, and 2) ran the auction, not that 3) this is suspicious or anything), and which was then being bought with foreign assistance, is not being bought with foreign assistance

an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state

the state


Input: Today, Ask Jeeves made their official announcement about acquiring Bloglines

acquiring

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: And this is, as far as I know, the first time since the Allegheny deal that there's been a hostile takeover using debt

takeover

Allegheny


Input: And then MCI just sort of accepted a Verizon deal without really bothering anybody

deal

MCI

MCI

Verizon


Input: And now, they're swallowed by Just Another Monolith

swallowed

they

they

Just Another Monolith


Input: They need to buy stock from the company itself

buy

They

the company itself


Input: I'd love to call it a classic raid -- he's making an offer for the company, nominating his own board, claiming management can accept one or the other or both, and hinting that if they paid him enough, he'd probably go away

one


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

purchase

they

King Pharmaceuticals


Input: In this case, the most interesting twist is that he's shorting shares of Mylan's acquisition target, King Pharmaceuticals; he's basically doubling down on the bet that they won't acquire

acquire

Mylan's acquisition target

they


Input: Interesting aside: Starbucks is taking over the location in my town that was recently abandoned by Krispy Kreme

taking over

Starbucks

the location in my town that was recently abandoned by Krispy Kreme

my town

Krispy Kreme


Input: We just got new computers a week and half ago, and she's griping about XP (her old OS was Windows 98--mine was 95, so I'm thrilled with the new stuff

got

We

a week and half ago


Input: My plan is to pay off my car early, and then work on the other debts

pay

my

my

my car


Input: I've got a trial subscription to XM at work because of the Dell computers, and now I'm lusting to have it all of the time. G got me a nice office stereo for my birthday and it does have an aux jack, so I could listen to it here

got

I

G

a nice office stereo

here


Input: The sad truth is that while the police officers are inspecting farmers' gun cabinets to see if they comply with regulations somewhere in the UK, someone, who has not filled in a firearms certificate form, will be smuggling a gun into the country or selling one to an inner city youth

selling

someone, who has not filled in a firearms certificate form

one

an inner city youth


Input: Rumsfeld said the Army was sparing no expense or effort to acquire as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can

acquire

the Army

Humvees

other vehicles

it


Input: The FDA may decide as soon as this week whether drug stores can sell the emergency contraception known as Plan B without a prescription to women age 16 and older

sell

drug stores

women age 16 and older

women age 16 and older


Input: When the chain passed from its private owners a few years ago, problems began

passed

the chain

its private owners

a few years ago


Input: These problems multiplied when the New England chain Stop n' Shop acquired Giant

acquired

the New England chain Stop n' Shop

Giant

Giant


Input: His paper was on a political personality of the 19th century and Mischie bought the house where his paper's subject lived

bought

Mischie

the house where his paper's subject lived


Input: He bought his wife a four million dollar ring and got some tattoos that said how much he loved her, but he needed to do more to attract attention away from himself

bought

He

his wife

four million dollar


Input: Of course, there have been companies whose performance would perfectly mimic the validity of this idea, but Psuedo.com failed without producing a single show, and Broadcast.com was swallowed for $6 billion by Yahoo!, to Yahoo!'s great regret

swallowed

Broadcast.com

$6 billion

Yahoo


Input: The recent rumors about WalMart's plans to buy out a shipping company have given rise to the fear that the company may go the conglomerate route

buy out

WalMart

a shipping company


Input: And I won't dwell on the irony of an Oracle employee being driven out of Oracle, starting his own company, and forcing Ellison to spend $10.3 billion to get his company -- but not him -- back (though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

buy

Coca-Cola

the bottling franchise

spending billions


Input: The company intended to use the cash to pay an artificially low price for Yukos assets

pay

The company

Yukos assets


Input: Gazprom may have arranged some last-minute debt financing, or might have an outside partner, but I seriously doubt they weren't in some way involved with the company that won the auction

won

the company that won the auction


Input: everyone thinks they can always sell to someone dumber

sell

everyone

someone


Input: I bought the day of the Vioxx announcement

bought

I

the day of


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

buying out

ridiculously overfunded startups

their bankrupt competitors


Input: For now, it's just a rumor that Ask Jeeves is buying Bloglines

buying

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: Apparently Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state (yes, the same state that 1) forced Yukos to do the auction, and 2) ran the auction, not that 3) this is suspicious or anything), and which was then being bought with foreign assistance, is not being bought with foreign assistance

sold

which

an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state


Input: Today, Ask Jeeves made their official announcement about acquiring Bloglines

acquiring

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: And then MCI just sort of accepted a Verizon deal without really bothering anybody

deal

MCI

Verizon


Input: I'd love to call it a classic raid -- he's making an offer for the company, nominating his own board, claiming management can accept one or the other or both, and hinting that if they paid him enough, he'd probably go away

offer

he

he

the company


Input: In this case, the most interesting twist is that he's shorting shares of Mylan's acquisition target, King Pharmaceuticals; he's basically doubling down on the bet that they won't acquire

acquire

Mylan

Mylan

King Pharmaceuticals


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

bought

Mylan

him


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

purchase

Mylan

Mylan

King Pharmaceuticals

King Pharmaceuticals


Input: The sad truth is that while the police officers are inspecting farmers' gun cabinets to see if they comply with regulations somewhere in the UK, someone, who has not filled in a firearms certificate form, will be smuggling a gun into the country or selling one to an inner city youth

selling

someone, who has not filled in a firearms certificate form

one

an inner city youth


Input: Rumsfeld said the Army was sparing no expense or effort to acquire as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can

acquire

the Army

as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can

as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can


Input: The FDA may decide as soon as this week whether drug stores can sell the emergency contraception known as Plan B without a prescription to women age 16 and older

sell

drug stores

women age 16 and older


Input: When the chain passed from its private owners a few years ago, problems began

passed

the chain

its private owners

a few years ago


Input: These problems multiplied when the New England chain Stop n' Shop acquired Giant

acquired

the New England chain Stop n' Shop

Giant


Input: That's not the sort of thing you pick up at a military surplus store

pick up

That

you

a military surplus store


Input: Michelle Malkin has a post about this today where some outlets have stopped selling lasers

selling

some outlets

lasers


Input: His paper was on a political personality of the 19th century and Mischie bought the house where his paper's subject lived

bought

Mischie

the house where his paper's subject lived


Input: Of course, there have been companies whose performance would perfectly mimic the validity of this idea, but Psuedo.com failed without producing a single show, and Broadcast.com was swallowed for $6 billion by Yahoo!, to Yahoo!'s great regret

swallowed

Broadcast.com

$6 billion

Yahoo


Input: The recent rumors about WalMart's plans to buy out a shipping company have given rise to the fear that the company may go the conglomerate route

buy out

WalMart

a shipping company


Input: And I won't dwell on the irony of an Oracle employee being driven out of Oracle, starting his own company, and forcing Ellison to spend $10.3 billion to get his company -- but not him -- back (though it does rather delightfully remind me of Coca-Cola basically giving away the bottling franchise and then spending billions to buy it back

buy

Coca-Cola

the bottling franchise

billions


Input: The company intended to use the cash to pay an artificially low price for Yukos assets

pay

The company

Yukos


Input: It turns out the anonymous company, BaikalFinansGroup, shares an address with OOO Tverneftemash, which was recently bought by ZAO Gazpromgeocomservice, not to ever be confused by the similarly-named Gazprom (which by the way has a similar logo

bought

which

recently

ZAO Gazpromgeocomservice, not to ever be confused by the similarly-named Gazprom (which by the way has a similar logo


Input: Gazprom may have arranged some last-minute debt financing, or might have an outside partner, but I seriously doubt they weren't in some way involved with the company that won the auction

won

the company that won the auction


Input: everyone thinks they can always sell to someone dumber

sell

everyone

someone dumber


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

buying out

ridiculously overfunded startups

their bankrupt competitors


Input: Frenetic merger and acquisition activity doesn't mean much in the early days of a business -- it's just as likely that ridiculously overfunded startups are buying out their bankrupt competitors to create larger and less stable conglomerates as it is that forward-thinking visionaries are cutting off their competitors early

acquisition


Input: For now, it's just a rumor that Ask Jeeves is buying Bloglines

buying

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: Apparently Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state (yes, the same state that 1) forced Yukos to do the auction, and 2) ran the auction, not that 3) this is suspicious or anything), and which was then being bought with foreign assistance, is not being bought with foreign assistance

sold

Yuganskneftegaz, which was sold to an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state

an independent buyer who turned out to be an apparatus of the state

the same state that 1) forced Yukos to do the auction, and 2) ran the auction


Input: Today, Ask Jeeves made their official announcement about acquiring Bloglines

acquiring

Ask Jeeves

Bloglines


Input: And this is, as far as I know, the first time since the Allegheny deal that there's been a hostile takeover using debt

takeover

Allegheny


Input: And then MCI just sort of accepted a Verizon deal without really bothering anybody

deal

MCI

Verizon


Input: They need to buy stock from the company itself, at some premium to the prices at which they sold -- they'll have the same stake as before, the shareholders would have gotten their money back (since the premium goes to the company, which is owned by the shareholders), and there's no need to disrupt their business by taking the matter to court

buy

They

the company itself


Input: I'd love to call it a classic raid -- he's making an offer for the company, nominating his own board, claiming management can accept one or the other or both, and hinting that if they paid him enough, he'd probably go away

offer

he

the company


Input: In this case, the most interesting twist is that he's shorting shares of Mylan's acquisition target, King Pharmaceuticals; he's basically doubling down on the bet that they won't acquire

acquire

Mylan's acquisition target

they


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

bought

Mylan

him


Input: Not only that, but if Mylan bought him out, they'd have less money to fund a purchase of King Pharmaceuticals

purchase

Mylan

they

King Pharmaceuticals


Input: Interesting aside: Starbucks is taking over the location in my town that was recently abandoned by Krispy Kreme

abandoned

my town

that

Krispy Kreme


Input: My plan is to pay off my car early, and then work on the other debts

pay

My

my car