friendly bid
1friendly bid — ➔ bid1 * * * friendly bid UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► an offer to buy a company that is not opposed by the directors or owners of the company that the bid is for: »The two companies have held productive talks over a possible friendly bid. → Compare… …
2bid — An expression indicating a desire to buy a commodity at a given price, opposite of offer. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The request to buy a futures contract at a specified price; the opposite of offer. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary bid or …
3Bid tv — Infobox TV channel name = bid tv logofile = Bid tv logo.png logosize = logoalt = launch = October, 2000 share = 0.1% share as of = June 2008 share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti] owner = sit up… …
4Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid — Olympic bid|2016|Summer winner = runner up = shortlisted1 = Chicago shortlisted2 = Madrid shortlisted3 = Rio de Janeiro shortlisted4 = Tokyo fullname = Tokyo, Japan committee = Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) history = 1964 Summer OlympicsThe… …
5Doha 2016 Olympic bid — Olympic bid|2016|Summer winner = | runner up = | shortlisted1 = | shortlisted2 = | shortlisted3 = | shortlisted4 = | fullname = Doha, Qatar committee = Qatar National Olympic Committee (QAT) history = first bid Doha, the capital city of Qatar,… …
6Doha bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics — Bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics Overview · Rio de Janeiro Madrid · Tokyo · Chicago 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics Details …
7Abuja 2014 Commonwealth Games bid — The Abuja 2014 Commonwealth Games bid was the unsuccessful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games by the city of Abuja, Nigeria. The bidding race was won by the Glasgow 2014 bid after a 47 24 vote by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)… …
8Takeover Bid — The initial offer by a predator company for another. The bid can be in cash, shares or a combination. Bids usually have a closing date for acceptance. The bid can be hostile (without the acceptance or cooperation of the target company), or… …
9Madrid bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics — Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics Overview · London Paris · Madrid · Moscow · New York City 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics …
10Takeover Bid — A type of corporate action in which an acquiring company makes an offer to the target company s shareholders to buy the target company s shares in order to gain control of the business. Takeover bids can either be friendly or hostile. Some… …
