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1.So the recent spate of bids, or rumoured bids, for media and telecoms companies is causing particular nervousness (see article).
2.White knight : A company or individual that is sought out by the management of a takeover target to help it defend against a hostile bid.
3.A group of more than 100 Google advertisers will be able to place bids for space in newspapers owned by The New York Times Company, Gannett, the Tribune Company, the Washington Post Company and Hearst during a three-month test period, according to news reports.
4.A person close to the Anglo-Australian miner said that BHP was attempting to get the Australian government on side to prevent another party bidding for the mining group.
5.However, the collapse of confidence has not yet affected the willingness to do deals and several chief executives in several sectors see the credit crunch as an opportunity to outbid their private equity rivals as it forces them to the sidelines.
