hostile takeover
noun
: an attempt to buy a company when the people who own the company do not want to sell it
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Top corporate advisers have built a lucrative business around fending off hostile takeover attempts and vocal activist investors.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Trump creates fear of a worse outcome (hostile takeover) and the other side (usually stodgy hotel managers) proposes buybacks, joint ventures, special access and the like.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
The companies hope that the new all cash-offer will help fend off Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for all of WBD.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, Netflix and WBD are facing pressure from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, which is waging a hostile takeover bid in trying to convince WBD shareholders that its $30/share offer is superior to Netflix’s terms.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Jan. 2026
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Trump creates fear of a worse outcome (hostile takeover) and the other side (usually stodgy hotel managers) proposes buybacks, joint ventures, special access and the like.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
The companies hope that the new all cash-offer will help fend off Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for all of WBD.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, Netflix and WBD are facing pressure from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, which is waging a hostile takeover bid in trying to convince WBD shareholders that its $30/share offer is superior to Netflix’s terms.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Jan. 2026
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