11.   Ahmanson in part accelerated its buyback program when it made a hostile offer to acquire Los Angeles-area rival Great Western Financial Corp.

12.   But analysts said that when Union Pacific made its hostile offer, Burlington Northern had little choice but to raise its own bid.

13.   Chateau filed suit yesterday in the U.S. District Court for Maryland against Manufactured Home Communities, alleging the company violated federal securities laws in its hostile tender offer.

14.   Did you hear about the hostile takeover offer received by your company from the morning newspaper?

15.   Executives at Wells Fargo were debating Tuesday whether to go ahead with a hostile tender offer for First Interstate shares, people familiar with the bank said.

16.   Goldman, investment bankers said, ran a textbook-perfect defense against a hostile offer.

17.   He stopped short of saying the company would launch a hostile tender offer if its bid is rejected.

18.   He was referring to payment to a putative corporate raider to abandon a hostile offer.

19.   Hilton launched a hostile offer yesterday for the parent of the Sheraton hotel chain and Caesars World casinos.

20.   Icahn said that he and LeBow would not accept greenmail, or payment to abandon a hostile offer.