51.   Already, North West Water Plc wants to cross over into power with its hostile bid for Norweb Plc.

52.   Allied Colloids, which is fending off a hostile takeover bid by U.S. chemical maker Hercules Inc., said it will recommend the Ciba bid.

53.   But a hostile bid is a risky way to regain momentum.

54.   But Allied Signal decided to make a hostile bid for ailing AMP, which declined to negotiate a sale despite overtures from Allied Signal that began a year ago.

55.   But Applied Magnetics is adopting a risky strategy in the technology sector with its hostile bid, said one mergers-and-acquisitions specialist.

56.   But six months later, Publicis unexpectedly began a hostile takeover bid for True North, which only intensified the enmity between them.

57.   But the authorities have cleared a hostile bid by Scottish Power PLC, a generator, for Manweb PLC, a distributor.

58.   But the move in share prices did not shake the widespread belief among analysts that Vodafone has little option but to pursue a hostile bid.

59.   But then he paused, hedging his words and almost daring his rivals to make a hostile bid.

60.   By pursuing a hostile bid for First Interstate, Wells Fargo has opened its strategy to unusual public scrutiny.