1.   Jobs under threat ... Dowty loses the hostile takeover battle.

2.   Read in studio A second important deadline has passed in the takeover battle for Oxfordshire brewers, Morland.

3.   The company is in the middle of a takeover battle.

4.   These issues caused great controversy at the time of the takeover battle.

5.   This, therefore, set the scene for a three-way takeover battle for the future of Rowntree.

6.   The affair is the noisiest clash in what must surely be the longest-running takeover battle in business history.

7.   Dowty loses the hostile takeover battle.

8.   A second important deadline has passed in the takeover battle for Oxfordshire brewers, Morland.

9.   The lawyer had always maintained that the money he received was a legitimate success fee for the vital role he played in the bitterly fought takeover battle.

10.   LORD Hanson has admitted defeat in the takeover battle for Mr Kipling-to-Hovis group Rank Hovis McDougall.