Normally the community can intervene in mergers only after they take place except if the takeover involves a consortium of companies.

The upshot of all this is that takeovers involve a significant degree of risk for offerors.

This takeover involved setting up new headquarters and replacing fallen VC with NVA regulars.

Berlin's takeover involved "cleaning house" in what industry observers characterized as a "family dispute".

The takeover will involve absorption of GE Money Bank's 31 branches, 30,000 customers, and 38 ATMs nationwide.

The takeover would involve the cooperation of Mayor Street, a Democrat, who appoints the school board and has been participating in the negotiations, and Gov. Tom Ridge, a Republican.

Never mind that the takeover involves two American companies, or that his biggest objection stems from two long-term sales contracts that Boeing recently reached with two American airlines.

At $56, USG's 51.2 million shares are already worth $2.9 billion, although any takeover would involve far more.

The takeover involved a series of Olympic-esque games, for the pursuit of the crown and leadership of planet Gooston.

It knows, for instance, that takeovers involve an acquirer, an acquiree and a price.