After the tariffs took effect, the company upped its prices $0.80 to $1.00 higher-per-pound then the price of magnesium alloy in any other country.â (U.S. Magnesium did not reply to Machine Design's offer to provide its side of the story.)
AAA |. The acquisition of one company (called the target company) by another (called the acquirer) that is accomplished not by coming to an agreement with the target company's management, but by going directly to the company's shareholders or fighting to replace management in order to get the acquisition approved.
Takeover. 1  General term referring to transfer of control of a firm from one group of shareholders to another group of shareholders. 2  An investment in which a company or person buys a publicly-traded company, or, more commonly, most of the shares in that company. 3  The acquisition of controlling interest in a firm. Although the term is often used to refer to acquisition by a party hostile to the target's management, many takeovers are friendly. See also friendly takeover, raider, unfriendly takeover.