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frames- The portfolio unit of the French bank group Credit Lyonnais told stock market regulators that [ARG0 it] bought 43,000 shares of Cie. de Navigation Mixte , apparently * to help *-1 [rel fend] off [ARG1 an unwelcome takeover bid for the company] .
- [ARG0 The company] is trying *-1 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 a hostile bid by two European shipping firms] .
- Courtaulds ' restructuring is among the largest thus far in Britain , though it is dwarfed *-1 by [ARG0 B.A.T Industries PLC 's] plans * to spin off roughly # 4 billion *U* in assets * to help *-2 [rel fend] off [ARG1 a takeover bid from Anglo-French financier Sir James Goldsmith] .
- That would be bad news for Navigation Mixte 's current management , which *T*-1 was counting on [ARG0 Allianz] *-2 to help *-3 [rel fend] off [ARG1 Paribas] .
- At the same time , Westinghouse hopes 0 [ARG0 its venture with Mitsubishi] will help *-1 [rel fend] off [ARG1 growing competition , particularly in the U.S. , from such European competitors as Asea Brown Boveri AG , Siemens AG , and British General Electric Co] .
- [ARG0 Milton Roy] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel fended] off [ARG1 unsolicited overtures from Thermo Electron Corp. , a Waltham , Mass. , maker of biomedical products] .
- [ARG0 The bolstered cellular agreement between BellSouth Corp. and LIN Broadcasting Corp.] carries heightened risks and could fail *-1 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. , the rival suitor for LIN] .
- Although imports account for less than 1 % of beer sales in Japan , [ARG0 Asahi Breweries Ltd. , which *T*-1 has been gaining share with its popular dry beer ,] plans *-2 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 Japanese competitors] by [ARG2-by *-3 pouring $ 1.06 billion *U* into facilities 0 * to brew 50 % more beer *T*-4] .
- And [ARG0 he] managed *-1 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 further advances] and even strike up an unlikely friendship with the interloper .
- [ARG0 *-3] [rel Fending] off [ARG1 attacks on his economic policies] [ARGM-LOC in a House of Commons debate] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , Mr. Lawson said 0 inflation `` remains the greatest threat to our economic well-being '' and promised *-3 to take `` whatever steps *T*-2 are needed *-1 '' * to choke it off .
- With the collapse of the talks Friday , European analysts expect Ford to intensify its pursuit of British luxury car maker [ARG0 Jaguar PLC] , which *T*-1 is scrambling *-2 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 a hostile Ford bid] by [ARG2-by *-3 negotiating a friendly alliance with Ford 's archrival , General Motors Corp] .
- [ARG0 The company] gained shareholder approval *ICH*-1 Thursday 0 * to restructure in a bid * to [rel fend] off [ARG1 the hostile takeover] *T*-2 .
- The company received shareholder approval for [ARG0 its restructuring plan] , designed * to [rel fend] off [ARG1 a hostile takeover bid from a group headed * by financier Sir James Goldsmith] .
- B.A.T Industries PLC won overwhelming shareholder approval for [ARG0 a defensive restructuring] 0 *T*-1 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 a # 13.35 billion *U* -LRB- $ 21.23 billion *U* -RRB- takeover bid from Sir James Goldsmith] .
- B.A.T Industries surged in afternoon dealings after [ARG0 its shareholders] approved a plan * to dispose of its U.S. and U.K. retailing operations *-1 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 Hoylake Investment 's # 13.4 billion *U* -LRB- $ 21.33 billion *U* -RRB- hostile bid] .
- B.A.T Industries won shareholder approval for [ARG0 a defensive restructuring] 0 *T*-1 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 Sir James Goldsmith] .
- The session is *-1 to consider a defensive plan [ARG0 *] to spin off assets *-2 to [rel fend] off [ARG1 Sir James Goldsmith 's # 13.4 billion *U* bid for B.A.T] .
- Jaguar figures 0 [ARG0 a friendly alliance with GM] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel fend] off [ARG1 unwelcome advances from Ford Motor Co] .
- In *-1 fighting USAir , Mr. Steinhardt was pitted *-1 against another investor , [ARG0 billionnaire Warren Buffett] , who *T*-2 bought into USAir *-3 to help *-4 [rel fend] off [ARG1 Mr. Steinhardt] .
- [ARG0 *-2] To [rel fend] off [ARG1 Sir James 's advances] , B.A.T has proposed a sweeping restructuring that *T*-1 would pare it to a tobacco and financial services concern .
- [ARG0 Sen. DeConcini] , after months of * [rel fending] off [ARG1 intense press criticism] , returned $ 48,000 *U* only last month , shortly after the government formally accused Mr. Keating of * defrauding Lincoln .