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  • Pride and the unwillingness to concede personal error, overtender egoism, bossiness, and rebellion against it, petty jealousies and stubbornness, -- these are the basic elements in discord.

    The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914

  • If the stock market weakens while the tender is open, or if there’s bad news about the industrial sector that the tendering company belongs in, there will probably be a huge overtender and the company will be locked into a $26 buy-in price when the stock is trading for less, even much less—a very expensive opportunity cost.

    The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010

  • If the stock market weakens while the tender is open, or if there’s bad news about the industrial sector that the tendering company belongs in, there will probably be a huge overtender and the company will be locked into a $26 buy-in price when the stock is trading for less, even much less—a very expensive opportunity cost.

    The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010

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