Upon investigating suspicious share price movements in the run-up to the announcement, the SEC alleged that board member Sir David Li, one of Hong Kong's most prominent businessmen, had informed his close friend and business associate Michael Leung of the impending offer.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed an initial complaint seven days later naming Wong Kan-king and his wife Charlotte, both residents of Hong Kong, as defendants after its investigation of suspicious share price movements in the run-up to the announcement.

In the run-up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, he was a member of Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, a group of prominent persons who pressed for an invasion.

This was enacted to forestall the emigration of key persons from Hong Kong in the run-up to the transfer of sovereignty to China on 30 June 1997.

Both of those have had dynamic run-ups in price on the market in recent months, both were selling at higher price-earnings and yield bases than Morton was coming to market at, and everyone who knew anything about it expected the Morton stock to have a fast run-up.

Kinnock also blamed his defeat on the other newspapers who had backed the Tories in the run-up to the election.

Aziz's trial, and its run-up and aftermath, bring out all the racial tensions and prejudices between indigenous Indians and the British colonists who rule India.

In 1997, Noel was criticised for attending a high-profile and well-publicised media party at 10 Downing Street, hosted by the newly-appointed Prime Minister, Tony Blair, along with other celebrities and industry figures who had supported New Labour in the run-up to the general election.

They have already accepted Howard who told a blatant lie ", a reference to the " Children overboard " scandal during the run-up to the 2001 Australian elections.

Unlike most national newspapers, the Daily Star has limited articles on politics and has rarely shown clear support for any specific party or leader ; although in the run-up to the 2010 general election the newspaper printed several articles which hinted that it wanted to see Labour and Gordon Brown voted out of power, while at the same time it offering no explicit support for the Conservatives or their leader David Cameron – who ultimately became Prime Minister following the formation a new coalition government with the Liberal Democrats when his party failed to gain an overall majority in parliament.

During the run-up to the first round of the 2007 presidential election, Buffet hoped that her candidacy would be supported by the left-wing groups who had participated in the " No " campaign in the referendum on the EU constitution.

In 2006, the Oxford branch of the party won a libel action against Bill Baker, Deputy Leader of Oxford City Council, who had posted defamatory material alleging the IWCA had links to violent extremists and Irish Republican groups to homes in Donnington Brook in the run-up to the 2005 local elections.

The ball must be kicked after a run-up by the taker, who may slow down, stutter or stop during the run-up, but may not feint when he is on the point of kicking the ball (" paradinha ," Portuguese for " little stop ").

This drew strong criticism from many commentators, who suggested that their Faster bowlers, who had been responsible for the collapse, could have bowled from a shorter run-up.

They were then caught by the Navy, supported by local people who were loyal to Hanover, which cost Bonnie Prince Charlie valuable support in the run-up to Culloden.

Liberal Democrat Youth and Students was created in 1993 from a merger of the Student Liberal Democrats and the Young Liberal Democrats of England who had shared many resources in the run-up.

In the run-up for the election Di Pietro recruited to run in IdV lists Pino Arlacchi, a former senator for the Democrats of the Left, Gianni Vattimo, a leftist philosopher, Maurizio Zipponi, a former trade unionist and deputy of the Communist Refoundation Party ( PRC ), and Luigi De Magistris, a left-wing former prosecutor of Catanzaro who inquired Romano Prodi.

In 1993, Paul Wolfowitz, who would later become prominent as the Deputy Secretary of Defense in the run-up to the Iraq war, became Dean of SAIS.

Subsequently, under Gates who had served under Davis, in the run-up to the 1984 Olympic Games, Mayor Tom Bradley, keenly aware of the vast sums of money to be earned and with his political future on the line, empowered Gates to take all of the city's gang members — known and suspected — into custody, where they remained until shortly after the Games ' conclusion.

A fast bowler who operated from a very short run-up, Mold bowled extremely quickly, releasing the ball with his arm very high in his early years, although later in his career, his arm was lower in delivery.

Simultaneously a screed against politicians who sacrifice the quality of life of their constituents for short term gain or notoriety, and an outline of optimism regarding the possibility of the marginalized to take power, the article details the campaign from its inception through the run-up to election and ends with a consideration of the results and the impact they may have had.

The constituency shot to prominence in the run-up to the 2005 general election due to the deselection of its sitting Conservative member, Howard Flight, who had represented the constituency since its creation at the 1997 general election.

In the final, Aerts came up against hard-hitting Frenchman Jérôme Le Banner who had knocked out his two opponents in the run-up to the final.

Stephen Van Zandt, for instance, in the run-up to singing Sun City with Simple Minds, declared that " we the people will no longer tolerate the terrorism of the government of South Africa " and that " we will no longer do business with those who do business with the terrorist government of South Africa ".

* In a friendly match between the US and Germany during the run-up to the 2004 Olympics, a less than stellar Team USA was saved by Allen Iverson ( then of the Philadelphia 76ers ), who hit a half-court shot to keep the game from going into overtime.

In the run-up to the election, held on 9 April 1992, most opinion polls had suggested that the election would end in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority.

Over the years, stock traders and analysts noted that a company touted on WSW on Friday would experience a run-up in its stock price the following Monday.

In August 1922 in the run-up to the negotiations that would produce the Anglo-Irish Treaty, de Valera asked the Dáil to amend the constitution to upgrade his official status to that of head of state, in part to give him equality with King George V of the United Kingdom in accrediting delegates to the negotiations.

In the run-up to World War I, both empires were alarmed by the unified German Empire's increasing activity in the Middle East, notably the German project of the Baghdad Railway, which would open up Mesopotamia and Persia to German trade and technology.

In the run-up to the Contest, many speculated that it would not be held in Israel, but would be moved to either Malta or the United Kingdom ( the countries that completed the top 3 of the 1998 Contest ).

The Alliance exploited the nation's mass unemployment in the run-up to the election, running a " Working Together for Britain " campaign which it promised would see unemployment reduced by up to 1, 000, 000.

In December, Mike Smith announced on the CDA forums that the CDA would be disbanding as he himself had now come to support the Tories again and wanted to campaign for them in the run-up to the next UK general election and circulated a letter to all members and supporters saying that the CDA would be effectively replaced by the Traditional Britain Group and urging their support.

Throughout the run-up to the battle he had been concerned that the Japanese would try to draw his main fleet away from the landing area using a diversionary force, and would then make an attack around the flank of the U. S. carrier force — an " end run " — hitting the invasion shipping off Saipan.

In the run-up to the 2011 UN Security Council vote that would have resulted in the success of the Palestinian unilateral bid for statehood, the WJC worked to underscore what it perceived as a dangerous move for Israel, for the sustainability of a future Palestinian state and for peace in the Middle East.

There is also some evidence that the community charge had a lasting effect of people not registering themselves on the electoral register to evade collection attempts ; that may have had an effect on the results of the 1992 general election, which ended in a fourth successive Conservative victory, despite most opinion polls in the run-up to the election suggesting it would result in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority.

On 25 April 2005, during the run-up to the 2005 general election, he announced he would be defecting to the Liberal Democrats, ironically the successor party to the SDP, citing the invasion of Iraq of which he has been a long-term critic, university tuition fees and anti-terrorism laws as reasons for his defection and Blair's " scorn for liberal Britain ".

Phillips was predicted to struggle in the top flight ; in the run-up to the start of the 1999 – 2000 Premiership season, pundit Rodney Marsh stated that Phillips would ' struggle to get six goals '.

Hannah briefly adopted the pseudonym Glen Lambert in the run-up to and immediate aftermath of the release of Potemkin City Limits, causing confusion among some fans, reviewers, and commentators ; the band concluded the prank by announcing on 14 August 2006 that Glen Lambert had been dismissed and would be replaced by " former " member Chris Hannah.

In the run-up to the 1976 presidential election, TIME magazine profiled Powell, anticipating that if Carter were elected, Powell would serve a " dual role as adviser and spokesman ", and would become one of the most powerful White House press secretaries in history due to his close relationship with Carter.

Hughes ' physical presence ( a burly 6 ' 4 "), handlebar moustache, a penchant for exuberant displays of affection for his fellow players ( they called him " Fruitfly "), and a ( some would say ) " mincing " run-up ( that at times stretched to 45 paces ), made him a firm favourite amongst supporters.

Spain made a fair recovery during the truce, ordering her finances and doing much to restore her prestige and stability in the run-up to the last truly great war in which she would play as the leading power.

In addition to the many non-leftist Arabs and Muslims in the movement, there were also European nationalists uncomfortable with U. S. unilateralism ( their numbers would greatly increase in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq ).

Miller was famous for varying his bowling to bemuse batsmen: he made sparing use of slower deliveries and would often adjust his run-up, surprisingly bowling his fastest deliveries from a short run.