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Why would a company go public with its interest in buying another company? Won that just drive up the target companys stock and make it more expensive to buy that company?

April 26, 2017buy buying COMPANY drive expensive public stock target

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Why would a company go public with its interest in buying another company? Won that just drive up the target companys stock and make it more expensive to buy that company?

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Yes, it could drive up the target company’s stock, but for an interested buyer, it’s worth it if its previous repeated, private negotiations have failed. Oracle, for example, recently tried such a maneuver on BEA Systems.