ANALYSIS: Amid rumours of buyers walking away from a billion-dollar deal on its metering business, Vector’s bargaining position appears to have shifted.
In corporate courtship there’s a price to pay for eagerness.
In the wary choreography of corporate dealmaking no-one wants to look too keen.
Given the costly implications of over-enthusiasm, it’s better to play hard to get, inveigled into a transaction only by terms it would be foolish to ignore.
Hence we see coy references to ‘strategic review’ and
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