baggeroorlog

English translation: dredger war (2001) [or mudslinging match generally speaking]

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Dutch term or phrase:baggeroorlog
English translation:dredger war (2001) [or mudslinging match generally speaking]
Entered by: Dave Calderhead

10:39 May 1, 2007
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / legal decision about takeover bid
Dutch term or phrase: baggeroorlog
Eerder, in de zogenoemde baggeroorlog, spraak X over een dergelijke truc van Y al een vernietigend oordeel uit, dat later ook in de code Tabaksblat en de wet is overgenomen.
stephkg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:54
mudslinging match
Explanation:
or dredger war?
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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 21:54
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3 +2mudslinging match
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mudslinging match


Explanation:
or dredger war?

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 21:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 126
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Asker:

Asker: Yes, I have now found the references to the 'dredger war'. Thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kate Hudson (X): It's the 'dredger war' of 2001 when there were all sorts of rival bids for HBG
41 mins
  -> Thanks, Kate (:-{)> I still prefer mudslinging match, but you are a mine of information.

agree  Alice Saunders (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alice (:-{)>
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