why are hostile takeovers bad 
hostile takeovers are initially bad because they are not welcome and they cause chaos in the target company they often lead to mass layoffs in the target company reorganization and a change in upper management the ideas that an acquiring company seeks to implement sometimes don t pay off either leading to more disruption the bottom linerumors abound in the financial world as they do in the real world whisper stocks are those of companies that are rumored to be considered for acquisition when this information is leaked the stock sees an uptick in volume and price and investors try to get in on the deal before the acquisition happens which usually sees an increase in a target company s price 