NRG's rebuff of Exelon's low-ball offer isn't a surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [NRG Picks the Single Life] Reference

SCHNEIDER: Campaign spokespersons try to low-ball expectations.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2007] Reference

Nonetheless, a real low-ball offer is a red flag, Ms. Chopra says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Before You Leap at a New Job] Reference

So you can't low-ball somebody on a bonus because everybody will find out.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007] Reference

There, I decided to make a low-ball proposal to get the negotiations going.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyd Garver: Bargains Everywhere?] Reference

It's not exactly a mystery why BP would want to low-ball the spill numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Markey Says For BP To 'Make Things Right' It Must Stop Low-Balling Flow Estimates] Reference

Many Bear employees have objected to what they still view as a low-ball price.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bear Seeks Restraints] Reference

"Don't accept the first offer," Hayward said, since it's probably a low-ball offer.    From Wordnik.com.  [In job search, salary information often requires digging a little deeper] Reference

Traditional lenders and brokers, by contrast, find it easy to play the low-ball game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capital Ideas] Reference

In his testimony, Mr. Trump discounted that and other low-ball evaluations as "ridiculous.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Trump on Trump: Testimony Offers Glimpse of How He Values His Empire] Reference

Look past the crappy stuff and the low-ball projects while honing your eye to see the gems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Elance a Winner or Loser?] Reference

The list of low-ball, appalling, Rove-playbook tactics she's used recently has grown too long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Hillary Halts Obama's Progress In Pennsylvania, But Still Only Leads By Six] Reference

Goldman's move follows what analysts called a low-ball first offer from Panasonic for Sanyo shares.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goldman Ends Talks to Sell Stake in Sanyo to Panasonic] Reference

And now I come in with a low-ball offer, having received the information that you're in the market.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2006] Reference

It's tough to even get angry at the McCain campaign for such low-ball tactics and arguments anymore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Schmeltzer: McCain's Closing Argument (No Joke): Obama Hates Special Needs Children] Reference

On March 10, Ms. Fleming weighed a low-ball offer on a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Pomona, Calif.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wave of Foreclosures Drives] Reference

This is crucial because low-ball appraisals can be deal-killers, especially when the house needs repairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fannie Mae's national lending program HomePath is worth a look] Reference

"For example, low-ball offers are excluded because they tend not to close or create value for investors," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merger-Arbitrage ETF Banks on Deal Pickup] Reference

On the subject of intimidation, someone took a really low-ball act against Mrs. Schnauzer and me about a month ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debt Collectors, Depositions, and Videotape] Reference

Nothing is worse for a buyer's reputation than throwing business to a low-ball supplier who then has trouble delivering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Scramble for Goods] Reference

This low-ball forecast is one more indicator of America moving toward fiscal insolvency and second-class economic status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams: Misgoverning] Reference

A notorious drinker, he equally favored low-ball dives and the three-star hangouts rich artists are usually attracted to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of Hopelessness And Hope] Reference

"Servicers are finding that people try to low-ball the sales price knowing that the property is distressed," says Vicki Vidal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Lenders Are Leery] Reference

Entrepreneurs may be tempted to low-ball an offer to win it, with the hope of leveraging it into other business at higher rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subcontracting to Snag Stimulus Dollars] Reference

But again, I mean, we -- we really don ` t know, and it ` s possible that even the high figure that I quote is a low-ball figure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores] Reference

Many Nymex members have opposed the merger's terms, with shareholders also starting to bristle at what some view as a low-ball bid.    From Wordnik.com.  [TCI buys stakes in CME, Nymex] Reference

Some market watchers interviewed said the company is using the threat of default to get debt holders into accepting a low-ball offer.    From Wordnik.com.  [From China, a Bond Buyback Stirs Concerns] Reference

Enough so, at least, that the United Kingdom mortgage lender has rebuffed what it saw as a low-ball takeover bid from Banco Santander.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble Coming and Going] Reference

Say, didn't numerous teams low-ball the Broncos during the pre-season by offering third and fourth-round picks in exchange for Marshall?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam Dudley: The 2009 Broncos: 2001 Patriots Redux?] Reference

China is a master at low-ball financing, fashioning loans of billions of dollars at tiny interest rates that can stretch beyond 20 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [China invests heavily in Brazil, elsewhere in pursuit of political heft] Reference

According to some observers, it's because private operators often low-ball their operating costs when presenting their case to the state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are private prisons worth the cost?] Reference

At first, the media largely parroted the low-ball estimates by BP and the federal government about the amount of oil surging into the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Rather: The 24-Hour Science Cycle] Reference