Wants Quick Resolution "I had already received overtures from a number of people offering to get involved," Klein said.

Furthermore, she said, when somebody does use the company's software to send unsolicited e-mail, it ought to include a way to decline to receive future overtures.

He conceded that the team had received overtures from other cities, but he said: "I don't want to leave.

The company has already received overtures, he added drily, from "the usual suspects."

In 2003, prior to the Iraq War, the Bush administration reportedly received overtures from the Iranian government.

Reports that Mr. Zweibel and his team have been receiving overtures from larger firms go back to 1988.

To this day, Sweeney receives overtures from would-be guinea pigs.

In fact, I have already received tentative overtures from two other lords to join our alliance.

But from this point on I would be surprised if we didn't receive overtures.

Earlier in the day, Liffe - as the electronic trading platform for commodities, currency and equities is called - said it had received several overtures.