It had failed to get the necessary support for an earlier bond swap.

Separately, figures released yesterday showed the damage being caused by the bailout and bond swap rows.

There was palpable relief among eurozone leaders that the bond swap had been successful.

Arbitrageurs take advantage of mergers that are likely to be financed in part through a share swap.

The merger through a one-for-one share swap will create a business with a market capitalisation of €40 billion, annual sales of €32 billion and underlying ebitda profits of €6.5 billion.

The turning point came in 2007, when a vast share swap allowed the company to cut its mountain of debt from 6.4 billion to 2.3 billion.

The companies are negotiating a $23 billion (13.9 billion) cash and share swap deal aimed at an eventual full merger.

For institutions, the real issue appears to be the terms of a share swap.

Part of the drive to be more creative led to restaurants pairing up to swap ideas.

They meet regularly to compare plans and swap ideas.

Three generations swap ideas in profitable ways.

The other students are all members of a site where we upload our music and swap ideas.

Every day at 10am and 2pm a trolley laden with doughnuts and coffee arrived, the cue for co-workers to socialise and swap ideas.

And we swap notes about what we got up to.

All of his top players are internationals, so they mix with players from other clubs, work for different coaches, they talk, they swap notes.

With no one to swap notes with about sleep training, night feeds and nappies, she looked online for support but found nothing that spoke to her.

Outside, the stream of people wading through the water, carrying bags of clothes, presents and food, continues as neighbours swap notes on how badly they were affected.

Do the two of you swap notes on motherhood?

When not working he would venture abroad or swap recipes among his circle of gastronomic friends (he was a talented cook).

Teas and coffees, or a potluck lunch provide an opportunity for people to get to know each other, and to swap recipes and tips.

He pretends to run into her at the grocery store, where they swap recipes.

Her son began making his own several years later when he turned 18 years old, and the two would swap recipes.

But as the train judders and lurches they swap tales of broken lavatories and unwelcome nocturnal visitors.

Before leaving, they'll swap tales in the players' lounge.

All those of us who reported the early days of the credit crunch swap tales of trying to untangle the acronyms and tell the story in layman's terms.

Back at the lodge that evening, we feast on home-made chicken curry and swap tales of the day's adventures around the table.

The two contented old rockers can now swap tales of changing nappies and night feeds, instead of all those wild nights and crazy times back in their tempestuous youth.

I eat lunch by the river with young colleagues who are similarly starting out — we support each other and swap tips.

They also take the opportunity to swap tips on how to make sure they remain wealthy enough to continue feeling bad about themselves.

You'll get tons of support and motivation along the way at your local weekly meeting, where you can swap tips with fellow slimmers.

Friends swap tips on where to find the finest mozzarella and which delicatessen has the best ravioli con spinaci.

We do a private weigh-in, swap tips and experiences.