The takeover attempt plods along for months.

The target company's CEO resists the bid and disparages the bidder.

The would-be acquirer's stock slides, devaluing its currency for the proposed deal.

Microsoft and Yahoo? No, this is the other takeover battle that has riveted the Eastside the epic contest between Bellevue-based Itex and the Virginia-based company that offered to acquire it, Western Sizzlin.

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