Article: BUYOUT SCENE PART OF BUSINESS.(BUSINESS)

Byline: JULIE CARR SMYTH Business writer

Some hostile takeover attempts are out of the blue.

Like the one Albank Financial Corp. Chairman Herbert G. Chorbajian fought off this spring, a hefty offer of stock and cash dropped on his desk one day by Trustco Bank Corp NY.

Others can be seen sneaking up.

Like the takeover of Mechanical Technology Inc. by First Albany Corp.'s George C. McNamee and his allies, who gradually bought up enough stock in the technology development and manufacturing company and garnered enough backing to vote millionaire insurance executive Albert W. Lawrence off the board.

Whichever way they come, though, ...

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