acquisition
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The latter assumed its final hydra-esque form this month, when Paramount Skydance closed its acquisition of Warner Bros.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Fox’s acquisition gives the media titan a way to deliver its programming directly to views, a huge plus for its Sunday NFL games.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
However, the metric came in short of Wall Street’s estimates, and profit was dented by $36 million in integration costs tied to PNC’s acquisition of FirstBank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Collin Sexton is the only offseason acquisition who has not made his Lakers debut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Artemis was perhaps the only person alive who could take full advantage of his recent acquisition.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The company also upgraded its target for free cash flow excluding net mergers and acquisitions to more than 3.2 billion euros, up from approximately 3 billion euros previously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Strategic acquirers and tech giants have deployed $17.4 billion across 92 acquisitions through the third quarter, putting M&A activity on track for its busiest year on record.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ratan Tata drove its global ambitions through acquisitions.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“No further details were provided on the potential size, geography or nature of strategic acquisitions but reassurance was given on the strategic fit,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Neal moved to Ascend Communications, which built little boxes to terminate Internet signals and was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999 for $24 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in history.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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