acquisition
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The Ansys acquisition resulted in layoffs affecting about 10% of the combined workforce, incurring $325 million in restructuring charges.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The cybersecurity company issued a conservative guidance for its full fiscal year and is taking a “tempered view” of new logo — or customer — acquisition going into the next fiscal year, Rubin says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The last time it successfully closed a regulated utility acquisition was Gulf Power in 2019.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The semiconductor company posted a smaller profit of $34.5 million due in part to acquisition costs, but revenue soared nearly 28% as its data center business booms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The result is the typical opening of an academic paper: In recent years, an increasing number of psychologists and linguists have turned their attention to the problem of child language acquisition.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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