acquire

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Shares of Netflix, which abandoned its deal to acquire Warner Bros. in February, slipped 0.5% to $98.20 on Monday.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

It introduced some reforms, the main one being a requirement that agencies acquire a warrant when searching 702 material for the exclusive purpose of collecting evidence of a crime.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Find insight on AstraZeneca, Biogen’s deal to acquire Apellis Pharmaceuticals, and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Lilly will acquire sleep medicine company Centessa Pharmaceuticals for an initial $6.3 billion...SpaceX filed for its initial public offering, possibly in July.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The same pattern repeated itself elsewhere in the world, whenever peoples lacking native wild mammal species suitable for domestication finally had the opportunity to acquire Eurasian domestic animals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond