acquisition

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His buying spree included a $12.5 billion acquisition of private lender HPS Investment Partners, which closed last July.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

BlackRock BLK 4.49%increase; green up pointing triangle went on an acquisition spree in the past few years to juice its growth in private markets, Wall Street’s hottest area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

II, a special purpose acquisition company, in a transaction valuing the start-up at $2 billion pre-money.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets say the Tubulis acquisition represents a strategically sound bolt-on that addresses Gilead’s oncology pipeline growth needs while securing differentiated next-generation antibody-drug conjugate platform capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

This can be called a civil principality, the acquisition of which neither depends completely upon virtue nor upon Fortune, but instead upon a fortunate astuteness.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli