acquisition
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Brookfield is benefiting from the acquisition of the remaining minority stake in credit-focused Oaktree Capital Management that it didn’t already own.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
BuzzFeed went public in 2021 through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, and things started to fall apart.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Rumors of acquisition offers swirled: Saudi sovereign money?
From Slate • May 8, 2026
SoundHound AI declined 13% as the maker of voice recognition technology posted a wider-than-anticipated loss in its latest quarter following a massive acquisition spree.
From Barron's • May 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
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