acquisition
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“The live question in 2026 is acquisition: where the books came from, who paid for them, and what the company knew about their provenance when it hit download,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The elevator and escalator maker backed full-year guidance despite booking hefty costs related to its planned acquisition of rival TK Elevator, as well as restructuring measures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
As FTC chair under former President Joe Biden, she unsuccessfully challenged Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but succeeded in blocking the merger of grocery-store rivals Kroger’s and Albertsons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
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From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
I fell in love with his books, filled as they were with not only great adventures but scientists and engineers who considered the acquisition of knowledge to be the greatest pursuit of mankind.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Previously, 3M expected 4% revenue growth for the year with organic sales growth, excluding acquisitions and other exceptional items, of about 3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Organic sales—which strip out the effects of acquisitions and currency swings—fell 2% in fiscal 2026, and the company is guiding to another year of flat-to-declining sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
That could include “partnerships and/or acquisitions to further vertically integrate its business and mitigate risks associated with third-party launch providers.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Letterboxd was once a shining beacon among all of these horror stories, which already had their own unique problems before their formal acquisitions.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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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