acquisition
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Paramount agreed to pay $.25 a share for every quarter until the acquisition finalizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Madison Air, which provides air-quality solutions, said Monday the acquisition will add to its portfolio of new products that will help customers improve uptime, efficiency and productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"None of our data acquisition programs buy and destroy rare or antiquarian books," they added.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Taylor Morrison acquisition was part of that spree.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
These were the obligatory so-called Studienreisen, or study tours, their goal being the students’ acquisition of the necessary grounding in “the modern developments in Physics” that was simply unattainable in the United States.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Both have made acquisitions recently that will help them better cater to home builders and other professionals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Disney would go on to run a similar playbook with its acquisitions of Marvel and Lucasfilm—financing large portions of those deals with stock, then buying back shares with ESPN-funded cash flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The purchase marks a triumph in the sports realm for Iger, whose strategic moves and bold acquisitions made Disney the envy of the entertainment world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Revenue rose 17% to $3.34 billion from $2.84 billion, driven by growth from acquisitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
With a handshake, Durant gave Howard sole distributorship of Buick as well as GM’s new acquisitions, National and Oldsmobile, for all of the western United States.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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