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divestiture

[dih-ves-ti-cher, -choor, dahy-] / dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ- /
NOUN
deprivation
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Ariel, which has a 5.4% stake in Mattel, said the stock was undervalued and that Mattel should consider a divestiture, merger or outright sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sales fell a sharp 19%, to $790.2 million, after the prior-year launch of Nintendo Switch 2, planned store closures, and the divestiture of the company’s France operations, GameStop said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sales fell sharply, by 19% to $790.2 million, after the prior-year launch of Nintendo Switch 2, planned store closures, and the divestiture of the company’s France operations, GameStop said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The divestiture closed early in the current fourth quarter, and the impacts are reflected in Hormel’s updated annual guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Until the cataclysmic divestiture of the 1980s, Ma Bell was perhaps the ultimate maternalist mega-employer.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling


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