acquisition
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They connected over Saeed’s vision for Cravath to remain a boutique firm focused on high-profile M&A, such as Paramount’s planned $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The DOJ ultimately approved Paramount’s planned acquisition, despite opposition from some industry stakeholders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A timely acquisition expands the company’s production and improves profitability.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The acquisition could be bad news for Howmet if it means GE takes more of its blade-and-vane manufacturing in house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
He began to apply the basic principles of language acquisition to music learning, and called his method the mother-tongue approach.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Following two trial misses and a third clinical setback, analysts fear Novartis may miss its 2030 growth targets without further acquisitions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
This is money that can be deployed through additional investments, acquisitions, dividend increases or share buybacks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The acquisitions of McDuffie and Watson completed an overhaul of the secondary that began by keeping an important piece in place: safety Quentin Lake received an extension in January that included $25 million in guarantees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Shortly afterward, I received the standard email from the library listing my new acquisitions and their due dates.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 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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