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acquisition

[ak-wuh-zish-uhn] / ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ən /




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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

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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