acquisition
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The industry’s latest acquisitions, well below $10 billion, reflect a more tightfisted approach to dealmaking than previous periods, when big companies regularly spent tens of billions.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement announced its “ICE Detention Reengineering Initiative” in February, which calls for “eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, as well as the acquisition of 10 existing ‘turnkey’ facilities.”
From Salon
Its acquisition playbook helped McCormick grow throughout the 20th century.
The acquisition brings a new approach to treating allergic diseases to the company’s immunology pipeline.
The U.S. government has been “fully supportive” of the Virtus acquisition of Chemaf, according to a State Department official, who said “this is a priority project.”
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