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acquisition

[ak-wuh-zish-uhn] / ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ən /




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If you contributed to the original purchase and have been a bona fide co-owner since the acquisition, that history could affect the outcome.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Raymond also personally negotiated the company’s 1999 acquisition of Mobil for about $80 billion, then the largest industrial combination in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

When rumors swirled in March 2021 that Rocket Lab planned to go public via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company, Vector Acquisition Corp.,

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The company expects Nuvalent to be different from its last big oncology acquisition, a $5 billion deal for Tesaro back in 2019, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The Instructors of Threes were in charge of the acquisition of correct language.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry




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