acquisition
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The signing of Donnarumma last summer was heralded as the acquisition of one of the best goalkeepers in the world to replace Ederson.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
"We have fundamentally changed how we stabilize the American defense industrial base to produce at speed and scale," top acquisition official Michael Duffey said in the Pentagon's announcement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The acquisition nevertheless marked another significant investment in the area where Manning has chosen to settle after his football career.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
The bump reflected the acquisition of Thorne Healthtech, a biometrics company, which closed Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
The free-agent acquisitions will join guards Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves and center Walker Kessler in the Lakers’ first starting lineup of the new season Wednesday against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The firm is targeting acquisitions of U.S. companies with enterprise values ranging from $200 million to $1 billion, Mendez said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mergers and acquisitions plus the push for global business mean fewer, larger firms are competing for contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Strategic acquirers and tech giants have deployed $17.4 billion across 92 acquisitions through the third quarter, putting M&A activity on track for its busiest year on record.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
With a handshake, Durant gave Howard sole distributorship of Buick as well as GM’s new acquisitions, National and Oldsmobile, for all of the western United States.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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