acquisition
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It marked the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian company in nearly two decades and followed a string of high-profile international deals by Indian firms in recent months.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
That was largely because of the $4.5 billion acquisition of the glass packaging manufacturer Verallia Société Anonyme by BW Gestão de Investimentos, the office of Brazil’s Moreira Salles family.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
DeepMind — established in 2010 by Hassabis and fellow technologists Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman — became the first modern artificial-general-intelligence lab, and its 2014 acquisition by Google famously galvanized the creation of OpenAI.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Its market cap is about $1.85 billion, making it a relatively small acquisition for most potential buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He used to say, “This was the beginning of my acquisition of great wealth.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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