acquisition
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Groupon said this week that its recent big shift—from seeking consumers whose returns would cover their acquisition costs within seven days to those with greater value over a year—is underdelivering.
From The Wall Street Journal â Nov. 13, 2026
"The challenges facing developers is not making video games, it's now user acquisition, as in finding players," he says.
From BBC â Nov. 13, 2026
According to Hannas, China’s foreign technology acquisition program dates to the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times â Nov. 12, 2026
Even the Dodgers’ trade-deadline acquisition of Skubal appeared to be superfluous at the time.
From Los Angeles Times â Nov. 11, 2026
Artemis was perhaps the only person alive who could take full advantage of his recent acquisition.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Reliever acquisitions have been the first wave, with Emilio Pagán landing with the Tigers for one year and $11.5 million, and Ryan Weiss with the Padres for $1.85 million during the meetings.
From Los Angeles Times â Nov. 13, 2026
Ultimately, he said he wants to make Kraft Heinz’s portfolio more “growth-oriented,” both through acquisitions and divestitures, like a recent deal to sell a majority stake in its North American coffee business.
From The Wall Street Journal â Nov. 12, 2026
Then came a run of acquisitions by insurers and pharmacy companies, among them the CVS acquisition of Caremark and UnitedHealth merger of CatamaranRx, then the fourth-largest PBM, with its OptumRx in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times â Nov. 6, 2026
Adjusted operating income in its pharmacy and consumer wellness segment, however, climbed over 10% to $1.6 billion, primarily driven by core pharmacy strength and contributions from its Rite Aid asset acquisitions.
From The Wall Street Journal â Nov. 4, 2026
Officials of the Metropolitan Museum of Art report that 100,000 people climbed the great stairway to catch a glimpse of one of its newest acquisitions, a twenty-four-inch statue called “Angel.”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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