acquisition
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Döpfner said he is focused on buying new digital media properties, but there are few appealing businesses up for sale, making new acquisitions elusive.
The parent of the Twitter-like platform went public last year through a special-purpose acquisition company, avoiding some of the red tape of a traditional initial public offering.
They claimed the $1.7 billion acquisition would unfairly augment Amazon’s lead in robotics and home devices.
These deals follow Google’s $32 billion acquisition of security firm Wiz earlier this year.
An acquisition of BHP’s petroleum business was cheered by investors, though they looked askance at the company’s decision to invest in a low-carbon ammonia project in Texas.
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