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The library's many new acquisitions.
The knowledge of ions in the atmosphere is one of the recent acquisitions of science.
Richard, for the first time aware of the value of his new possession as a gathering point and resting-place in any further attempts upon the Turks, and yet unable to take the government upon his own shoulders, resolved to make money of his lucky acquisitions, and offered the crown to Wido (Guido) Lusignan, ex-king of Jerusalem, for the sum of 100,000 ducats.
Progress of this kind is not transmissible; only physiological acquisitions are transmissible.
’ Catherine had kept up her acquaintance with the Lintons since her five-weeks’ residence among them; and as she had no temptation to show her rough side in their company, and had the sense to be ashamed of being rude where she experienced such invariable courtesy, she imposed unwittingly on the old lady and gentleman by her ingenious cordiality; gained the admiration of Isabella, and the heart and soul of her brother: acquisitions that flattered her from the first-for she was full of ambition-and led her to adopt a double character without exactly intending to deceive any one.
Since it was spun off from AT&T three years ago, Lucent has made 29 acquisitions at a cost of $32 billion, including a major deal it closed today, when it agreed to acquire Excel Switching Corp.
While it's now well known that at least half of all mergers fail--in the sense that they destroy rather than create shareholder value--it's also become well known that certain companies are exceptionally good at integrating acquisitions into their existing operations.
Karmazin's relentless focus on shareholder value and his essential frugality as an executive have long distinguished him from the media moguls--like Redstone--who spent much of the '80s and early '90s borrowing huge sums of money to make questionable acquisitions and engage in hostile takeover battles.
txt Resisting the Urge To Merge Although the past few years have given us a boom in mergers and acquisitions that rivals anything we saw in the '80s or the go-go years of the '60s (when conglomerates became all the rage), this boom has been distinct because the vast majority of takeovers have been friendly rather than hostile.
But in any case, class, today's topic is "write-off charges after acquisitions: good or evil?
Tyco has turned itself into a $30 billion company through an aggressive program of acquisitions (a total of 110 in the last seven years), acquisitions that it has done a rather remarkable job of integrating into its broader management structure.
The write-off, in the minds of bears, can be a way for companies to hide the costs of acquisitions.
Maybe next we can block any further acquisitions by Pfizer and tell it that it has to set up competing companies to distribute different versions of Viagra, too.
Since acquisitions almost universally occur at a price above the current market price, and since bidding wars (of all kinds) tend to drive prices far above fair value, investors have jumped into the drug stocks, assuming that merger-mania has to be good for them.
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