The Hornets had just made a big trade, acquiring Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell from the Lakers.
On Sunday the Rangers made another risky play for a big name, acquiring 31-year old pending UFA Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes for second-round picks in 2016 and 2017 and blossoming Finnish prospect Aleksi Saarela.
While Merck made a big bet, acquiring a pharmacy benefit management company, Pfizer compounded its R&D spending at an 18% rate.
Ross Perot was a big buyer, acquiring for $1.7 million the Holy Grail of privately owned space artifacts a 1990 Soyuz TM-10 space capsule.
After promising to remain independent for years, industry stalwart Merck finally breaks down and does a big deal, acquiring the Indianapolis drug maker Eli Lilly.
That kind of enthusiasm is a big part of acquiring tools for professionals and do-it-yourselfers alike.
But the company's most prominent venture came in 1999, when it entered the United States market in a big way by acquiring a 75percentt interest in AmeriSteel from Kyoei Steel of Japan for $272 million.
BT Vision's successful bid in June for the rights to broadcast some Premier League matches from next season had already blown a hole in Ofcom's theory that a small subscriber base is a big barrier to acquiring premium content.Ofcom is not the first regulator to be used by its charges as a competitive tool.
Now as a pre-installed app on AT&T's new LTE phones, the removal of the pre-registration process eliminates a big hurdle in acquiring new mobile user sign-ups.
"I'm a big believer in acquiring evidence, and I think we should see what kind of results we get, both from medical marijuana and from recreational marijuana, before we make any far-reaching conclusions," Clinton remarked to KPCC radio in July.
