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The phrase "a common takeover" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a frequently occurring event or situation where one company acquires control over another.
Example: "In recent years, a common takeover strategy has involved tech companies acquiring smaller startups to enhance their product offerings."
Alternatives: "a typical acquisition" or "a frequent takeover".
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Frits Bolkestein, the European Commissioner responsible for internal markets who had led efforts to adopt a common takeover law, said the agreement would make Europe's economy more attractive to investors.
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In addition to sneaking, multiple paternity within two-spotted goby nests may also be caused by nest takeovers, a common phenomenon in closely related gobies such as sand gobies [ 28].
Breaking off to check his mobile, he says, almost apologetically, "One of my team is in Germany, looking at another acquisition". There's a common theme to these Indian takeovers, thinks Bajoria.
That works well for short-term profits and a rising share price but not much else, and takeovers have become a common strategy for big multinationals operating in the US and the UK's very liberal financial markets.
The startup says that because there's no username and password, and because they lock accounts to phone numbers, the threat of account takeovers, which is a common problem with online payment services, is largely averted.
A corporation might have to create a common story after going through a hostile takeover or a series of layoffs.
He's "never overseen a payroll", in a common refrain – yet he's masterminded a stealth takeover of the CIA.
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, announced his intention to force a Commons vote on the takeover on a BBC Sunday morning talk show, saying that he regretted having to take the step but believed that Prime Minister David Cameron had left no other option to bid opponents with his refusal to take steps to halt the takeover.
Recognized as a common form of corporate practice in the United States since the enactment of broad Federal legislation in the 1960's, European regulators and business leaders did not turn their full attention to hostile takeovers until the late 1980s.
This is a fairly common defense for takeover targets that are in the process of restating their earnings, though not necessarily a particularly successful one.
Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner asked David Cameron during a Commons debate whether he has discussed the proposed takeover of BSkyB with News International executives, since becoming prime minister.
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