The phrase "a result of acquisitions" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the outcomes or consequences that arise from the process of acquiring companies or assets.
Example: "The company's rapid growth is largely attributed to a result of acquisitions made over the past few years."
Alternatives: "an outcome of acquisitions" or "a consequence of acquisitions".
But as a result of acquisitions it now runs Blue Cross plans in eight states, including Connecticut, Kentucky, Colorado and Nevada.
Two major networks, Fox Television Stations and Viacom, already exceed the limit on ownership of local stations as a result of acquisitions.
Shares of 3M rose, after it said revenue might increase as much as 6 percent next year as a result of acquisitions.
Dell's "Active Infrastructure Family" of computers is a result of acquisitions the company has made in the past few years in storage, networking and software.
In fact, most of Google's most popular products (like YouTube, Android and Maps) were a result of acquisitions.
Others, such as Travelers Group, have changed out of all recognition in the past five years, as a result of acquisitions.
On the year, Pandora's shares were up around 20percentt, jumping from major dives from its earning reports to spikes as a result of acquisition reports.
Oddly, some techs are included as kosher value investments because of a statistical anomaly that makes their price/book ratios appear low: They have high book values as a result of acquisition binges.
Since previous studies described the correlation between drug resistance and phage types as a result of acquisition of an R-plasmid (6 ), we focused on the relationship between RDNC-a and ampicillin resistance.
A statement on Rosneft's Web site said the increased output was a result of several acquisitions and increased production rates at several oil fields.
Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, raised its 2007 production estimate by 24.5percentto to 2 million barrels a day, or 100.6 million tons, as a result of recent acquisitions.
