Sentence examples for acquire a majority from inspiring English sources

Last month, it agreed to acquire a majority stake in Sunoco's large Philadelphia refinery.

Proventus Capital Partners will acquire a majority stake in Polestar in return for pumping emergency funds into the business.

(Xerox failed to capitalize on the P.C. revolution; recently, Fujifilm announced plans to acquire a majority stake in the company).

Possible Worldwide, part of WPP, agreed to acquire a majority stake in Grape, Moscow, a digital marketing services agency.

In 2004, Blackstone injected just under $500 million of equity to acquire a majority stake in the hospital chain.

He concludes, devastatingly, that given the known voting preferences of each group, "at some point in the negotiating process we shall acquire a majority wanting to remain.

What they say could influence whether Australian regulators next week approve a deal by a Chinese company to acquire a majority stake in Australia's main rare-earth mine.

POISON PILL -- When 20percentt of PeopleSoft's shares are acquired, a provision issues millions of additional shares, making it difficult to acquire a majority.

The British bank Barclays said it was in preliminary discussions to acquire a majority stake in ABSA, South Africa's largest consumer lender.

When Comcast announced its plan to acquire a majority stake in NBC last week, it said it intended to expand Telemundo's reach through broadcast and on-demand outlets.

A year later, it acquired a majority stake in Chrysler from Daimler in a bold move to turn around the carmaker.