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If the borrower agrees and then defaults, the bank can try to acquire a portion of tribal land, which the federal government holds in trust, banking experts said.

CDKNet.com Discussions CDKNet.com (OTCBB CDKX) of Melville, an investment banking concern, said on Monday that it has entered discussions with the Western Power & Equipment Corporation, in Vancouver, Wash., to acquire a portion of Western's business in California and Nevada.

The Chevron Corporation, the country's third-largest oil company, said today that it had agreed to acquire a portion of PG&E Energy Services, the retail energy services business of the PG&E Corporation.

FASTSHIP INC., Philadelphia, an operator of shipping networks, said it would acquire a portion of a railyard and dormant shipping terminal from ConRail so it could build a new terminal in Philadelphia.

The group has received several extensions by which to acquire a portion of the old plant, but the time has come to either raise the necessary money or see it relegated to the history books, said Dennis Norton, the president of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation and one of the leaders of the effort to save the plant.

Pipp again attempted to acquire a portion of the purchase price, but was rebuffed.

The Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific joined together in 1996, and last year the Norfolk Southern and the CSX each acquired a portion of the Conrail system.

Intergraph got hold of the patents when it acquired a portion of Fairchild Semiconductor from National in 1987.

Smaller carrier Hutchison 3G is also bidding — despite acquiring a portion of spectrum from EE that is suitable for 4G services.

An on-field validation of our measurement procedure has been performed by acquiring a portion of a fresco painted by Girolamo di Romano, known as "Romanino" in the Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento (Italy).

In the near term, Uber has made other moves that suggest it's ramping up its own internal mapping efforts, including hiring away Google Maps product lead Manik Gupta late last year, and acquiring a portion of Microsoft's mapping unit.