The phrase "acquire operations" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used in a business or technical context when referring to the process of obtaining or taking over operational functions or activities.
Example: "The company plans to acquire operations in several new markets to expand its reach."
Alternatives: "obtain operations" or "take over operations".
AT&T will acquire operations in San Francisco from Vodafone AirTouch P.L.C., in San Diego from the GTE Corporation and in Houston from PrimeCo PCS, once a venture of Bell Atlantic and Vodafone.
Good call: Took on billions in debt to acquire operations in Spain, the U.S., Latin America in early 1990s.
Trelleborg Engineered Systems has signed an agreement to acquire operations related to the tunnel seals product area of seals and gasket manufacturer VIP-Heinke, based at Huntingdon in the UK, and also a seal distributor in India.
As for what Funding Circle will do next as a business, the plan is to continue growing in its own markets, and perhaps acquire operations in other markets as a route to expanding to new places, which is how Funding Circle entered the U.S. when it acquired Endurance Lending Network in 2013.
The company, in which the Tanzi family owns a 51percentt stake, acquired operations in the United States, Germany, France, Brazil and South Africa.
Mr. Murdoch has a history of putting his loyalists atop newly acquired operations.
Metropolitan West Securities L.L.C. said today that it would buy the securities lending operations of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. The firm will share profits from the acquired operations with Cantor Fitzgerald for two years.
Go to Article from Bloomberg News » Dubai Ports World has no plans to sell its newly acquired operations managing the American ports, despite a fierce political dispute in Washington, its head said in an interview published on Thursday.
Indeed for people like Mr. Majuda, much more is at stake than the profits of the Konkola Copper Mines, the local company set up last year by Anglo American P.L.C. to manage its newly acquired operations in Zambia.
Acquired operations typically get to run their shops pretty much as they did in the past.
General Motors acquired operations from General Motors Corporation on July 10 , 2009 and references to prior periods in this and other press materials refer to operations of the old General Motors Corporation.
