Once the elation of acquiring Anthony settled, D'Antoni urged caution.
The ATSDR has described how "…Over the 30 years of plant operations, some of this was acquired to settle disputes with nearby farmers".
Mr. Zennstrom and Mr. Friis have regained a 14 percent stake in Skype, acquired when they settled a lawsuit against eBay and the investor group.
A whistle-blower triggered federal and state criminal investigations into the marketing, and this May Pfizer (which had subsequently acquired Warner-Lambert) settled with the government, taking a $427 million pretax hit in criminal and civil fines.
According to the Land Matrix, approximately 130 million hectares of land (or more than 52.7 million football fields) has been acquired globally in settled and impending land deals over the last 15 years.
The nature of words began to acquire an (apparently) settled meaning.
Younger members of the imperial family and lower-ranking aristocrats dissatisfied with the Fujiwara monopoly of high government offices would take up posts as local officials in the provinces, where they settled permanently, acquired lands of their own, and established their own power.
After purchasing Overture, Yahoo settled the acquired company's battle with Google in 2004, receiving 2.7 million shares in the search giant before it went public.
Federal health officials and experts came up with a succession of names for the disease before they settled on acquired immune deficiency syndrome in 1982.
