Sentence examples for acquiring interests from inspiring English sources
He quickly expanded the business, acquiring interests in textiles, engineering, shipping and fertilizers.
In the years after World War II, Whitney also pursued business opportunities in the communications industry, acquiring interests in numerous newspapers, television and radio stations, and magazines.
Four years later, Wickman was turning a $40,000 profit on 18 buses and acquiring interests in bus companies across the country, finally naming the corporation Greyhound in 1926.
Rio tried to insulate itself from the ebb and flow of commodity prices by acquiring interests in a wide portfolio of metals whose prices would not fall as far or as fast as each other at the same time.The new company would emulate Rio in this way.
Woodford has emerged as one of the biggest investors in Masawara, a fund set up in June "for the purpose of acquiring interests primarily in Zimbabwe-based companies and projects in sectors such as agriculture, mining, telecommunications and real estate, which the directors believe represent investments that will generate attractive shareholder returns".
In the headlines this morning, Comcast and Google are reportedly in talks with Time Warner about acquiring interests in its Web portal AOL.
In regions where it was already conducting business, the bank diversified its services and investments by acquiring interest in banks such as Hang Seng of Hong Kong in 1965, which soon became an important mortgage lender.
Genome studies of the yeast have identified fifty genes homologous to human genes, acquiring interest from biomedical research [ 20].
The Newfield Exploration Company agreed yesterday to acquire interests in south Texas gas fields from an undisclosed seller for $142 million.
In Canada, Chinese firms have acquired interests in two oil companies that could afford them access to Arctic drilling.
The combined company can sell its interest in the Liberty Media Group and Rainbow Holdings, programming companies that AT&T acquired interests in when it acquired Tele-Communications Inc. last year.
