The phrase "acquisition of concern" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear in meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing the process of obtaining or gaining something that is a matter of concern or interest.
Example: "The acquisition of concern regarding environmental issues has led to increased regulatory measures."
Alternatives: "gaining attention" or "obtaining interest".
A1 U.S. Moves Against Phone Deal The Justice Department went to court to halt WorldCom's $115 billion acquisition of Sprint, citing concern over competition.
Next is a planned acquisition of Web-search concern Inktomi.
In the public sector realm, Gianforte says RightNow goes up most against Oracle, given its 2006 acquisition of customer software concern Siebel Systems.
In any case, Deutsche Telekom will probably face an uphill battle in any large acquisition it attempts in the United States after opposition emerged in Congress to the acquisition of American telecommunications concerns by companies controlled by foreign governments.
The Justice Department sought an injunction in federal court against WorldCom's proposed $115 billion acquisition of Sprint, citing concerns that the combined company would stifle competition on the Internet and in the long-distance telephone industry.
Qualcomm has once again postponed the deadline for completing its proposed acquisition of NXP following concerns voiced by the Ministry of Commerce in China.
Although the use of this technique enables the acquisition of detailed information concerning Aβ effects at the ion channel level, it is very low throughput and complicated relative to extracellular electrophysiological techniques.
The questionnaire about the vignettes was applied both before and after training to evaluate the acquisition of theoretical knowledge concerning the identification of youth with possible mental health problems and the appropriate referral of problematic youth.
Other big technology companies may have to write off their acquisitions of smaller concerns whose valuations were wildly inflated at the height of the technology stock bubble.
That is the charge made by one of the country's largest institutional investors against the McKesson Corporation, whose acquisition of HBO & Company, a software concern, last year ended with allegations of fraudulent accounting at HBO.
