Sentence examples for acquisition push from inspiring English sources

Both companies have also been on a huge acquisition push for classic TV shows.

And the influx of cash from sales and corporate restructuring spurred a $1 billion acquisition push aimed at mining interests in South Africa and elsewhere.

More recently, she's been making a huge acquisition push, buying Tumblr for more than $1 billion along with a broad range of other startups, including but not limited to Stamped, Qwiki, Astrid, Ghostbird Software, Summly, and, most recently, Xobni.

They say that despite the steps taken to deal with its conflict, Goldman still steered the El Paso directors toward an acquisition, pushing them to ignore the benefits of remaining independent and spinning off the exploration and production business.

The Genlyte acquisition pushed up stock of other lighting makers.

For example, consider the meal or pill or gulp of air that saves someone's life, or the car whose acquisition pushes the competitive collector into first place.

The acquisition pushed UBS to the top Wealth and Asset Management Firm in the world.

Street's acquisition pushed Joe Smith back to a setup role and solidified a bullpen that keyed the Angels' run to a major league-best 98-64 record in 2014.

Citigroup benefited from a 44percentt increase in profits at its Salomon Smith Barney brokerage division, where overseas acquisitions pushed investment banking revenue to almost $1 billion, a record.

BP P.L.C., the world's third-largest oil company, said today that high natural gas prices in the United States along with BP's American acquisitions pushed its first-quarter profit to $4.12 billion, up about 52percentt from the period a year earlier.

[World Business, Section W.] Profit Increases 52% at BP BP, the world's third-largest oil company, said high natural gas prices in the United States along with BP's American acquisitions pushed its first-quarter profit to $4.12 billion, up about 52percentt from results in the period a year earlier.