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Regardless of how much emphasis theories of the developing mind and theories of language acquisition place on our genes and biologically determined cognitive capacities, no theories dispute the critical importance to young children of hearing talk directed to them about what they see and do.

If confirmed, it's an interesting buy that fits more in the blogging acquisition space, placing the deal alongside the acquisitions of Weblogs Inc and more recently TreeHugger.

However, that acquisition placed the company about four billion pounds in debt.

The acquisition placed a $275 million value on the team, and Jordan is increasing his small stake to a majority one.

The Skype acquisition placed Microsoft in competition with Apple's video-chat service Facetime and Google's Internet communication service Voice.

Instagram posted images to Twitter and Facebook to drive user acquisition, placing its growth strategy in plain sight.

According to independent organisation Land Matrix, 40m hectares have been acquired globally for agricultural purposes in the last decade and a half, with nearly half of those acquisitions taking place in Africa.

And don't count on all the planned mergers and acquisitions taking place.

The largest of these acquisitions took place in March, when Wang bought Olsy, the computer services unit of Olivetti.

(It's often a good sign to see seasoned people with demonstrated skills joining just before these crucial expansions or acquisitions take place).

"Until the acquisition takes place," said David Castelveter, a spokesman for US Airways, "it's business as usual".