Sentence examples for acquisitions trouble from inspiring English sources

But Thornberry, who said the military has had acquisitions trouble since "the Continental Army of George Washington," said the problems have become so bad that they now create a national security threat.

His company — with its massive growth, rejection of Google's proposed acquisition, troubles with the S.E.C., and I.P.O — provided one of the industry's great dramas of the year.

"Clearly, the Spieker acquisition created trouble for them in Northern California," Mr. Sakwa said.

Even before the accounting problems, the Autonomy acquisition looked troubled.

Nevertheless, United has to stand by and watch its arch-rival, American Airlines (AA), become the world's biggest carrier after its unchallenged acquisition of troubled TWA earlier this year.Another merger that has gone sour is Swissair's flirtation with Belgium's Sabena, in which it has a 49.5% stake.

Most startups at this stage tend to have done a great job at online acquisition, yet have trouble with classic branding.

One thread that weaves through this: Companies where management takes its eyes off the core principles that built the company and become infatuated with expansion or acquisition often find trouble.

But since debt markets seized up in 2007 buy-out firms have had trouble making acquisitions.

Without a strong stock price, Mr. Weill will have trouble financing acquisitions -- undoubtedly a frustration to a deal maker like him.

When it did try to diversify, it landed in trouble: the acquisition in the 1990s of Packard Bell, an American PC maker, was a failure.

Blood had been looking for backing for an acquisition of then troubled pub landlord group Admiral Taverns.