Sentence examples for blocked the acquisition from inspiring English sources

On July 13, it unexpectedly blocked the acquisition, after appeals from two energy brokers.

The Federal Trade Commission blocked the acquisition in October, saying the deal would give Diageo a stranglehold on the United States rum market.

Joaquín Almunia said he blocked the acquisition to ensure adequate competition on routes serving Dublin, Cork, Knock and Shannon that are flown by 11 million passengers each year.

Taiwanese regulators blocked the purchase of a large insurance company in Taiwan by a Hong Kong-based investment consortium and also blocked the acquisition of a Chinese technology firm by Taiwan computer chip giant UMC.

MPEP dose-dependently blocked the acquisition of fear.

Two experiments using a state-dependent retention (SDR) design determined whether MK-801 blocked the acquisition and retention of an avoidance response.

Paxson at the time tried unsuccessfully to block the acquisition.

The Justice Department filed a federal antitrust lawsuit to block the acquisition of T-Mobile USA on similar grounds.

Judge Howell sided with the Justice Department, which filed in May to block the acquisition.

A week later, Sprint formally objected to the deal and called on regulators to block the acquisition.

The F.T.C. said it decided to go to court to block the acquisition because the deal would let Cytyc put its only competitor, TriPath Imaging, out of business.