Sentence examples for buying leading from inspiring English sources
It was easy to see why, given mega deals like Disney Studios buying leading multi-channel network (MCN) Maker Studios for up to $1 billion, Facebook buying virtual-reality company Oculus VR for $2 billion, Microsoft uploading Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion, Apple buying Dr. Dre's Beats for nearly $3 billion, and Amazon snatching up live gamer site Twitch for $1 billion.
Lobbying disclosure records reveal that at the same time, the NRA was buying leading Missouri lawmakers lunch: $1,700 worth of food and beverages in the first half of 2014.
Last October, Salesforce laid off some of the Radian6 employees, and disclosed losses at Buddy Media before it was bought, leading many analysts to speculate on the role these companies could play in Salesforce's core business.
"Mostly what we do is we buy leading companies in other countries that we're not in," he says.
Amazon bought leading audio entertainment producer Audible in 2008, which boasts the world's largest catalog of audio books.
Belcampo: Over the last 20 years, there has been a tremendous consolidation in the meat industry, with just a few big companies controlling most of what we buy, leading to fewer, bigger farms and giant feed lots.
Some of the more messianic commentators on the digital future were prone, in the beginning, to make predictions about the great shift in reading and buying (or not buying) habits leading to a golden age of investigation and reporting.
But it is also good news for buyers — especially those who aren't buying leading-edge 256-megabyte 400-MHz DDR DRAMs.
Compulsive buying is a disabling condition, where individuals are unable to resist or control their buying behavior, leading to substantial social and financial problems.
IT is déjà vu all over again, Madison Avenue style, as an agency holding group is, for the second time in two months, buying a leading independent media shop.
There was plenty of mergers and acquisitions action to keep European traders busy on Monday, and renewed buying pushed leading indexes into the green at the close.
