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On Friday, Harvey Weinstein of Miramax said that "The Barbarian Invasions" had been acquired for American distribution by his company.

The Financial Times reported that the shares had been acquired for the fund in the secondary market with the help of JPMorgan Chase.

When Ms. Banerjee was the federal railways minister, she had announced jobs for one member from each family whose land had been acquired for the rail project.

A lot of banks and big investors got burned in the bankruptcy last week of Energy Future Holdings, a Texas electric utility that in 2007 had been acquired for $45 billion in one of the largest leveraged buyouts ever.

Columbia Threadneedle said the Postings had been acquired for its rental income stream but that it had now been repositioned as a development opportunity that "does not fit the holding fund's investment strategy".

Public records show that in 1985 the group sold six of the properties, which had been acquired for about $330,000, for a total of $960,000, Mr. Cogsville said.

Some of his work has been acquired for the National Portrait Gallery for its permanent collection.

Already, a sizeable amount of systems biology knowledge has been acquired for this non-conventional yeast.

The book has sold 250,000 copies in French and has been acquired for publication in 25 other languages.

God is Great #2, which has been acquired for Tate's collection, will no doubt go on display in future.

The letters have been acquired for £27,500 and will be available to researchers in the library's reading rooms.