Sentence examples for later acquiring from inspiring English sources

The fashion frenzy generated by the colorful Swatches in turn required the group to develop mass volume production, building its leadership by later acquiring more component manufacturers.

Shortly after his succession, Muzaffar Shah refused to pay the customary tribute to Malacca's chief rival in the peninsula, the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, and his forces repelled two Siamese punitive expeditions in 1445 and 1456, later acquiring Selangor to the northwest as a source of food and taking control of strategic portions of the Sumatra coast across the strait.

Born at a trading station in the Eastern Cape, a fifth-generation descendant of settlers from Britain and Ireland, he was educated at Catholic schools, studied law for five years in Cape Town, and then joined the East London Daily Dispatch as a cub reporter, later acquiring more experience in Britain and Canada before becoming the paper's editor at the age of 31.

There followed a string of deals that saw the group diversify further, branching out into electronics with the launch of Turkish electronics company Vestel, and later acquiring the Del Monte fruit business and taking a majority stake in Japanese firm Sansui Electric.

He thought interactive TV was the key, joining QVC and later acquiring Home Shopping Network.

Lui was also an early investor in China, buying into a quarry in Shenzhen in 1980 and later acquiring a land bank in Guangzhou.

Both later acquire new spouses.

Cocks later acquired religious significance.

EAB was later acquired by Citigroup.

SocialShield was later acquired by Avira.

The company was later acquired by Fleet Financial.