Sentence examples for more attractive acquisition from inspiring English sources

Companies freed of these outside holders would find it easier to merge or would become more attractive acquisition targets.

Sun also announced that its board had voted to eliminate its poison pill defense against takeovers, a move that could make the company a more attractive acquisition target.

Some of these smaller companies have only become more attractive acquisition targets.

That will make it an even more attractive acquisition target for MySpace and others.

Firms that applied for more patents were less likely to be acquired, though if they obtain unusually highly cited patents they may be a more attractive acquisition target.

But he also suggested that the coaching is whipping the startups that "take it seriously" into more attractive acquisition candidates, too.

It could even be a takeover target, said Liberum: At an enterprise value of £2.3bn, UBM is both a far more manageable and attractive acquisition target than Informa as well as being cheaper.

Startups that are able to position themselves as part of an acquirer's IP risk mitigation strategy make themselves more attractive targets for acquisition.

Twitter's share price continues to decline, but that also offers an opportunity to make the company even more attractive as an acquisition.

Though the new divisions better align with Sun's marketing and sales, it also splits the company into chunks that are somewhat more attractive for possible acquisitions if Sun were to be split up and sold for parts.

Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, said: "The next question now is whether this [profit] makes BP a more attractive target for an acquisition".