Sentence examples for name was acquired from inspiring English sources

The name was acquired by the American Classic Voyages Company, a holding company with a collection of passenger lines: American Hawaii Cruises, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, Delta Queen Coastal Voyages and now, United States Lines.

The manuscript, which bears the collector's initials and various abbreviations of his name, was acquired by Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, and together with the remainder of his music library and his art and medieval manuscript collections, it forms the core of the collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England.

Interestingly, the Mail.ru domain name was acquired by her and her-founders for only $500 from the same team that started Travel.ru.ru

That company went bankrupt and its name was acquired by Roxio and used as the name of a new legal music download store.

The Bell and Howell name was acquired by Germany's Bowe Systec in 2003, creating Bowe Bell and Howell.

Following a financial and trademark dispute through a U.S. distribution agreement, the Mellotron name was acquired by American based Sound Sales.

It makes sense if the company wants to start marketing the product before the first choice domain name is acquired, but it also dilutes the brand name.

For example, MatchLogic, a Colorado marketing company that gathered 13 million names was acquired by Excite@Home, a high-speed Internet service controlled by AT&T.

One of the most publicized items - a vase incorporating a fragment of a two-handled krater signed with the name Euphronios - was acquired too late to be illustrated in the exhibit's catalogue.

Zaffaroni founded a number of companies during an extraordinary career, including ALZA Corp. (an acronym of his name), which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001; Affymax Inc., which was acquired by Glaxo in 1995; Affymetrix, Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Symyx Technologies and Maxygen.

Last month, another group messaging service named Beluga was acquired by Facebook.