Sentence examples for public acquired from inspiring English sources

Cerf and Klopfer took Random House public, acquired Knopf, and, in 1966, sold out to RCA.

The British public acquired "an emotional, albeit irrational, attachment to the place".

They launch, seek more (and more) funding, and go public, get acquired or go bankrupt.

Success stories from Trinity's portfolio include Aruba Networks (public), Blue Nile (public), Extreme Networks (public), LoopNet (public), Photobucket (acquired by News Corp.), Speedera Networks (acquired by Akamai), Starbucks (public), and Sygate Technologies (acquired by Symantec).

Much of this development is on public land acquired at very low prices, with no proper tendering or bidding.

At the time, Deloitte executives said they were not sure whether the consulting firm would sell stock to the public, be acquired or become a privately held company.

In the other he has placed his property in such a position that, willingly or unwillingly, the public has acquired an interest in its use.

This week two major tech companies went public, Pandora acquired Rdio and Lyft financials leaked.

Dell, then a public company, acquired SecureWorks in 2011 for a reported $612 million.

Most Web sites started in the late 1990s have either gone public, been acquired or are defunct.

Invested in 15 deals (7 now public, 5 acquired), mostly high tech (Clinical Microsensors) and some specialty retail (Starbucks).