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In a press release Sunday, the Vancouver-based company said it is considering making an offer to acquire HIT, which produces children's TV programming such as Barney & Friends, and also distributes home videos, publishes books and licenses merchandise from its series.

Some Japanese ruling party lawmakers are urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to acquire strike weapons that could hit North Korean missile forces before any imminent attack.

Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine have made new friends with Barbie after Mattel, the world's biggest toy-maker, acquired Hit Entertainment for $680m £427mm) in cash.

KEVIN ROOSE THWARTED Martin Marietta Materials' hostile offer to acquire Vulcan Materials hit a big brick wall on Friday, when Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that Martin Marietta had violated its confidentiality arrangements with Vulcan and ordered a four-month halt to Martin Marietta's hostile bid.

Ask Jeeves Inc. agreed yesterday to acquire Direct Hit Technologies Inc., a closely held Internet search company, for about $506.9 million in stock.

Most people who acquire hit-and-run infections go back to their normal lives after a few days.

Martin Marietta Materials' hostile offer to acquire Vulcan Materials hit a very big brick wall on Friday, when Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that Martin Marietta had violated its confidentiality arrangements with Vulcan and ordered a four-month halt to Martin Marietta's hostile bid.

But why did Pollock choose L.A.? If Pollock remains healthy, he will be a good pickup for the Dodgers, though it is odd to hear Dave Roberts say that the Dodgers needed to acquire right-handed hitting after the team traded away right-handed hitters.

Sky is investing a huge amount of money in new programming by acquiring hit shows and commissioning original content.

NF7 functions as a tumor suppressor gene; patients inherit one mutated copy and are believed to acquire a "second hit" in tissues that go on to form benign or malignant tumors.

The only Orioles run was generated by a player the Yankees are trying to acquire: B. J. Surhoff, who hit an eighth-inning homer.