Sentences with phrase «acquired by rival»

When outdoor recreation retailer Cabela's reports its first quarter results on April 28, a major topic that will loom over the proceedings will be whether the company is on the verge of being acquired by rival Bass P...

Since the election, Sprint shares have risen nearly 40 percent, partly on hopes that it could be acquired by its rival T - Mobile.

Not exact matches

The nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in health care by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making moves in the sector.

Vancouver's Fuller family recently acquired a 50 % stake in Cactus Club, a rival founded by a pair of former Earl's waiters.

The move offers Lufthansa and rivals a chance to acquire slots at airports such as Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf, with Germany's largest airline keen to defend its domestic position against expansion by low - cost rival Ryanair.

U.S. rivals Miller and Coors had been acquired by South Africa's SAB and Canada's Molson, respectively, and when those two giants then created the joint venture MillerCoors in 2007, the industry realized that Anheuser - Busch's days as an independent brewer were numbered.

Singapore's Global Logistic Properties (GLP) agreed to be acquired by a Chinese private equity consortium backed by senior GLP executives for about S$ 16 billion ($ 11.6 billion), choosing it over a rival bid in Asia's largest private equity buyout.

WeWork has acquired Chinese rival Naked Hub to grow its China presence from its current 10,000 members in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to a combined 1 million members in Greater China by the end of 2021.

Craig Powell is CEO of Motus, a Boston - based vehicle management and reimbursement app, which was acquired in January 2018, along with its rival Runzheimer, by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm.

Many of the recent Big Pharma deals and acquisition proposals have been motivated by the companies» desire to lower their tax rate by acquiring a foreign rival and moving their headquarters overseas in a process known as an inversion.

Mylan, now officially free from the clutches of Israel - based Teva, which had been on a hostile attempt to acquire its smaller rival, is also a symbol of reinvention - by - acquisition.

By acquiring a rival generic maker, Teva can claim more market share in the industry and also slash any overlapping divisions (and their staff): After absorbing Allergan's generics business, it expects to save $ 1.4 billion annually.

Now, the nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in the sector by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making its own moves in the health - care market.

They're all examples of smaller startups being acquired by dominant incumbent rivals.

Jabong was recently acquired by bigger rival Myntra.

Other regional banks are growing their revenue base by acquiring smaller rivals.

From Monday, Justice John Mansfield, the president of the Australian Competition Tribunal, Novartis group general counsel Ray Steinwall and University of South Australia economics professor David Round — who were on Friday named as members of the tribunal reviewing the deal — will begin to digest Mr Helou's great big pitch: that the benefits of increasing scale by allowing the nation's biggest dairy processor to acquire smaller rival Warrnambool Cheese & Butter outweigh any destruction to local competition.

Rival offers for companies such as property group Australand and gas distributor Envestra were also withdrawn, but the companies were acquired by the successful suitor.

More controversially, United's crosstown rivals Manchester City are given a 10/1 chance of acquiring CR7 followed by big spending PSG at 12/1.

Though still considered by some to be an «indie» studio, since Lionsgate acquired rival Summit Entertainment in 2012, it has looked more and more like a major distributor.

By stepping aside, the former Porsche CEO paved the way for Volkswagen to acquire its rival.

Another irritant was a bid by Germany - based truck maker MAN AG to acquire Sweden - based rival Scania AB.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again threw her support behind Magna International's bid to acquire Opel from General Motors, even as rival bidder RHJ improves its bid by requiring less state funding.Merkel said Tuesday that she was ready to intervene personally to support Magna's bid, which in

German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again threw her support behind Magna International's bid to acquire Opel from General Motors, even as rival bidder RHJ improves its bid by requiring less state funding.

The medical products company agreed in April to be acquired by bigger rival Becton, Dickinson (BDX) for $ 24 billion.

Over the past few years, Uber has schemed to boost its self - driving efforts by spying on rivals, poaching staff, and acquiring their software, according to newly released court documents.

After the Comet of Sigmar crashed on Mordheim, the City of Damned turned into a terrifying battlefield where rival warbands fight fiercely for the control of key neighborhoods, looking for glory and fortune by acquiring the very valuable Wyrdstone fragments.

BigHand acquires DW Reporting — reactions: BigHand's acquisition of business intelligence and pricing solutions provider DW Reporting in April has been received well by clients, albeit one rival suggests they will struggle to integrate the offering.

It went bankrupt in 1997 and was later acquired by the Hyundai Motor Company, their South Korean rival, in 1998.

The food sharing startup VizEat was started in early 2014, and has since raised $ 1 million in a round led by Eurovestech and acquired its smaller (also French) rival Cookening.

Still no word yet on the possible merger with rival T - Mobile... Auto parts maker Delphi is buying autonomous car startup NuTonomy for $ 400 million... Overstock.com aims to hold the largest - yet initial coin offering, topping FileCoin's $ 257 million offering in August... Uber is adding a «long pickup fee» as part of an effort to make rides more attractive where drivers have to go a distance before starting the ride; the question is how it will go over with riders... AMD returned to profitability driven by sales of its Ryzen processor, per VentureBeat... Apple acquired New Zealand - based wireless charging firm PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum... TechCrunch reports that Honolulu has given final approval to a law that fines pedestrians who are looking at their phones while crossing a street.

Google Fiber acquired Webpass in a bid to accelerate its buildout of ultra-high speed broadband access, after struggling for years to gain access to local markets dominated by rival broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast and others.

Amazon has decided to stop selling Nest products, given that the smart devices maker has been acquired recently by rival Google.