Sentences with phrase «acquiring big giants»
Though nothing is clear, rumours suggest that Microsoft considered acquiring big giants like EA and...
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Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.
To understand why, and why allowing T - Mobile to acquire Sprint would be a big problem for consumers, we need to understand what makes it so hard to for even giant, well - funded companies with recognized brand names to break into the wireless market.
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.
AB InBev, the world's biggest beer brewer, has acquired a significant stake in one of China's best known craft brewers, in a move that shakes up the country's tiny but booming craft beer scene and, the slumping beer giant hopes, its own bottom line.
The social networking giant acquired a small startup called Two Big Ears, which specializes in audio technology that Facebook will incorporate into its own VR projects, according to a Facebook blog post on Monday.
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.
Pharmacy services provider and drugstore chain made a big splash late in 2017 when CVS announced its plan to acquire health insurance giant Aetna for $ 69 billion in a move that could have major repercussions across the healthcare sector.
But this offseason has already seen several big moves from the Rams — trading with the Chiefs to acquire Peters, slapping the tag on Joyner, sending Robert Quinn to the Dolphins, bringing in Talib, signing Sam Shields, and shipping Alec Ogletree off to the Giants.
«In the shallow swamp of South China, it's possible that an abundance of big clams drove these giant otters to acquire their rare traits, including their crushing teeth and robust jaws.»
As well as screening three of its upcoming films, Pee - wee's Big Holiday, My Beautiful Broken Brain and Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, the streaming giant has acquired two more features.
But Headmasters (and policemen) are the biggest giants of all and acquire a marvellously exaggerated stature.
The news today that eCommerce giant Rakuten is to acquire Kobo Books for $ 315m lifts Kobo into the big leagues alongside Amazon and Barnes and... Read more
In mid-2016, Fairmont (and its sister brands Raffles and Swisshotels) were acquired by the French hospitality giant, Accor Hotels Group, making Accor the world's biggest hospitality company.
Telecoms giant is set to acquire EE in a # 12.5 billion deal, which will make BT the biggest communications company in Britain.
Telecoms giant is set to acquire EE in a # 12.5 billion deal, which will make BT the biggest communications company...
Walmart today took its biggest step yet in its bid to compete against Amazon in the world of digital commerce: today the retail giant announced that it would be acquiring Jet.com — an online - only shopping site that has been live for a little over a year — for $ 3 billion in cash, plus up to $ 300 million in shares for the founders and others at the company.