Sentences with phrase «bad acquisition»

But then there's the fallen - from - grace General Electric, a company Cramer said has «become the poster child for bad acquisitions.»

While MSFT is currently spending its money well, management made several bad acquisitions throughout its history.

And Apotheker's $ 11 billion deal to buy British software company Autonomy would soon go down as one of the worst acquisitions in corporate history, leaving HP with a hangover that included an $ 8.8 billion write - down.

«The single most consistent reason for underperformance in media companies is bad acquisitions,» the authors of the 2009 book write.

Coq played for Freiburg last season and was voted the worst acquisition in the Bundelsiga.

I heard though that we are interrested in signing Jose Luis Gaya form Valencia and he wouldn't be a bad acquisition either.

(See what is happening to Toshiba because of a bad acquisition).

Also, the best acquisitions are early; the worst acquisitions are imitative and late.

«But I don't want to make a bad acquisition and lose the cash.»

-- Which video game companies made the best or worst acquisitions?