Sentences with phrase «had snapped up»

Those reports from the summer that Volvo's parent company had snapped up flying car startup Terrafugia?

The day after the game was released, Activision said it had snapped up the rest of Infinity Ward, signing employees to long term contracts.

Earlier in the month we reported that Crytek had snapped up around 30 or so ex-Vigil staffers, including founder David Adams, to help form the company's first US - based studio.

Back in 2013, it was announced that Chris Columbus» 1942 Pictures production company had snapped up the remake rights to André Øvredal's rather fantastic found footage monster movie Troll Hunter, tapping Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) to direct.

As it turns out, Venice had snapped him up, and «Tom A La Ferme» marks the director's first competition entry at a major festival.

Last April it was announced that Sony had snapped up the rights to the iconic Mattel toyline Barbie for a live - action movie, and now it has been revealed that Oscar - winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) has signed on to rewrite the script from Jenny Bicks (What a Girl Wants).

Jon was online for a month before I was — imagine if someone else had snapped him up before I got there!

By the time she was ousted in 2005, HP had snapped up $ 14 billion of its stock, more than its $ 12 billion in profits during that time.

Datafast, which owns the EFTel brand is also on the acquisitions trail having snapped up two eastern State's based ISPs earlier this month.

Amcom Telecommunications has snapped up data centre operator aCure Technology for $ 14.3 million as demand for new information technology services grows.

In Canada, investors have snapped up the Hudson Bay Railway in northern Manitoba and the Port of Churchill, the only major Canadian Arctic seaport.

While large organizations have snapped up policies there is a steep drop off in adoption among small - and mid-sized business.

The sale announced Monday marks the second time in two years that Verizon has snapped up the remains of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital reach.

About half of the units in the building, part of the Essex Crossing project, have already been bought by boomers and millennials, who've snapped up 20 percent and 40 percent of them, respectively, said a spokesperson for developer Taconic Investment Partners.

As it has expanded into mobile, analytics and second - screen viewing, the seven - year - old social network has snapped up companies that can help it further its goals, from under - the - radar outfits such as Ubalo to larger companies such as Crashlytics, which reportedly sold for nine figures.

Facebook has snapped up Branch for a reported $ 15 million and appointed the Branch team to run its new Conversations group in New York.

The new offerings will aim to integrate the expertise of companies that IBM has snapped up in recent years, including Truven Health Analytics, Phytel, and Explorys.

Over the past decade and a half, they and the major insurers have snapped up most of the biggest properties — OMERS bought Brookfield Place in Toronto four years ago, for example, while London Life and Great - West Life jointly spent $ 382 million on Calgary's Gulf Canada Square in 2007 — and today are believed to own almost 90 % of downtown Toronto's commercial space.

In recent months, the company has snapped up smaller online retailers, including last week's deal for outdoor e-commerce site Moosejaw.

Buyers in the country have snapped up more than 60 percent of the 25,000 Maybach sedans that Mercedes has sold since rolling out the model in 2015.

Keep has snapped up five funding rounds worth US$ 47 million since it went online in February 2015 (in Chinese).

The Chinese travel firm has snapped up land, hotels, leasing firms and even part of Deutsche Bank.

Canadian dairy group Agropur has snapped up own - label and ingredients supplier M. Larivée International.

The world's biggest beer company, Anheuser - Busch InBev, has snapped up Sydney craft beer company 4 Pines as it seeks to accelerate in a sector that is growing much faster than the stagnant mainstream beer industry.

Iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart has snapped up a 50 per cent stake in two West Australian cattle stations in a bid to capitalise on booming food exports to Asia.

Rural Funds Group has snapped up Lynora Downs, a 4876 - hectare cotton property in Central Queensland for $ 26.5 million.

De Bortoli Wines has snapped up a vineyard in Heathcote in Central Victoria for $ 3.25 million from wine grape growers Ian and Lynn Rathjen.

They include one of Canada's largest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, which has snapped up close to $ 100 million worth of cattle stations in the past year through local company Hewitt Cattle Australia.

Hewitt Cattle Australia, backed by one of Canada's biggest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & Natural Meat.

Property briefs Sentinel Property Group has snapped up the Jimboomba Junction Shopping Centre in Brisbane's south for $ 20 million, making it the group's fifth retail acquisition this year in Queensland.

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Southampton have completed their latest summer signing, with the club's official Twitter account confirming that the Saints have snapped up England international goalkeeper Fraser Forster from Celtic.

Read Podolski will be off to Galatasary soon... Really wish we could've snapped up Griezmann last year as a RW with Alexis as the LW.

He will be on a lot of top clubs radar, most top clubs want a really good young striker with potential but none have snapped him up, only an offer of # 14 $ from Tottenham.

Gonalons or Schneiderlin is an absolute priority, and we missed a massive trick with Bony but if Villa go down I would snap up Benteke in a heartbeat.

«I want to finish off what I started and if they'd take me back I would snap up the chance to return and play in the League again.»

I would snap him up right now.

Pep likes him, barca rates him and I'm sure Liverpool would snap him up.

Arsenal has snapped up Evgeni Karamanov from OFC Zagorets Nova Zagora in the Bulgarian third division for a record fee of two laying hens and a bottle of Elderberry wine

However, this time they have snapped up a forward from Wolves who could bag plenty next season.

I know that he isn't too keen on Bale, I would Snap him up before Utd do... 70 million should be enough to kill two birds with one stone, (1) We would easily win the league with Bale Scoring goals for fun and (2) That would upset the spuds big time?

If Lukaku was at all like Drogba do you not think Mourinho would snap him up.

PSG would snap him up if he left.

Apparently Mane is available for # 18 million, I would snap him up at that price, he is still in his early twenties, so theres room for improvement and his better than Walcott??

Arsenal in particular have a habit of raiding Barcelona for their top young players, having snapped up the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Hector Bellerin at a young age from the Catalans» academy.

Im still a bit gobsmacked and soo thankful we have snapped up Petr Cech, very refreshing watching a winner prepare and then play for AFC.

There is also a waiting list of several hundred thousand gooners who would snap up any available tickets.

Usmanov is the far more favoured shareholder at the club by Arsenal fans, much more than Stan Kroenke and so it is generally feared that if Usmanov was to pull out of Arsenal, then Kroenke would snap up the 30 % ownership of club shares that Usmanov currently owns.

However, he may now get his chance as Cardiff, who had been monitoring the player for several weeks now, have snapped him up on loan until the end of the campaign.

Arsenal should have snapped him up immediately and sent Wenger to the board room.