Put differently, despite their popularity, the average take-over destroys value for the acquiring firm.
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Takeovers happen and the acquiring firm has a natural bias toward keeping its own people.
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These short-term "announcement studies" are often cited as evidence that acquisitions destroy value for the acquiring firm.
The acquiring firm had a contractual relationship with American Airlines, a competitor of United with a completely separate loyalty program.
The acquiring firm would pay little or nothing up front, but would likely be expected to cover ongoing operating costs as the bankruptcy case proceeded.
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The justification for paying such a significant premium is the idea that the acquiring firm will be able to get much more value out of the company than the seller does.
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Where the stock market usually responds negatively to an acquisition, they found that if the take-over was preceded by an alliance between the firms, the share price of the acquiring firm increased after the take-over announcement.
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If Twitter is to become a stellar source for analytics in the future (it already is for one thriving startup), Google will inevitably see the value in acquiring the firm and do everything it can to buy it as soon as possible.
Beauty was in the eye of several beholders on Wednesday, after a French magazine claimed that luxury goods companies PPR and LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton had shown "signs of interest" in acquiring the prestigious cosmetics firm Clarins .
CTB, announced this week that it was acquiring control in an unlisted Israeli firm, AgroLogic, though it would not say for how much.
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The Israeli-born billionaire graduated from Michigan State and launched an ultra-successful private equity firm in 1995, acquiring non-core divisions of various Fortune 1000 companies.
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W. Bush stopped a Chinese aero-technology company from acquiring a U.S. manufacturing firm.
In 2008, CFIUS blocked the Chinese telecommunications firm and Bain Capital from acquiring U.S. electronics manufacturer 3Com due to national security concerns.
So, again, this administration has expressed a very firm commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Rebrab founded the company in 1971 by acquiring a 20% stake in Sotecom, an Algerian metallic construction firm.
The company has been growing substantially and appears to be interested in acquiring a 33.3% stake in Galp, a Portuguese oil firm operating off the Brazilian coast.
Acquiring an existing carrier is one possible route to accomplish that, and Anil's telecom firm is a candidate, analysts say.
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