Linguistics powerhouse Rosetta Stone announced it has acquired Livemocha, an online language learning network with international reach.

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Viewers may be curious just to hear Al Jazeera America, which will have access to millions of U.S. homes now that the traditional Arabic-language network this week acquired Current TV, once owned by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and others.

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As an angel investor, his story intersects with another local success, Jordanian Internet pioneer Maktoob, the leading Arabic language portal, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2009.

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Summit Entertainment LLC has acquired feature rights to produce the English-language adaptation of the novel.

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He was unembarrassed to flex Germany's newly acquired muscles and to employ the sort of language heard from leaders of more nakedly nationalistic countries.

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The committee said the government department ignored warnings about how complex the work was before it signed a five-year deal with Applied Language Solutions, which has now been acquired by the company Capita.

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In 2012 it acquired 100% of the US Digital Documents and Connective Language Services of New Jersey.

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Last year, the Financial Times, half-owner of The Economist, acquired 14% of the Business Standard, an English-language daily.

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The Welsh Assembly acquired the powers to make laws to promote and support the Welsh language from the UK parliament in February 2010.

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