Acquisition

An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.

Source: merriam-webster.com

Deal Or No Deal? Mattel Snubs Hasbro Offer
Deal Or No Deal? Mattel Snubs Hasbro Offer
November 16, 2017  |  Retail

If you thought Jim and Pam on “The Office” took forever to get together, you’ve clearly never followed the decades-long mating dance between the world’s...

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Petco Goes Subscription Commerce With PupBox
Petco Goes Subscription Commerce With PupBox
November 16, 2017  |  Subscriptions

Petco expands its digital offerings by entering the subscription box business through its acquisition of online startup PupBox. According to news from Chain Store Age, the entire...

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Kalanick And Benchmark Make Peace For Sake of Uber/SoftBank Deal
Kalanick And Benchmark Make Peace For Sake of Uber/SoftBank Deal
November 13, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Uber Technologies paved the way to receive a multi-billion-dollar investment led by SoftBank Group, after co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick reached a deal with Benchmark...

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Apple Acquires Nanotech Image Sensor Startup InVisage Technologies
Apple Acquires Nanotech Image Sensor Startup InVisage Technologies
November 10, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Apple has made another acquisition, this time buying InVisage Technologies, a startup that develops solutions to improve imaging capabilities on space-constrained devices, such as smartphones....

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Panera Eats Up Au Bon Pain
Panera Eats Up Au Bon Pain
November 09, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Panera Bread is rebuying Au Bon Pain, though for how much remains to be seen. Panera and Au Bon Pain have a long and peculiar history...

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Acorns Can Now Offer Retirement Accounts Through Vault Acquisition
Acorns Can Now Offer Retirement Accounts Through Vault Acquisition
November 08, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Acorns, a micro-investment service that automatically invests small amounts from its customers’ bank accounts into investment funds, has acquired Vault, a developer of retirement fund...

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CVS Announces Surprise Acquisition Of Aetna
CVS Announces Surprise Acquisition Of Aetna
October 27, 2017  |  Retail

When the going gets tough — say, because Amazon is about to take on the pharmacy industry with its vertical-slaying eCommerce retail machine — the tough get...

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Chase Acquires WePay
Chase Acquires WePay
October 17, 2017  |  News

Can big banks be nimble of foot when it comes to FinTech? One giant — JPMorgan Chase & Co. — is taking some definitive steps on that stage....

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Private Equity Firm Acquires Ruby Tuesday
Private Equity Firm Acquires Ruby Tuesday
October 16, 2017  |  Retail

According to CNBC news reports published on Monday (Oct. 16), Beall, Illinois-based food service retailer Ruby Tuesday has agreed to an acquisition by Atlanta, Georgia,...

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