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Alstom's challenge is to grow, the reduction of its debt should help it acquire competitors abroad. – French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Newmont receives expressions of interest in our assets from time to time, and consistent with our goal to improve our portfolio and balance sheet, we may consider proposals to acquire our assets, to date, no discussions related to our assets in Indonesia have met all of our sales criteria, which include fully committed funding representing fair value. – Omar Jabara	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We do not get deal fever at FMC. We are very comfortable with the asset base we have. We'll acquire something opportunistically. – Chief Executive Rice Powell	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We do not have the billions to acquire other utilities. We will develop our own projects. – Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The inherent value and synergies of Syncrude's assets and the potential to acquire operational control of Syncrude are not reflected in Suncor's bid. – Canadian Oil Sands	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I never gave money to anyone in order to acquire votes so that Germany is awarded the 2006 World Cup, and I am certain that no other member of the bid committee did something like that. – Franz Beckenbauer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
None of these companies are profitable; the niches they occupy are too small, i'm convinced there will be consolidation and when we see something of interest, we will willingly acquire it. – Torsten Hinrichs	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm convinced there will be consolidation and when we see something of interest, we will willingly acquire it. – Torsten Hinrichs	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It should be clear how important these capabilities are to the leadership because they are expensive and difficult to acquire. – Daniel Pinkston	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The opportunity to acquire an additional interest at a discounted price underscores Suncor's confidence in its position within the oil sands. – Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have invested around 30 million euros to acquire trains, including six received today, we are still waiting for nine locomotives that will add to the 20 that are already in service. – Lionel Labarre	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it, it is for these reasons that I will vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto. – Robert Menendez	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It serves Bahceli’s purpose more to see the HDP acquire cabinet positions under an election government, they want to be able to criticize AKP and Erdogan from the sidelines ... and use that in their election campaign. They actually want Erdogan to call early elections. That's the MHP's strategy I think. – Sinan Ulgen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If there is( a) party out there that would like to acquire it in full, we would be in support of that, assuming that it is at a full and fair price. – Adam Karr	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
France has already transferred these funds and, after the return of equipment, will acquire ownership and be able to take charge of both ships, moscow considers the Mistral issue completely resolved. – The Kremlin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As a result of the settlement in the U.S. it is actually less likely that someone would want to acquire BP and it is certainly not our intention to put the company up for sale. – Bob Dudley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You can see from reading the papers that we are trying to acquire a platform together with our German competitors, to gain control over the platform which enables autonomous driving, for exactly these reasons, we have the goal of designing security into the software. – Executive Dieter Zetsche	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Inviting her to my house, talking to her about personal situations dealing with her life, growth, education access and thoughts to how to acquire a more aggressive attitude, protecting oneself in business. i think I'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever Bill Cosby want to call them. – Bill Cosby	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We’re interested in this space, so if we see other properties that fit well with what we got, we’ll acquire them. – Chief Executive Officer Ken Powell	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
( Zappin) has to acquire a lot of profitable companies and then grow top line revenue. – Francis Gaskins	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
(Zappin) has to acquire a lot of profitable companies and then grow top line revenue. – Francis Gaskins	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We learn to acquire knowledge and with wisdom, we apply it. – Amenorhu kwaku	added by Amenorhu Kwaku 8 years ago
There's no question that TI gets a first look at everything but they have a real rigid strategy in terms of what they expect for their return on invested capital. If it doesn't fit that box, they don't acquire it. – Van Hees	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Maybe there's a piece of technology we want to acquire to add on to that business. We'd love it to be bigger. – Patrick Thomas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Alstom's challenge is to grow, the reduction of its debt should help it acquire competitors abroad.

– French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Newmont receives expressions of interest in our assets from time to time, and consistent with our goal to improve our portfolio and balance sheet, we may consider proposals to acquire our assets, to date, no discussions related to our assets in Indonesia have met all of our sales criteria, which include fully committed funding representing fair value.

– Omar Jabara

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We do not get deal fever at FMC. We are very comfortable with the asset base we have. We'll acquire something opportunistically.

– Chief Executive Rice Powell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We do not have the billions to acquire other utilities. We will develop our own projects.

– Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The inherent value and synergies of Syncrude's assets and the potential to acquire operational control of Syncrude are not reflected in Suncor's bid.

– Canadian Oil Sands

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I never gave money to anyone in order to acquire votes so that Germany is awarded the 2006 World Cup, and I am certain that no other member of the bid committee did something like that.

– Franz Beckenbauer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

None of these companies are profitable; the niches they occupy are too small, i'm convinced there will be consolidation and when we see something of interest, we will willingly acquire it.

– Torsten Hinrichs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm convinced there will be consolidation and when we see something of interest, we will willingly acquire it.

– Torsten Hinrichs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It should be clear how important these capabilities are to the leadership because they are expensive and difficult to acquire.

– Daniel Pinkston

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The opportunity to acquire an additional interest at a discounted price underscores Suncor's confidence in its position within the oil sands.

– Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have invested around 30 million euros to acquire trains, including six received today, we are still waiting for nine locomotives that will add to the 20 that are already in service.

– Lionel Labarre

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it, it is for these reasons that I will vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto.

– Robert Menendez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It serves Bahceli’s purpose more to see the HDP acquire cabinet positions under an election government, they want to be able to criticize AKP and Erdogan from the sidelines ... and use that in their election campaign. They actually want Erdogan to call early elections. That's the MHP's strategy I think.

– Sinan Ulgen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If there is( a) party out there that would like to acquire it in full, we would be in support of that, assuming that it is at a full and fair price.

– Adam Karr

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

France has already transferred these funds and, after the return of equipment, will acquire ownership and be able to take charge of both ships, moscow considers the Mistral issue completely resolved.

– The Kremlin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As a result of the settlement in the U.S. it is actually less likely that someone would want to acquire BP and it is certainly not our intention to put the company up for sale.

– Bob Dudley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You can see from reading the papers that we are trying to acquire a platform together with our German competitors, to gain control over the platform which enables autonomous driving, for exactly these reasons, we have the goal of designing security into the software.

– Executive Dieter Zetsche

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Inviting her to my house, talking to her about personal situations dealing with her life, growth, education access and thoughts to how to acquire a more aggressive attitude, protecting oneself in business. i think I'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever Bill Cosby want to call them.

– Bill Cosby

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We’re interested in this space, so if we see other properties that fit well with what we got, we’ll acquire them.

– Chief Executive Officer Ken Powell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

( Zappin) has to acquire a lot of profitable companies and then grow top line revenue.

– Francis Gaskins

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

(Zappin) has to acquire a lot of profitable companies and then grow top line revenue.

– Francis Gaskins

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We learn to acquire knowledge and with wisdom, we apply it.

– Amenorhu kwaku

added by Amenorhu Kwaku
8 years ago

There's no question that TI gets a first look at everything but they have a real rigid strategy in terms of what they expect for their return on invested capital. If it doesn't fit that box, they don't acquire it.

– Van Hees

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Maybe there's a piece of technology we want to acquire to add on to that business. We'd love it to be bigger.

– Patrick Thomas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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