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Normally the deputy secretary is 'Mr. or Ms. Inside,' and a lot of that is procurement and acquisition and that sort of things, of course, he carries particular heft as a retired four-star [general], so it may be easier for him to simply push through those changes. – Eliot Cohen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We said we wanted to have a fourth leg for our company - building solutions and products - for this we need a bigger acquisition, we needed a platform which had technologies and an innovative product range to kick start this fourth segment and this is exactly what this Firestone business is offering to us. – Jan Jenisch	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Fair challenge, i will tell you Mr. Stankey has made probably the biggest moves in media, in our acquisition of WarnerMedia, being the first to actually institute and institutionalize diversity requirements in our media business. – Randall Stephenson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The high operating profit of the quarter was driven by the low level of user acquisition and the stability of our key games, especially Angry Birds 2. – Chief Executive Kati Levoranta	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Due to lower user acquisition investments and the planned cost savings in Hatch Entertainment Ltd., our adjusted operating profit improves. – The Finnish company	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We are tight on gowns, that is the pressure point at the moment, we have another 55,000 gowns arriving today and we're working on the acquisition internationally of more gowns. – Health Secretary Matt Hancock	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Zillow's customer acquisition cost is zero, it's the most popular real estate portal in the country with hundreds of millions of consumers going there. It's easy to put up an advertisement to ask about iBuying, while other competitors need to spend tens of millions of dollars to generate those leads. It's a sustainable competitive advantage. – Mike DelPrete	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is no doubt that awareness for insurance will significantly increase in the near future, customers will be more understanding of the need to buy these products as opposed to in the past when my clients had a very difficult time convincing customers to buy these products and the net result was acquisition costs were very high. – Sam Radwan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Based on feedback and proposals received from industry we have determined it is necessary to revisit the requirements, acquisition strategy and schedule before moving forward. – Bruce Jette	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Buk uses a radar acquisition system for targeting, these arent highly trained FAA air traffic controllers. Youre tracking something on radar, you see a dot, you get confused. – Larry Johnson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It's a challenge, but again, I still think we're on track to get the land we need for 450 miles, but I will say is there are lawsuits out there. So again, we've seen a lot of the judicial activism out there and land acquisition is not going to be immune from that as well. – Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This puts the cost per unit below our earlier forecasts, cost reductions, good negotiations and cooperation in the partnership are showing results. That's very positive and boosting our confidence in the acquisition. – Frank Bakke-Jensen	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The LSE acquisition was about growth, but there is still potential for growth in HKEX's earlier strategy - building its fixed-income currencies and commodities products. I expect them to return to this. – Michael Wu	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
You can take that as an example. We feel comfortable for that size, as a corporate acquisition, that one is really good to fit our strategy. – Jerry Xie	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It would be better for them not to do another acquisition at least of this scale until Smashburger and CBTL become profitable. – Renzo Louie Candano	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
My focus and drive in pursuing this acquisition is to revitalize, modernize, and develop the site and the strategic refinery business that has existed there for decades to their full potential. – Philip Rinaldi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's at the bottom of the investment grade scale because of the high pile of debt that has so far not materially diminished since they concluded the acquisition of SABMiller. – Giulio Lombardi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is a classic acquisition target. – James Gellert	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Acquisitions of nascent competitors can be pro-competitive in certain instances and anti-competitive in others, i will note the potential for mischief if the purpose and effect of an acquisition is to block potential competitors, protect a monopoly, or otherwise harm competition. – Makan Delrahim	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If [ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ] blasts you on Twitter, or if Warren talks about an acquisition as dangerous, that's going to put up a speed bump, even if the regulators might approve it, you've got antitrust by tweet as an important factor. – Stewart Verdery	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have no intention to do an acquisition unless it's exceptionally good for us. – Even Wirth	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The worldwide acquisition of the iconic Hamleys brand and business places Reliance into the frontline of global retail. – Reliance Brands	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Sprint won't survive as a stand-alone company with their current capital structure, if the T-Mobile acquisition is blocked, Sprint will need to find another deal. If they can't find another deal they will likely need to restructure sooner or later. I have a hard time imagining anyone wanting to buy Sprint. – Jonathan Chaplin	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We continue, nevertheless, to hope for an elephant-sized acquisition. – Warren Buffett	Found on CNN 5 years ago

Normally the deputy secretary is 'Mr. or Ms. Inside,' and a lot of that is procurement and acquisition and that sort of things, of course, he carries particular heft as a retired four-star [general], so it may be easier for him to simply push through those changes.

– Eliot Cohen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We said we wanted to have a fourth leg for our company - building solutions and products - for this we need a bigger acquisition, we needed a platform which had technologies and an innovative product range to kick start this fourth segment and this is exactly what this Firestone business is offering to us.

– Jan Jenisch

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Fair challenge, i will tell you Mr. Stankey has made probably the biggest moves in media, in our acquisition of WarnerMedia, being the first to actually institute and institutionalize diversity requirements in our media business.

– Randall Stephenson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The high operating profit of the quarter was driven by the low level of user acquisition and the stability of our key games, especially Angry Birds 2.

– Chief Executive Kati Levoranta

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Due to lower user acquisition investments and the planned cost savings in Hatch Entertainment Ltd., our adjusted operating profit improves.

– The Finnish company

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are tight on gowns, that is the pressure point at the moment, we have another 55,000 gowns arriving today and we're working on the acquisition internationally of more gowns.

– Health Secretary Matt Hancock

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Zillow's customer acquisition cost is zero, it's the most popular real estate portal in the country with hundreds of millions of consumers going there. It's easy to put up an advertisement to ask about iBuying, while other competitors need to spend tens of millions of dollars to generate those leads. It's a sustainable competitive advantage.

– Mike DelPrete

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There is no doubt that awareness for insurance will significantly increase in the near future, customers will be more understanding of the need to buy these products as opposed to in the past when my clients had a very difficult time convincing customers to buy these products and the net result was acquisition costs were very high.

– Sam Radwan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Based on feedback and proposals received from industry we have determined it is necessary to revisit the requirements, acquisition strategy and schedule before moving forward.

– Bruce Jette

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Buk uses a radar acquisition system for targeting, these arent highly trained FAA air traffic controllers. Youre tracking something on radar, you see a dot, you get confused.

– Larry Johnson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's a challenge, but again, I still think we're on track to get the land we need for 450 miles, but I will say is there are lawsuits out there. So again, we've seen a lot of the judicial activism out there and land acquisition is not going to be immune from that as well.

– Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This puts the cost per unit below our earlier forecasts, cost reductions, good negotiations and cooperation in the partnership are showing results. That's very positive and boosting our confidence in the acquisition.

– Frank Bakke-Jensen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The LSE acquisition was about growth, but there is still potential for growth in HKEX's earlier strategy - building its fixed-income currencies and commodities products. I expect them to return to this.

– Michael Wu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You can take that as an example. We feel comfortable for that size, as a corporate acquisition, that one is really good to fit our strategy.

– Jerry Xie

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It would be better for them not to do another acquisition at least of this scale until Smashburger and CBTL become profitable.

– Renzo Louie Candano

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My focus and drive in pursuing this acquisition is to revitalize, modernize, and develop the site and the strategic refinery business that has existed there for decades to their full potential.

– Philip Rinaldi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's at the bottom of the investment grade scale because of the high pile of debt that has so far not materially diminished since they concluded the acquisition of SABMiller.

– Giulio Lombardi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This is a classic acquisition target.

– James Gellert

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Acquisitions of nascent competitors can be pro-competitive in certain instances and anti-competitive in others, i will note the potential for mischief if the purpose and effect of an acquisition is to block potential competitors, protect a monopoly, or otherwise harm competition.

– Makan Delrahim

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If [ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ] blasts you on Twitter, or if Warren talks about an acquisition as dangerous, that's going to put up a speed bump, even if the regulators might approve it, you've got antitrust by tweet as an important factor.

– Stewart Verdery

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have no intention to do an acquisition unless it's exceptionally good for us.

– Even Wirth

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The worldwide acquisition of the iconic Hamleys brand and business places Reliance into the frontline of global retail.

– Reliance Brands

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Sprint won't survive as a stand-alone company with their current capital structure, if the T-Mobile acquisition is blocked, Sprint will need to find another deal. If they can't find another deal they will likely need to restructure sooner or later. I have a hard time imagining anyone wanting to buy Sprint.

– Jonathan Chaplin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We continue, nevertheless, to hope for an elephant-sized acquisition.

– Warren Buffett

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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