1.   However, by far the majority of private company acquisitions are concluded by private contract.

2.   They include company acquisitions, joint ventures, product acquisition and various licensing arrangements.

3.   Both have made a series of medical device company acquisitions.

4.   But this is the first time national security considerations have been raised in the case of a cross-border Internet company acquisition.

5.   Investors speculated that more radio company acquisitions are likely.

6.   The insurance industry wants no part of a law that might link any company acquisitions to community reinvestment requirements.

7.   If the deal materializes, it will be the most expensive Japanese company acquisition ever, the paper said.

8.   SNC-Lavalin president Jacques Lamare attributed the results to recent company acquisitions and the continued growth of large-scale projects in the transportation, insustrial and public works sectors.

9.   The purchase of Legent Corporation stock was the largest software company acquisition in history following the failed buyout by Microsoft of rival Intuit for two billion dollars.