One sunny afternoon my entire inventory was bought out by a single customer: Cher.
Soon they started signing up more schools and more mentors, and Maroe bought out his partners.
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Pfizer recently bought out the Exubera stake of co-developer Sanofi-Aventis, creating a higher-margin opportunity.
But being bought out or finding a partner with deep pockets is a perfect solution.
Within a year the operation was profitable, and Holding eventually bought out the Coveys.
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He bought out its British owners in 1984, taking it public the following year.
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Eventually, Microsoft bought out Farecast and integrated the fare forecasting technology into Bing Travel.
Last year two established holdings, Dallas Semiconductor and Xircom, were bought out at nice premiums.
Upmann Aromatico he bought out of curiosity from some Russians in a Rome market.
People bought out the local delis and were lugging gallons of water earlier today.
Banker Uday Kotak bought out Goldman Sach's stake in his bank's investment banking and brokerage arms.
In 1960 he bought out the company, renaming it Shorenstein Company, and became its sole owner.
Over the years Radiation Therapy has bought out 30 gynecological oncologists, surgeons and urologists.
Telecoms company, strong cash flow, decent profit margins, bought out and the equity replaced with debt.
In 2007 Game bought out GameStation, a rival chain, just before the economy crashed.
Look for them to go belly-up or be bought out in the next 12 to 18 months.
Horace Hagedorn, the father of James, and a partner (bought out long ago) started Miracle-Gro in 1951.
Rather than brace himself against the trend, Shah sees opportunity: MCX will buy, not get bought out.
The firm said it hoped to have bought out its Russian shareholders by the spring of 2012.
"With independents being bought out, these two have the credentials that buyers are looking for, " he says.
He said the governor's intention is to have everyone bought out by the end of the year.
Mr. Zuckerberg famously resisted being bought out and resisted going public as long as he could.
Edra acknowledges that she bought out Tim's share of the club, but won't say for how much.
Revenues from cable clients dropped 4% last year as some, notably MediaOne, were bought out and literally disappeared.
Morgan bought out Carnegie to form U.S. Steel (nyse: X - news - people ).
But with the cash from AOL, O'Reilly bought out International Thompson's stake and opened a third overseas office.
Anecdotally, we are already seeing some innovative ventures being bought out by large multinational manufacturers of renewable energy technology.
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Unilever has shut down more than a dozen and Coca-Cola and Starbucks have recently bought out their Chinese partners.
And having already bought out Colnaghi's share of the drawings, he took nearly all the gallery's stock with him.
German-owned Siemens bought out MCT last year and have continued pursuing the project.
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