International Paper says the acquisition will strengthen its North American and Western European businesses while it prepares its core segments to expand to Asia and Eastern Europe.
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International Business Machines is on an acquisition spree to fortify its Big Data Analytics business.
Through its 2007 acquisition of Washington Group International, URS possesses significant nuclear expertise, and we believe that the company will benefit from any resurgence in nuclear power over the next decade.
Against all these grounds for rejecting the Chemical Weapons Convention, the administration and other proponents have been reduced to claiming that the treaty will establish an "international norm" against the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons.
While all these states publicly oppose Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons, they effectively block the international community from taking effective action against Iran's nuclear program.
Servicing fee revenues were up 18% in 2010 from 2009, mainly due to the acquisition of new businesses, Intesa and Mourant International Financial Administration in 2010.
Wold notes that three factors could push 2012 EPS below current expectations: the loss of DVD only subscribers, international operating losses and competition pushing up the cost of customer acquisition.
Everton confirmed the acquisition of the 30-year--old French international on the club's Web site.
"We believe that this acquisition gives Blackboard an additional presence in less-penetrated international markets, as well as large installed base to which it can upsell its product suites, " Roderick said.
Moreover, if Tesco has a more formidable rival in Britain, it too might be tempted to switch from an international strategy based on organic growth to something more aggressively based on acquisition.
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Last week, Wang Hongzhang , the Chairman of China Construction Bank, the second-ranked Chinese bank by assets, said in an interview that CCB is shopping for an acquisition, most likely a bank in Europe with an international presence.
And Priceline brilliantly expanded via acquisition overseas, and now gets roughly two thirds of its business from international sales.
"The acquisition of WMD or related materials by terrorists would represent an additional threat to the international system with potentially uncontrollable consequences, " an EU document said.
Grandtop International was little known to Hong Kong investors and fund managers before its sudden and high-profile acquisition of Birmingham City.
Since our price estimate already includes a healthy growth in diners seated over the future as well as the potential impact of the Foodspotting acquisition announced in January (see OpenTable Looks To Boost Diner Growth With Foodspotting Acquisition), we think that investors are underestimating the risks of its loss-making international business and its increasing operational costs.
Aside from the economic growth story, limited acquisition opportunities in the U.S. put Simon at a disadvantage relative to other large international mall REITs such as Australian property operator Westfield Group and France-based Unibail-Rodamco, which are focused on creating value through renewal of property.
Mittal, a private London-based company that gained control of America's International Steel Group earlier this year, is set to boost annual output to over 65m tonnes with the Ukrainian acquisition.
Grandtop, which later became Birmingham International Holdings, had been little known to Hong Kong investors and fund managers before its sudden and high-profile acquisition.
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