They acquired another electronics factory, a specialized ceramics company, an organization that built -- very experimentally -- high-speed research calculators.

The number on the tile indicates how many shares the stock market owns in the company that is being acquired.

AMETEK acquired Cameca in 2007 and Imago Scientific Instruments ( Madison, WI ) in 2010, making the company the sole commercial developer of APTs.

In 1996 Borland acquired Open Environment Corp ( OEC ), a Cambridge based company founded by John J. Donovan.

In November 1997, Borland acquired Visigenic, a middleware company that was focused on implementations of CORBA.

On May 6, 2009, the company announced it was to be acquired by Micro Focus for $ 75 million.

Methodists in Britain acquired their own bishops early in the 19th century, after the Methodist movement in Britain formally parted company with the Church of England.

In 1986, Bombardier acquired Canadair after the Canadian government-owned aircraft manufacturing company had recorded the largest corporate loss in Canadian business history.

In 1970 Bombardier acquired the Viennese company Lohner-Rotax, a manufacturer of snowmobile engines and tramways, and became involved with rail business.

BSC later arranged an exchange deal with Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd ( GKN ), the parent company of GKN Steel, under which BSC acquired Dowlais Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil and GKN took over BSC's Brymbo Steelworks near Wrexham.

This company was acquired by Oracle Corporation in February 2006, which continues to develop and sell Berkeley DB.

The company was acquired by Palm Inc. and today BeOS is mainly used and developed by a small population of enthusiasts.

In 1998 the company acquired Dewar's scotch and Bombay Sapphire gin from Diageo for $ 2 billion.

Telefónica of Spain acquired a 50 percent share in the company in 2006.

The Tribune company, in financial distress, was acquired by real-estate mogul Sam Zell in December 2007.

This Videocart was shown in a single sales brochure released shortly after Zircon acquired the company.

On March 15, 2004, Amiga, Inc. announced that on April 23, 2003 it had transferred its rights over past and future versions of the Amiga OS ( but not over other intellectual property ) to Itec, LLC, later acquired by KMOS, Inc., a Delaware company.

In 1998, the Editions de l ' Etoile ( the company publishing Cahiers ) was acquired by the press group Le Monde.

The company was acquired in June 1998 by Compaq, in what was at that time the largest merger in the history of the computer industry.

* 2011: Quidsi. com, parent company of Diapers. com, acquired by Amazon. com for $ 500 million in cash plus $ 45 million in debt and other obligations.

GSI Commerce, a company specializing in creating, developing and running online shopping sites for brick and mortar businesses, acquired by eBay for $ 2. 4 billion.

All future Supermarionation ventures were funded by ITC, who later acquired the share capital in the company in 1962.

When Microsoft acquired the FASA Interactive subsidiary, Babcock went with that company.

In July 2008, the company after a series of change of ownership was eventually acquired by the US private equity firm, NRDC Equity Partners, which also owned American department store chain Lord & Taylor.

In 1972, the company acquired the four-store Shop-Rite chain of catalogue stores.

On February 17, Russell and Cook were sent to the Pena Flor community on the Vermejo to see about renting out ranches the company had purchased.

It was announced in February 2011 that the company name would revert to Meritor, Inc. Cummins, Inc. is by far the region's largest employer, and the Infotech Park accounts for a sizable number of research jobs in Columbus proper.

On 20 February 2007, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced that it was working with mobile phone search company AskMeNow to launch a mobile encyclopaedia.

Following revelations at the Moriarty Tribunal on 16 February 1999, in relation to Charles Haughey and his relationship with AIB, former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald confirmed that AIB and Ansbacher wrote off debts of almost £ 200, 000 that he owed in 1993, when he was in financial difficulties because of the collapse of the aircraft leasing company, GPA, in which he was a shareholder.

Shortly before the trial Eiffel had announced his intention to resign from the Board of Directors of the Compagnie des Establissments Eiffel, and did so at a General Meeting held on 14 February, saying " I have absolutely decided to abstain from any participation in any manufacturing business from now on, and so that no one can be misled and to make it most evident that I intend to remain absolutely uninvolved with the management of the establishments which bear my name, I wish to that my name should disappear from the name of the company.

As a side note, writer Paul Krassner published a story in the February 1981 issue of High Times, relating how Groucho prepared for the LSD-themed movie by taking a dose of the drug in Krassner's company, and had a moving, largely pleasant experience.

From March 2007 to February 2010, he was Vice President of Emerging Platforms at Sun, until the company merged with Oracle and he resigned his position with the company.

On February 1, 2006, the Louisville-based fast-food company Yum!

After a visit to Transmeta in late 1996, Torvalds accepted a position at the company in California, where he would work from February 1997 until June 2003.

In February 2006, the Mauritanian government denounced amendments to an oil contract made by former leader Maaouiya Ould Taya with Woodside Petroleum, an Australian company.

During February 1976, the Montoneros sent assistance to the hard-pressed Compañía de Monte Ramón Rosa Jiménez fighting in Tucumán province, in the form of a company of their elite " Jungle Troops ", while the ERP backed them up with a company of their own guerrillas from Cordoba.

As of February 2012, it was reported that a Chinese company paid US $ 499, 950 into Shalli's account in Zambia while he was the NDF chief.

* In February 2012 a London based Theatre company Improbable performed a string of shows at the Barbican Theatre London, called " The Devil & Mr Punch " which is an adaptation of the Punch & Judy story.

On 28 February 2008, Sony made a similar announcement, of impending sale to a consortium led by American investment banking giant ( now bank holding company ) Morgan Stanley.

In February 1999 the company launched a bond issue which caused a significant fall in Railtrack's share price.

Anderson stepped down as CEO in February 1988, leaving the company to president Donald R. Beall.

In February 1998, a local company took cuttings from the Major Oak and began cultivating clones of the famous tree with the intention of sending saplings to be planted in major cities around the world.

In February 2006, a new Telephone company and Internet Service Provider called " du " has been established.

In February 1933 Warner Bros. produced 42nd Street, a very successful musical that saved the company from bankruptcy.

* February 27 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on 5 criminal counts.

* February 19 – Poseidon bubble: shares in Australian nickel mining company Poseidon NL, which stood at $ 0. 80 in September 1969, peak at around $ 280 before the speculative bubble bursts.

* February 1 – Ray Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurant ( the company's 9th since it was founded in 1940 ), but Kroc later takes over the company and oversees its worldwide expansion.