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Purchase of a firm; situation in which the acquiring company makes a bid for a target firm. Then, the acquiring company takes care of all the acquired firm’s operations, debts, and holdings. If the target is a publicly traded company, the acquiring firm makes an offer for all the target’s outstanding shares.
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