The main methods of acquisition in a library are purchasing materials, such as books and journals, through vendors or publishers; receiving donations or gifts from individuals or organizations; and participating in interlibrary loan programs to borrow materials from other libraries for patrons. Some libraries also engage in consortia purchasing to collectively acquire resources with other libraries to reduce costs.

The term "pudden tane" likely originated as a humorous way to say "putten dane," which is a dialectal way of saying "put 'un down." The rhyme you provided is a playful response to being asked a question, suggesting that the person's name is "Pudden Tane" and that they will repeat it if asked again.

Mergers & Acquisitions is the strategy, management and financing of combining separate corporate entities into one. A merger is made of companies with similar sizes. An acquisition occurs when a larger company purchases a smaller company. Mergers & Acquisitions are financed by cash or stock.

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1. Tata Steel's mega takeover of European steel major Corus for $12.2 billion. The biggest ever for an Indian company. This is the first big thing which marked the arrival of India Inc on the global stage. The next big thing everyone is talking about is Tata Nano.
2. Vodafone's purchase of 52% stake in Hutch Essar for about $10 billion. Essar group still holds 32% in the Joint venture.
3. Hindalco of Aditya Birla group's acquisition of Novellis for $6 billion.
4. Ranbaxy's sale to Japan's Daiichi for $4.5 billion. Sing brothers sold the company to Daiichi and since then there is no real good news coming out of Ranbaxy.
5. ONGC acquisition of Russia based Imperial Energyfor $2.8 billion. This marked the turn around of India's hunt for natural reserves to compete with China.
6. NTT DoCoMo-Tata Tele services deal for $2.7 billion. The second biggest telecom deal after the Vodafone. Reliance MTN deal if went through would have been a good addition to the list.
7. HDFC Bank acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab for $2.4 billion.
8. Tata Motors acquisition of luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover for $2.3 billion. This could probably the most ambitious deal after the Ranbaxy one. It certainly landed Tata Motors into lot of trouble.
9. Wind Energy premier Suzlon Energy's acquistion of RePower for $1.7 billion.
10. Reliance Industries taking over Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) for 8500 crores or $1.6 billion.

Usually there are no pros or cons.

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Some examples of mergers include American Airways and Delta merging. A merger is different from an acquisition, but both businesses benefit in the long run.

The AFL-NFL merger occurred in 1970. At that time there were 10 teams in the AFL and 16 teams in the NFL. To even the number of teams among the two new conferences (AFC and NFC) the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Colts, and Cleveland Browns agreed to move from the NFL to the AFC so there could be 13 teams in each conference. There have been six new expansion teams enter the NFL since the merger:

1976 - Tampa Bay, Seattle

1995 - Carolina, Jacksonville

1996 - Baltimore (The owner of the team in Cleveland moved his players to his new franchise in Baltimore in 1996, leaving Cleveland's team in Cleveland, but officially inactive. In 1999 Cleveland was activated, but were technically not an expansion team).

2002 - Houston (The team previously in Houston moved to Tennessee in 1997).

EDIT: The owner of the Browns until the 1995 season desided he wanted to move to Baltimore. The NFL, Modell ( owner ) and the city of Cleveland came to the argeement. Modell could take his players with current contracts go Baltimore and would start the 31st NFL Franchise .( Jacksonville being 30th ) NFL/Cleveland kept Cleveland Browns history, championships , colors and overall heritage in Cleveland for a expansion team when the time was right by turning the Browns organzation into a holding company ( Cleveland NFL football LLC) until the next owner took over. The NFL considers both the 46-95 Browns & 99- present Browns the same team so the Baltimore Ravens are the 31st NFL Franchise.

FACT: Baltmore and Tampa Bay are the only post merger teams to win a Super Bowl.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are first, followed by the Dallas Cowboys; each has more then 400 wins since the merger.

In terms of Superbowls; the Pittsburgh Steelers (6) are first again, followed by the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers (5).

Through merger/acquisition, a financially weak entity is merged with a stronger one, thereby facilitating to regain its lost health and compete in the market. This being the primary reason for this strategy to be popular in global economy.

Well in Star Trek, the "Ferengi" seemed to be the experts on acquisition.

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Five reasons for a merger include Capital, satisfy customer needs, gain talented staff, new market opportunities and product development