Reading between the lines
Hey guys,
I have a question about something i noticed in reading the press. Sometimes, when a company (lets call it Company A) is acquiring company B, reporters say that Company A ""agreed"" to acquire Company B. Latest example is Bray's article "Boeing Agrees to Acquire British Aviation Software Firm" in Dealbook.
Since I am not an English-native speaker, the way it sounds to me is that the wording "agree" is a polite version for "the BoD of the Co B was begging Company A to acquire it.", sort of that the move was initiated by Company B rather than A.
Can someone throw a light if this wording has some meaning ?
Any other examples of such ambiguous wording that actually makes total sense?
Thanks
It could just be that company B was looking to divest a subsidiary, or the owners of the company were looking to cash out. Alternatively it is entirely possible that the article is just badly worded.
It's semantics, doesn't necessarily mean anything.
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