Stone Inc Has Just Been Through a Friendly Takeover

question 197

Multiple Choice

Stone Inc. has just been through a friendly takeover. This means that

• A) these two firms are in a completely unrelated businesses merge.
• B) two firms agree to join together.
• C) the acquired company welcomes the acquisition because it may need cash or other benefits which it believes will be available from the other firm.
• D) the organization will buy back their own stock from an investor who threatened a hostile takeover.
• E) the two firms were direct competitors before the merger and now will not compete with each other after the merger.

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Definitions:

Synaptic Cleft

A gap between two nerve cells where neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic neuron to send signals to the postsynaptic neuron.

Enzymes

Biological molecules that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells.

Exocytosis

The process by which cells release substances (such as neurotransmitters and hormones) outside the cell by the fusion of a vesicle with the plasma membrane.

Synaptic Vesicles

Membrane-bound sacs in neurons that store neurotransmitters, which are released into the synaptic cleft to transmit signals between neurons.