The receiving entity does not sacrifice anything of value, and the transferring entity does not acquire anything of value.

When the entity acquires assets the carrying value may exceed the tax basis as a result of the enterprise renouncing the deductions to the investors.

Listing services: The BSE allows economic entities to acquire the financial resources required for their expansion in a cost-effective way.

If such were not the case, an entity would essentially be acquiring assets with the intention of closing its operations and reselling the assets to another party.

That entity, MacPherson Partners, had acquired several warrants for the stock of Storer Broadcasting in 1985.

A vetocracy refers to a dysfunctional system of governance whereby no single entity can acquire enough power to make decisions and take effective charge.

This new entity acquired Harper's Magazine (which was then losing nearly $2 million per year and was on the verge of ceasing publication) for $250,000.

In Argentina, as of September 2011, a projected law is discussed in parliament that would restrict the size of land foreign entities can acquire to 1000 hectare.

This business model of non-practicing entities (NPEs) acquiring and licensing patents has been referred to as patent trolling.

Last September their new entity acquired 13.4 percent of K1 Ventures, a venture capital firm whose shares trade on the Singapore Stock Exchange.