1.  As a consequence, it could buy the company that it had earlier spun off without assuming any additional cost or risk.

2.  As a consequence, many investors bought marks and Swiss francs, which are perceived as safe havens, pushing them higher against the dollar.

3.  Dermot Desmond, an Irish financier whose investments include Glasgow-based soccer team Celtic Plc, bought the airport from Mowlem for 23.5 million pounds in 1995.

4.  DeJaham bought the West Palm Beach house for $60,000 in 1986.

5.  Depending on how 25 percent is determined, Leach said, a bank could buy a variety of commercial enterprises.

6.  Delgratia bought rights to Coco Mina and five other Nicaraguan concessions in October 1994 for $75,000 plus a 2.5 percent share of net smelter return.

7.  Della Valle recently bought another handbag factory because, he said, he can't keep up with demand.

8.  Delta bought ASA in 1999 in part because it faced customer complaints.

9.  Delta bought the Pan American Shuttle in 1991.

10.  Despite Ebersol's prediction that the millennium would arrive before baseball returned to his network, NBC did buy back in.