11.   Big acquisitions were key to the accounting maneuvers, employees and analysts say.

12.   Boeing is probably pleased to have the company as a subcontractor, and Lockheed Martin might face regulatory hurdles to doing yet another big acquisition.

13.   BolsWessanen had said one of the advantages of the merger would be to enable them to big acquisitions.

14.   A purchase of Avis would follow a string of big acquisitions by Parsippany, New Jersey-based HFS.

15.   Ahmanson Chairman Charles Rinehart said the thrift may not be done with its quest for a big acquisition.

16.   Brinson will be the second big acquisition by Swiss Bank of a financial institution here.

17.   But the bank made it clear that it had little or no appetite for additional big acquisitions.

18.   Chairman John Reed already has ruled out using excess capital to make big acquisitions.

19.   Chairman John Reed previously ruled out using excess capital to make big acquisitions.

20.   Chairman Charles Rinehart hinted the thrift may not be done with its quest for a big acquisition.