21.   Plans for an initial public share offering were derailed after competitor CEI Citicorp SA reshaped the cable industry with a series of large acquisitions.

22.   Saying that the company would issue the preferred shares in the event that it wanted to make another large acquisition, Buffett vowed there was no downside to it.

23.   Several large acquisitions in the last month have been preceded by a flurry of options activity.

24.   Some of the biggest bond sales were related to large acquisitions.

25.   Sources close to the company say they have no plans to make a large acquisition.

26.   The appeals court ruled, though, that a reasonable investor could expect the company to inform investors that a potential large acquisition would increase the debt level.

27.   The deal follows a series of recent large acquisitions among reinsurers as companies seek to combine to accumulate greater capital and market share.

28.   The money is split between large federal acquisitions and local matching grants for projects as small as a town pond or city playground.

29.   The maker of Kleenex is known for expanding through new product development and small acquisitions, rather than large acquisitions.

30.   The pace of consolidation has slowed recently, after the Justice Department forced Jacor and American Radio Systems to scale back two large acquisitions.