21.   The deal is the largest acquisition ever of the Dutch bank and the biggest foreign investment in Brazil, ABN Amro said.

22.   The transaction announced Monday would be the largest French acquisition ever made in the United States.

23.   Welch predicted easy government approval for the largest acquisition GE ever undertook, but European regulators rejected the deal as bad for competition.

24.   Wasserman and Sheinberg agree to the deal -- the largest acquisition of a U.S. company by an offshore corporation.