51.   If that acquisition goes ahead, it will be the ever first purchase of a U.S. electric utility by a foreign company.

52.   In Helsinki, Finnish Finance Minister Sauli Niinisto made the first official purchase, buying a cup of coffee with a euro coin at the Casino Ray.

53.   It appears to be the first purchase by a Russian company of a publicly traded U.S. firm.

54.   It was the first Chinese purchase of U.S. wheat since late July.

55.   It would be the first major military purchase by India from the United States, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers confirmed in a news release.

56.   Its buyout of Getty was the first Russian purchase of a publicly held American company.

57.   It would be the first major military purchase by Indian from the United States, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers confirmed in a news release.

58.   The first purchase, in March, was Copher Brothers Auto Parts in Tampa, a state-of-the-art recycling operation that serves central Florida.

59.   The deal between Lukoil and Getty Petroleum Marketing appears to be the first purchase by a Russian company of a publicly traded U.S. company.

60.   The investment is among the first purchases by a foreign oil company of an equity interest in a major Russian oil concern.