1.   Domestic suppliers were short, so the government skipped rules about approval of foreign purchases for the military.

2.   Foreign purchases of U.S. stocks, foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies, are way off.

3.   It would be the biggest industrial takeover ever, as well as the biggest foreign purchase of an American company.

4.   It would be the latest in a series of foreign purchases of British investment banks as their commercial banking parents focus on lending.

5.   Later in the morning, local investors also began buying on hopes new foreign purchases would expand stock demand.

6.   More mergers and acquisitions are expected later this year, possibly involving a foreign purchase of BanCrecer.

7.   Net foreign purchases of Treasury securities increased as international investors shifted out of United States stocks.

8.   Net foreign purchases of U.S. Treasury securities almost doubled in the third quarter, according to new Treasury statistics.

9.   Net foreign purchases of Treasury securities fell, reflecting weaker sales to Japanese investors.

10.   Net foreign purchases of Treasury securities fell, while international purchases of U.S. stocks posted a record.