1.   Elsewhere, investors are opting to buy corporate debt to give them a bigger yield cushion if inflation accelerates.

2.   Instead, I have opted to buy humanely farmed animal products whenever possible.

3.   It means more and more visitors are staying, or opting to buy a second home or condominium there.

4.   Like DMG, CSFB explored building its own technology investment banking practice before opting to buy one.

5.   Many of them have opted to buy personal computers for their homes.

6.   The conversations ended when Nasdaq opted instead to buy the American Stock Exchange, the second-largest U.S. options market.

7.   The models did not get to keep the clothes, although Faye Wattleton, Noonan and Gore opted to buy their posing duds.

8.   The worldwide insurance market is consolidating rapidly as companies opt to buy rather than build market share, a task made difficult by declining prices.

9.   Until recently, NationsBank had opted to buy nonbanks such as Chicago Research and Trading Co., which trades options and futures.

10.   While Nortel opted to buy Bay to gain some of the electronics expertise it was lacking, Optical Networks decided to import talent rather than buy a distant company.