1.   Analysts said the company could make as many as a dozen big hotel acquisitions this year.

2.   Analysts have said Emmis is poised to make an acquisition this year.

3.   Apartment REITs reduced acquisitions this year as prices rose.

4.   Big banks are expected to increase the pace of their acquisitions this year, spurred by the surging prices of their stocks.

5.   But Liberty Financial also will buy a company that has struggled in recent times, a recurring theme in its acquisitions this year.

6.   Exeter, New Hampshire-based Tyco has aggressively pursued a series of acquisitions this year in an effort to boost sales and profit.

7.   For Montreal-based Quebecor, it would be the third major acquisition this year.

8.   Fox Kids has already made several acquisitions this year.

9.   Furman Selz is the second U.S. acquisition this year for the Dutch banking group, as it seeks to boost its financial services business worldwide.

10.   GTE has also made inroads on the Internet, with its acquisition this year of BBN Corp. of Cambridge.