101.   The deal is one in a series of recent acquisitions that Penney has made in its drugstore division.

102.   The company is counting on two recent acquisitions to improve its competitiveness.

103.   The defending American League champions improved themselves with their recent acquisitions in the estimation of manager Mike Hargrove.

104.   The company said in the quarter it continued to integrate four recent acquisitions, which are operating at lower gross margins percentages.

105.   The deal follows a series of recent large acquisitions among reinsurers as companies seek to combine to accumulate greater capital and market share.

106.   The FTC concern raises the possibility that the agency could take another look at two recent acquisitions of drug distributors that it has already passed on.

107.   The growth portion of the portfolio is managed by Kemper and the value portion by Dreman Value Advisors, a recent acquisition of Kemper.

108.   The health-care company cited continuing difficulties with recent acquisitions by its Pharmacy Corp. of America unit and higher startup costs for new hospitals.

109.   The figures were weaker-than-expected because Softbank has turned so often to capital markets to finance recent acquisitions.

110.   The IBM move is part of a flurry of recent acquisition activity by software companies trying to buy their way into stronger positions in network computing.