11.   One reason is that the stocks of many European acquirers are relatively high, enabling them to pay big premiums for American takeover targets.

12.   Poppenhagen sees those companies as prizes worthy of big premiums because they can keep costs down by sheer size and increase unit sales through muscular distribution arms.

13.   Prompt supplies have been trading at big premiums to futures prices because inventories are so low.

14.   Quaker Oats had paid a big premium at the peak of explosive growth enjoyed by alternative beverages.

15.   So he often simply collects the big premiums.

16.   So producers around the country want the flexibility offered by hydroelectric plants and are paying a big premium to get them.

17.   That places a big premium on the coming crop.

18.   The big premium that the News Corp. would pay in the deal is likely to stun Wall Street, especially during such a tumultuous period.

19.   The big premium probably reflects more than the fact that this deal will not close for many months.

20.   The business is a great one in a bull market, when investors pay big premiums for that protection.