11.   Profits plunged in the same quarter, but that was because of the latest in a string of recent corporate acquisitions.

12.   Such blunt talk is unusual for investment bankers who tend to earn higher fees as the prices of corporate acquisitions increase.

13.   The breakneck pace of corporate acquisitions is fueled by low interest rates, increasing competition and changing regulations, investment bankers said.

14.   The judges concluded that the companies had failed to demonstrate that the purported efficiencies could be accomplished only through a corporate acquisition.

15.   The Marlins are a collection of corporate acquisitions, a hitting, pitching and fielding tribute to the free-enterprise system.

16.   The new rules came not from any overriding industry policy initiative, but as the upshot of an FTC review of a corporate acquisition.

17.   The takeover battle is one of the most heated in a record year for corporate acquisitions.

18.   This would provide outside capital for new clubs and corporate acquisitions.

19.   Unlike corporate acquisitions that have led to layoffs, the media marriages could benefit the city.

20.   While not among the larger corporate acquisitions under scrutiny by the government, the case illustrates the stark differences between how Clinton and Bush appointees approach antitrust issues.