11.   It recently made its first acquisition, of a specialty mortgage bank, to help generate more fees.

12.   It will be the first acquisition on the European continent for Danka, which is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

13.   It would be the first acquisition of a U.K. power company by a U.S. utility.

14.   It is the first Hawkeye acquisition outside the United States.

15.   It is the first U.S. acquisition by Aegis.

16.   It was the first acquisition of many, as Weill pursued not just more customers but better brand names.

17.   Last Monday, Theglobe.com announced its first acquisition, the expected purchase of Azazz.com, an Internet retailer.

18.   Matrix Global expects to unveil its first acquisition of an asset management firm next week, Kendrick said.

19.   So the Mariners were off to Detroit, feeling good about their first acquisition this week and anxious to take a look at the other one.

20.   That deal, if completed, would be the first foreign acquisition of a major U.S. utility.