21.   French eagerness to retrieve the Poussin painting may have been sharpened by the findings of a Cleveland Museum study of its new acquisition.

22.   GE said the new acquisition shows the importance it attaches to the German market.

23.   Hanson chief executive Derek Bonham said that reduction will let the company shop for new acquisitions.

24.   He acknowledged that Singleton has a reputation for making deep cuts in the newspapers he acquires, but said that in many instances the new acquisitions were floundering.

25.   Hancock officials declined to comment on new acquisition targets, but one fund industry source said the company was eyeing Nicholas Applegate Capital Management of San Francisco.

26.   He also described his new acquisitions, including a company called MiTek that makes steel plates used in roofing trusses, and XTRA, which leases truck trailers.

27.   He jumps up and down at meets and matches, and he describes his favorite athletes as an avid art collector might describe a new acquisition.

28.   He said that there would be no major new acquisitions and that the company would seek to lower its debt and augment cash flow while seeking savings from synergies.

29.   Heavy trading in other stocks, including construction company Metrostav AS, suggest an investor or investors are pursuing new acquisitions, he said.

30.   Hoping to prove that the new acquisition could work, Conseco continued to use gain-on-sale accounting and actually increased the number of loans it made.