41.   In amortization, a business writes off, as a loss, the cost of buying assets against profits.

42.   In any case, Americans demand the right to buy assets in other countries, so we have to let them buy assets in ours.

43.   In August Goldman Sachs Group LP bought the assets of another securities lender, Boston Global Advisors Inc., for an undisclosed sum.

44.   In comparison, the purchase method of accounting assumes that one company buys the assets of another.

45.   In most cases, Japanese investors have to convert their yen into other currencies to buy foreign assets.

46.   In fact, many high-profile money managers operate so-called blind pools, in which investors pony up cash then used to buy unspecified assets.

47.   In fact, Sharman Networks Ltd., which bought the assets of KaZaa B.V. in January, released the latest version of the KaZaa program on Wednesday.

48.   Investors favored the companies, betting they would buy mainland assets from their parents on the cheap.

49.   Investors have been buying these shares as they bet earnings growth will outpace their Hong Kong counterparts because these Chinese companies can buy assets cheaply from their mainland parents.

50.   Investors must decide whether the performance is worth sticking around for, particularly if the new manager buys assets the previous manager ignored.