41.   Others include keeping the bank independent and either continuing to serve its current customers or expanding through acquisitions and new products.

42.   Premier has been expanding through acquisitions.

43.   Rain will expand through the Southeast and Ohio Valley as a complex storm moves northeast from the southern Mississippi Valley.

44.   Regions Financial Corp., AmSouth Bancorp. and Compass Bancshares Inc., all from Birmingham, also expanded through acquisitions throughout the Southeast.

45.   Schulhof also said Sony is in no rush to expand through acquisitions.

46.   Simon Property has wanted to expand through acquisitions.

47.   SingTel has been trying to expand through acquisitions beyond its small and increasingly competitive home market but has had setbacks in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

48.   Still, it will be no small feat for the company to rapidly expand through acquisitions and keep its infrastructure sound.

49.   Such a merger would create the biggest British retailer, with the ability to expand through acquisitions into Continental Europe.

50.   Supermarket operators benefit in many ways from expanding through acquisitions.