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

52.   It looks good, but in terms of purchasing power, you may have less than when you bought the asset.

53.   Japanese investors buying overseas assets must sell yen to get the foreign currency they need to purchase foreign securities.

54.   Its assets were bought by Dutch banking group ING Groep NV.

55.   Last month, the government unveiled a deregulatory program to encourage Japanese insurance companies to buy foreign assets.

56.   Major Jewish businesses either were forced to sell out to non-Jewish investors at reduced prices, or the bank bought the assets itself.

57.   Lycos is buying the assets of USA Networks and Ticketmaster Online by issuing many more of its own shares.

58.   Merrill Lynch recently expanded its presence in Asia by buying some assets of a big Japanese investment house.

59.   Now, with many of the American carriers in financial trouble, the more conservatively financed Asian firms are finding opportunities to buy assets.

60.   Paine Webber was buying assets of Kidder, including its broker force, at the time.