61.   The railroads that gained the most are the ones that made big acquisitions in recent years, such as Burlington Northern, Union Pacific and Illinois Central Corp.

62.   The Terra-Lycos merger also follows a series of other big acquisitions in the Internet industry.

63.   This would be the third big acquisition for Northrop Grumman in less than a year.

64.   To be sure, Crutchfield told investors he wanted to avoid big acquisitions only a week before he agreed to buy CoreStates.

65.   Tyco executes big acquisitions month after month by following several rules without fail.

66.   U.S. banks pay for big acquisitions in stock to avoid depleting capital reserves required by banking regulators.

67.   Western may have wanted to buy Oneok, then decided against trying to make two big acquisitions at once, Hamlin said.

68.   Wells Fargo and Banc One, which are having problems digesting big acquisitions, are among the few exceptions.

69.   With superstar Bob Costas in place as the play-by-play man, Ebersol made two big acquisitions for analysts that went way beyond fine-tuning.

70.   Prices turned mixed on Wall Street on Tuesday as biotechnology stocks pulled the Nasdaq composite index lower and Dow stocks wavered in response to a big acquisition by Alcoa.