71.   The catch with such agreements is that the seller often agrees to buy the asset back from the special purpose entity if its value decreases too much.

72.   The dollar has drawn strength in recent days from talk Japanese investors are keen to buy overseas assets, traders said.

73.   The dollar is now trading at high values against many currencies, making it a good time to buy foreign assets.

74.   The freezing of utility bills will hammer Spanish companies that had enthusiastically bought privatized assets over the last few years.

75.   The gains came amid optimism the companies are expanding rapidly by buying assets from their mainland parents and in Hong Kong.

76.   The fate of the dollar is significant because its value will influence whether foreign investors will want to buy assets valued in dollars, like stocks and bonds.

77.   The law also opens the door to foreign ownership of local banks, and sets up a framework for investors to buy distressed assets from them.

78.   The Midland-based company said it agreed to buy the assets of the disk drive components division of VisPro Corp. of Beaverton, Oregon.

79.   The purchases were done through companies set up by Oxford Funding that appeared to be independent enterprises in the business of buying problem assets from banks.

80.   The proceeds were used to buy the assets of Arvida Corp. then owned by the Walt Disney Co.