1.  Bricks and mortar used to much more than a sound investment - it was the best way to make serious money.

2.  It is all about serious money.

3.  Judging by its state-of-the-art studios, the owners have put some serious money into NewsTalk.

4.  Most have a core of solid businesses that ensure that at least parts of the firm are making serious money.

5.  Or should they hang on in the hope that these assets will soon be worth serious money?

6.  This was money, serious money.

7.  To serious money and serious business, however, all this was anathema.

8.  Should they hang on in the hope that the shares will soon be worth serious money?

9.  YOU could be losing serious money simply by putting your savings in a bank or building society.

10.  American officials say that, for the first time, their effort to cut drug supply in the Andes is being backed with serious money.