spending spree

And with foreign assets cheaper than they have been for years, Beijing is going on an international spending spree.

So far Thaksin's spending spree appears to have had the desired effect.

Objecting to a planned spending spree by Mr Medvedev, Mr Kudrin said that he would not serve in his government.

As the output slump sends Germany's jobless rate towards double-digits, it is hard to see consumers going on a spending spree.

Asian consumers are on a spending spree, splashing out on anything from mobile phones to designer clothes.

But after going on a spending spree over the past year, at least one part of HNA ran into financial trouble.

The risks lie in the effectiveness and efficiency of such a spending spree.

College candidates are on a spending spree to celebrate their survival of the National College Entrance Examination, or Gaokao.

Quite how this spending spree conforms with the document's assertion that China's security environment "remains sound" is not explained.

With access to new credit lines, the Greek populace and its government went on a spending spree.

Oft-cited parallels with the Japanese banks' wanton spending spree in the 1980s, meanwhile, do not.

But there are a few things we may want to consider before going on a spending spree because there's a little change in our pockets.

It is no secret that China has used its banks like credit cards to finance an infrastructure spending spree in recent years.

Somebody has stolen my credit card and gone, on an insane spending spree around New York.

The spending spree began in the late 1980s, when China embarked on an ambitious programme to upgrade its armed forces.

The spending spree has helped steady China's economy while other major nations remained mired in the global downturn.

Many people use the money to pay off their debts; some go on a spending spree.

Western consumers and governments have been on a debt-fuelled spending spree for many years.

Shawn: So I feel like going on a spending spree. How soon can I get my new card?

What the economy needs now is a business spending spree that will lead to a hiring boom and rising consumer incomes.

Dubai, if its spending spree lasts, launches its 185-metre wheel as part of the Dubailand theme park.

In previous years such sales would typically take place after the Christmas spending spree.

Meanwhile, China's military spending spree continues.

Sooner or later, the state coffer won't have enough money to sustain this spending spree and then a slower growth rate will return.

At the same time, China's growing wealth helps finance America's spending spree, which in turn sucks up a lot of the stuff China churns out.

In the 1970s Iran's last monarch the Shah went on the spending spree for military hardware.

There are over 400 apps and games where the site's 500 million users can go on a social spending spree.

Featuring delightful graphics and easy controls, Fashion Craze is more addictive than shopping and more fun than a spending spree!

However, the consumer spending spree still hasn't died in technology completely.

But this spending spree is brittler than one would like.

But there is a bright spot amid the gloom: Japanese companies are on a spending spree, capitalising on the distress to buy firms abroad.

The powerful Bakrie family of Indonesia, for example, is on a spending spree and was recently able to tap equity markets for $4. 4bn.

Then to cap it off, it turned out that a frenzied 10-year spending spree had consequences.

Judy : Is that a new ring? That's a new dress isn't it? Have you been on a spending spree?

But many of these consumer technology advances are developed directly from the biggest spending spree of all:

Asian sweat and frugality helped pay for Americans' spending spree;

A spending spree to get culture and learning

Why we should hail China's spending spree