buying spree

Ms Walton and the museum have been on something of a buying spree for several years.

The news comes as the search engine embarks on a buying spree, acquiring at least five companies since August, Reuters reports.

It was a huge turnaround from the last two years, when the Tata group, like many other Indian companies, was on an aggressive buying spree.

Chinese companies have been on a buying spree, snapping up mineral and hydrocarbons resources around the world.

And there is always the threat that media moguls will go on another buying spree.

The buying spree by international institutions and REITs continued as they remained active throughout the region.

In New York City, foreign governments and agencies are on a buying spree, snapping up multimillion-dollar Manhattan properties.

That move prompted a buying spree that lasted throughout the year, and extended beyond small cars to boost sales of vehicles of all sizes.

Cash-rich Chinese companies are on a buying spree again, hoping to take advantage of low asset prices.

Continuously rising gold prices have sparked a buying spree among individual investors throughout China this year.

The reinforced messages of economic growth gave copper players reason to jump into the buying spree - traders.

The fire was broadcast live on Arab television, prompting another buying spree in the oil market.

The United States and Brazil, the world's top two soybean exporters, have benefited the most from China's buying spree.

Between unnaturally depressed interest rates and the buying spree by Fannie and Freddie , US property prices surged .

In the 10 months since Lehman imploded, Chinese companies have gone on an unprecedented buying spree.

The remarks triggered a buying spree for alternative reserve currencies, principally the euro.

With this in mind, China's wealthy continue their buying spree of new homes they may never move into.

By squeezing the yield on American assets, the Fed's buying spree will only swell the tide of capital flowing elsewhere.

To meet that demand, China's biggest energy companies have gone on a buying spree.

He then went on a buying spree abroad, chiefly in Eastern Europe.

What's more, banks holding Fannie and Freddie securities get to book big gains as the Fed's buying spree drives up prices.

The election was seven months ago, and the buying spree has not flagged since.

While Google was on a buying spree in 2007, when the company acquired 16 companies, it only bought 2 companies in 2008.

The practice of saving surplus money and waiting to buy what is to one's liking has replaced the buying spree rampant a few years ago.

The buying spree follows a sharp drop in the price of the precious metal.

A stimulus-encouraged car-buying spree has further clogged city streets.

But the buying spree does leave a large swathe of copper in the hands of one bank and its clients.

Like many other big emerging-market corporations, CVRD has been on a buying-spree.

Kirin has been on an overseas buying spree in recent years.

It has been on a brand-buying spree since 1999, when it acquired Vax in the UK.

And there are other global trends that will reinforce this buying spree.

It's not just fear of China, however, that fuels this arms-buying spree.

But the buying spree was unsustainable.

Illumina, too, has been on a buying spree, with five deals in the past five years, including the 2006 purchase of Solexa for $482 million.

He was away on a buying spree.

If it sounds excessive, chalk it up to the peculiar one-week buying spree that is unique to Hong Kong's auction structure.

For now, China's buying spree in Japan has primarily involved small and midsize manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers.

Certainly not according to Milton Friedman, who dubbed Hong Kong's 1998 share-buying spree a "crazy idea" .

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