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• [_ARG0 Japanese investors] [_ARGM-MNR nearly single-handedly] [_rel bought] up [_ARG1 two new mortgage securities-based mutual funds totaling $ 701 million *U*] , the U.S. Federal National Mortgage Association said 0 *T*-1 .
• Fears that [_ARG0 Japanese investors] are [_rel buying] up [_ARG1 America] have escalated sharply in the past several weeks , with Sony Corp. 's purchase of Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. from Coca-Cola Co. and Mitsubishi Estate Co. 's acquisition of a 51 % holding in Rockefeller Group , the owner of some of midtown Manhattan 's most exclusive real estate .
• Koito has refused *-1 to grant Mr. Pickens seats on its board , *-1 asserting 0 he is [_ARG0 a greenmailer] trying * to pressure Koito 's other shareholders into * [_rel buying] [_ARG1 him] out [_ARGM-MNR at a profit] .
• Stock-index arbitrage -- [_ARG0 *] [_rel Buying] or selling [_ARG1 baskets of stocks] [_ARGM-ADV while at the same time *-1 executing offsetting trades in stock-index futures or options] .
• [_ARG0 Bally] [_rel bought] [_ARG1 the former MGM Grand hotel-casino] from [_ARG2-from Kirk Kerkorian] [_ARGM-TMP four years ago] .
• [_ARG0 Rockwell International Corp.] [_rel bought] out [_ARG1 Ikegai Corp. 's interest in Ikegai-Goss , a joint venture of the two companies based * in Tokyo] .
• Of course , one option would be for [_ARG0 Manville] to [_rel buy] out [_ARG1 the trust 's shares] -- which *T*-1 would do little * to benefit public stockholders .
• Of the 450 survey respondents , 35 % *T*-1 said 0 [_ARG0 they] expect *-3 to spend less *ICH*-2 * [_rel buying] [_ARG1 Christmas gifts] this year than last year , while 28 % said 0 they expect *-4 to spend more and 37 % said 0 their gift budget would stay the same .
• Instead , Chrysler officials in late May slapped $ 1,000 *U* cash rebates *ICH*-1 on the vehicles , including the first such incentives on the popular four-door Cherokee since [_ARG0 Chrysler] [_rel bought] [_ARG1 Jeep] [_ARGM-TMP in 1987] .
• [_ARG0 Whitbread] [_rel bought] [_ARG1 the Beefeater distillery] [_ARGM-TMP two years ago] for [_ARG3-for # 174.5 million *U*] .
• [_ARG1 Some] [_ARGM-MOD can] be [_rel bought] *-1 off [_ARGM-MNR relatively cheaply] .
• In addition , Robert Sakowitz , chief executive of the Sakowitz chain , is seeking [_ARG0 funds] 0 *T*-1 to [_rel buy] out [_ARG1 the Hooker interest in his company] .