1.  Dermot Desmond, an Irish financier whose investments include Glasgow-based soccer team Celtic Plc, bought the airport from Mowlem for 23.5 million pounds in 1995.

2.  DeJaham bought the West Palm Beach house for $60,000 in 1986.

3.  Delgratia bought rights to Coco Mina and five other Nicaraguan concessions in October 1994 for $75,000 plus a 2.5 percent share of net smelter return.

4.  Delta bought ASA in 1999 in part because it faced customer complaints.

5.  Delta bought the Pan American Shuttle in 1991.

6.  Currier bought the drawing in the 1987 sale for $2.2 million.

7.  Customers buy products at an Amway store in Guangzhou, China.

8.  Customers buy the card, which looks like a credit card or bank card, at denominations from $10 to $1,000.

9.  Customers buy washers, stoves and refrigerators when they have cash in their pockets and feel secure about their jobs.

10.  Cypress Semiconductor Corp. bought the maker of industrial clocks and timing generators for $125 million.