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B.C. offers to buy homes at risk to landslide: North Vancouver district
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. The provincial government has offered to buy the homes of nine families whose properties remain at risk to the type of landslide that killed one woman and forced hundreds to flee their homes earlier this year.

DBS, Deutsche Bank to buy stake in China bank biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/8/19/
business/11817124&sec=business
BEIJING: Singapore's DBS and Germany's Deutsche Bank are to buy 10 billion shares in Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) for 17.7bil yuan (US$2.18bil), state media reported yesterday.

Home Depot stock buy-back program upped journals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/08/15/daily38.html?from_rss=1
The Home Depot Inc.'s board of directors has approved an additional $1 billion to buy back outstanding shares, bringing the total authorized share repurchase program to $11 billion.

Permira in talks to buy Gala stake
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Permira is in advanced talks to buy a large minority stake in Gala, which would value the bingo and casino group at about £1.9bn, including debt. The private equity group is in discussions to buy the holding from Candover and Cinven, Gala's two private equity backers.

State to use credit line to buy jet www.ktva.com/Stories/0,1413,163~6882~3016374,00.html
The state plans to pay for its jet by tapping into a 25 million dollar line of credit used by state agencies to buy or lease equipment.

Haaretz - Israel News - EMC agrees to buy Rainfinity www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/614620.html
Data storage company EMC announced yesterday that it had agreed this week to buy Rainfinity, a U.S.-based company founded by Israeli entrepreneur Jehoshua Bruck, for "less than" $100 million.
Jolly top buy of the season foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,16309001-23211,00.html
DARREN Jolly wasn't the biggest name in last year's trade week but the Swans No.1 ruckman has proven to be the best buy.

JAMDAT Mobile upgraded to "buy" www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_976758.html
NEW YORK, August 18 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Moors & Cabot upgrade JAMDAT Mobile (JMDT.NAS) from "hold" to "buy." The target price is set to $29.

Pitch 'buy back' could cost £1m www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/readstory.php?id=6271
FOOTBALL pitches could be laid at a Greenock park in a controversial 'buy-back' deal costing more than a million pounds. Councillors were meeting today to discuss buying back Rankin Park from Inverclyde developer Westminster Investments.
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Italian Aerospace Giant to Buy Stake in Sukhoi www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/19/043.html
ZHUKOVSKY, Moscow Region -- Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica on Thursday said it would buy a stake in the Russian Regional Jet program and cooperate with domestic aircraft manufacturers on a wide range of projects.