Nationwide, police forces buy about 25 percent of the handguns sold each year.

The computer giant said it planned to buy back up to $2 billion of its own stock, or about 3 percent.

The assets are being bought for $527 million, about 48 percent of their book value.

Ranks Hovis said it had bought 102 million shares in all - about 10.1 percent of the company.

Central Maine buys about 40 percent of its power from about 85 such plants, and not because it wants to.

She added that parents or children with trust funds are buying about 25 percent of the inventory in Williamsburg.

Under the plan announced by Sears, the company would buy back up to 40 million shares, or about 10 percent of its common stock.

The Casellas buy about 80 percent of their grapes from other growers.

The federal government buys about 55 percent of the nation's childhood vaccines and therefore has significant power over vaccine prices.

"I buy from designer collections about 15 percent of the time," she said.