1. The family's situation illustrates the fast development of the city, which has ballooned and spawned a batch of real estate companies.
2. It has cut debt after borrowings ballooned to $ 40 billion with its purchase of Alcan.
3. As the reserves have ballooned on the back of China's record trade surpluses, demands have grown for part of the hoard to be invested more aggressively.
4. Up stepped Beckham but he slipped horribly at the vital moment of impact and the ball ballooned embarrassingly over the bar.
5. But when these rich businessmen gathered, the issue ballooned from simply giving back to society and became one of wealth management.
6. The report estimated that the latter type of funds ballooned in China as early as 2005.
7. It was reversed after the 1979 Islamic revolution only to be brought back 10 years later when the population ballooned and the economy faltered.
8. China's reserves have ballooned as the central bank has bought dollars generated by its trade surplus and investment inflows.
9. Fiscal deposits are the main reason why deposits ballooned in March, the source added.
10. The US government saved AIG from bankruptcy in September with a rescue plan that has since ballooned to about $ 152 billion.