2014 Event The U.S. Federal Reserve announces that it will end its current monetary policy of quantitative easing by ceasing bond purchases after October of this year 2014 Event Apple purchases SnappyLabs, a small company that makes a popular photography app; the $1 app enables smartphone users to modify how the built-in camera takes photos and how quickly the photos are taken 2013 Event An error on the Delta Air Lines website allows thousands of customers to buy tickets for super-low fares, some 90% below regular ticket prices; Delta takes responsibility for the error, and will honor ticket purchases as well as frequent flier miles earned on the reduced-fare flights 2012 Event Atlanta IntercontinentalExchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world 2012 Event Facebook purchases Instagram, a photo sharing application, for $1 billion 2011 Event AOL purchases the liberal website, The Huffington Post, for $315 million 1997 Event Edison International purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M 1995 Event Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network 1992 Event Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL 1992 Event Tampa Bay group purchases San Francisco Giants 1991 Event Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders 1990 Event Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million 1990 Event Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion 1989 Event American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route 1989 Event Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash 1989 Event Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle 1988 Event Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles 1988 Event Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million 1985 Event Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks 1979 Event Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1976 Event Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million 1975 Event David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon 1972 Event Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1966 Event Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times" 1965 Event CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1964 Event CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20% 1964 Event NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million 1964 Event CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million 1963 Event NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000 1961 Event Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) 1960 Event Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000 1953 Event A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns 1946 Event Bill Veeck purchases the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million 1933 Event Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox 1931 Event 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1927 Event Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA 1917 Event U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands 1861 Event Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
