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BEIJING — Airbus said Wednesday that it had landed deals for about 160 aircraft worth nearly $15 billion with companies in China and Vietnam as it sought to expand its foothold in the fast-growing Asian market.

The company wants to expand its foothold in south-east Asia, which it describes as its "sweet spot", with a population of 500 million, and has plans to enter Cambodia while Burma is also on its radar.

And that could potentially cause more problems for Alibaba, its employees, investors and the millions of small businesses that rely on it– especially as Alipay seeks to expand its foothold into more traditional small business banking services.

Twitter also has yet to expand its foothold in many international markets.

For its own part, Google is keen to expand its foothold inside large companies.

It bought the Alamo and National brands in 2007 precisely to expand its foothold in the airport market.

Penn Virginia Resource Partners agreed on Tuesday to buy the energy pipeline company Chief Gathering for $1 billion as it expands its foothold in the booming shale gas sector in the United States.

Reports this week suggest Moscow is expanding its foothold in Syria.

It opens the door to Atlanta, the world's busiest airport, provides expertise on international flights and expands its foothold in New York and Washington.

Like Laureate, DeVry is also grabbing emerging market share, recently expanding its foothold in Brazil, with two recent acquisitions: Facimp and Grupo Ibmec--which serves 15,000 students onsite and online in Brazil.

More tellingly, HP has been expanding its foothold where Dell is strongest, in the U.S. Dell's leading market share held steady at 32% in the second quarter from the same period last year, while HP grew its share to 18.9% from 17.4%, according to Gartner.