1.   The fact remains that dividends exist and have existed since shares were first sold to the investing public.

2.   Normally this activity is not noticed by the investing public, only by those market professionals intimately concerned with the gilt-edged market.

3.   With regard to honesty, it could be argued that no system of regulation can ever deter the truly criminally minded from attempting to defraud the investing public.

4.   And the investing public should also gain, securities law experts say, because illegal insider trading should be easier to prosecute.

5.   Andersen, Buell said, was working too hard to protect itself and its client Enron, without enough attention to the interests of the investing public.

6.   But continued consolidation of the profession raises the risk that auditors may lose their independence, something the investing public should very much care about.

7.   But firms that deal little with the investing public, like Lehman Brothers, seemed less involved.

8.   But unlike with recent IPOs, selling by insiders at companies that have long been public is much less transparent to the investing public.

9.   Compliance officers at brokerage houses think of themselves in white hats, helping to protect the investing public by making sure that their colleagues play fair.