1.   And after hearing Designs story, a few analysts have begun to tout the stock.

2.   As stock message boards grow in popularity, pressure is mounting to rid the boards of people who use them to illegally tout stocks and spread false information.

3.   Because of its initial public stock offering planned for this week, Amazon.com was prohibited by federal regulations from appearing to tout its stock.

4.   All of them have developed a lamentable tendency to tout stocks.

5.   Cedrone was charged with similarly bribing an undercover agent to tout the stock of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Rose International Inc.

6.   Cramer is highly critical of the stock analysts and market strategists who continued to tout tech stocks long after the Internet bubble had burst.

7.   He then posted messages on the Internet touting the stocks.

8.   In advertisements touting its stock, the company thumbed its nose at non-believers like Rich while promoting the unveiling of its technology.

9.   Investment banks, whose analysts were touting stocks with overwhelming zeal even as the stock market started crashing, are now trying to rehabilitate their images.

10.   Questions were raised about whether he was publicly touting the stock at a time when he was quietly selling it.