11.   Inside the store in Clayton Square yesterday, bargain hunters picked over sale items while others wandered around saying silent farewells to an old friend.

12.   SMALL private investors are becoming increasingly smart bargain hunters by spotting firms on the recovery trail, says telephone stockbroker Sharelink.

13.   PRIVATE investors have turned bargain hunters, according to telephone stockbroker Sharelink.

14.   An exception may be buyandhold.com, a site that discourages frenzied Internet trading but that has experienced higher trading volume since September, apparently from bargain hunters.

15.   And NetZero and Juno, merged as United Online, continue to offer free or low-cost access to lure bargain hunters.

16.   And so the early bargain hunters may be positioned to reap the benefits of their buying, even if they are lagging behind in the current market rebound.

17.   And true, bargain hunters have since bid them back up, just a bit.

18.   Another bargain hunter we checked in with is emerging growth specialist James Broadfoot, chief investment officer of Ivy Management in Boca Raton, Fla.

19.   At a discount retailer, bargain hunters sounded tired of the entire process, saying it is out of their hands.

20.   Bargain hunters again tiptoed back into the stock market Wednesday, picking up some of the issues battered the previous day.