11.   America West also can exercise its option of locking out employees and shutting down the airline, which it has warned employees it will consider.

12.   An option, the court said, is not a transaction in a foreign currency because no foreign currency changes hands unless the option is actually exercised.

13.   Analysts speculated from the start that the deal heralded an exit from carmaking, though the company has said it has no plans to exercise the option.

14.   And Parish plans to exercise that option.

15.   And several transit authorities have refused to exercise options to purchase more cars from MK Transit, a harsh blow to its plans.

16.   And, the agency said, the total cost if the customer exercised the option to buy such items was even higher than the already inflated base charge.

17.   Argentine stocks fell for a second day as investors offered to sell stocks acquired by exercising options that expired yesterday and today.

18.   Argentine stocks retreated from four-year highs as speculators sold shares acquired by exercising options that expire this week.

19.   Around the time the programmer and his wife said they were encouraged to exercise options, Microsoft was under pressure from institutional investors to reduce its options outstanding.

20.   Argentine stocks declined for the fourth time this week as investors who acquired stocks by exercising options that expired sold the shares to realize their gains.