11.   Among the many fashion insiders who attended were the designers Azzedine Alaeia and Rifat Ozbek and the photographer Steven Meisel, who has photographed Ms. Moss dozens of times.

12.   And finally there were the insiders exiting Imaginon Inc., a favorite that Merlin has touted more than once.

13.   And if insiders are energetically buying or selling when stocks have been flat, monitors often wonder if major changes are in the offing.

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

15.   At Tiffany, for example, insiders were horrified that Jerry Seinfeld only bought a two-carat ring for his new bride, Jessica Sklar.

16.   According to the government, the insider trading was an effort to raise cash to cover up the original embezzlement.

17.   Again, insider buying is present.

18.   But a board meeting is not expected this week, and insiders are uncertain about who might lead the company in the long run.

19.   But even some Goldman insiders are careful about the rosy estimates floating around for their own firm.

20.   But legal insiders have been abuzz ever since Justice asked its San Francisco crew, not its lawyers in Washington, D.C., to tackle Microsoft.