11.   Direct stock purchase plans are offered by the NAIC in Madison Heights, Mich., and Temper of the Times Communications in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

12.   For the new direct stock purchase plan, GE added a one-time fee for the service.

13.   If the purchase plan closes as expected, Six Flags likely would add several more rides to the park.

14.   In the past two months the company bagged a handful of new foreign orders and persuaded the Air Force to accelerate its future purchase plans.

15.   Investors can buy stock directly from companies through both DRIPs and direct purchase plans.

16.   One such exemption is if the shares were bought under certain types of employee stock purchase plans.

17.   Pilots at Delta Air Lines ratified a pay agreement covering two new aircraft types, enabling the Atlanta-based carrier to proceed with purchase plans.

18.   Previously, ICI employees could put after-tax contributions into a money purchase plan, Simmons said.

19.   The captive brokers may be less competitive when it comes to a regular stock purchase plan.

20.   The increase involves an altogether new tax levied on workers in employee stock purchase plans.