11.   Howard Schwartz, a ticket broker in Florida, has sold hundreds of corporate tour packages that promise tens of thousands of Olympic tickets.

12.   In Pasadena, for instance, scalpers and ticket brokers are not getting top price for Rose Bowl tickets.

13.   Japan Airlines Co. shares fell for the fourth successive day amid news that ticket broker H.I.S. Co. will start a new airline in Japan.

14.   Koppell, who is seeking re-election this year, has already filed suit against some ticket brokers.

15.   Lefkowitz said the East Coast Ticket Brokers Association was created in part to explain to legislators and the public that ticket brokers were legitimate small businesses.

16.   Legislators first passed these laws as consumer protection measures, reasoning that large ticket brokers should be prevented from cornering the market.

17.   More tickets are available through newspaper ads and at ticket brokers that usually deal only with sporting events and music concerts.

18.   Nevertheless, hundreds of badges, if not thousands, find their way to licensed ticket brokers throughout America and local scalpers.

19.   Outlet malls and traditional discount ticket brokers are other methods of price discrimination.

20.   Priceline.com, an airline ticket broker in Stamford, Conn., has taken a more ambitious and focused approach.