21.   Last week in Asia, a major Japanese brokerage house failed while South Korea reluctantly asked for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

22.   Lee at Daihan estimates that most major brokerages invest up to the limit.

23.   Like many major brokerage houses, Merrill also serves as an investment banker, providing financial services for large companies.

24.   Major brokerages also gained.

25.   Major brokerage firms, such as Bear, Stearns, clear their own trades and also provide the service at a fee to smaller shops.

26.   Major international brokerage houses began changing the way they cover the region.

27.   Most major brokerages limit free distribution of their research reports to customers, but some are making them available to the public.

28.   No analyst at a major brokerage firm followed the company.

29.   Other major brokerage shares also rose.

30.   Other firms have begun trumpeting stock research designed to be free of the conflicts plaguing those major Wall Street brokerages.