21.   Some companies are postponing securities sales, rather than pay the higher yields now demanded by investors.

22.   Telefonica del Peru SA and Alicorp SA, a food company, have postponed bond sales.

23.   That sale has been postponed.

24.   That left one other potential bidder, Telecom Italia SpA, prompting the government to postpone the sale, Baez said.

25.   The abrupt rise in mortgage rates during the early part of the month may have postponed some sales as buyers waited for rates to fall again.

26.   The bake sale is postponed.

27.   The company, which initially planned to sell the equipment this year, will postpone the sale until late January or early February.

28.   The company had postponed the sale once in early April as bond prices tumbled and demand temporarily waned.

29.   The government has already postponed the sale of shares in France Telecom until after the elections.

30.   The holding company for brokerage firm Smith Barney Inc., which was expected to sell debt today, postponed the sale after Treasury yields jumped, raising borrowing rates.