21.   The bill in the state Assembly would allow the state to sell bonds to buy power for resale to the utilities.

22.   The company sued Alabama for drilling rights since the state sold it the land but refused to grant an offshore permit.

23.   The EU also demanded that the French state sell its controlling interest in GAN by June.

24.   The index rallied as investors bought shares in telephone and utility stocks that are likely to rise when the state sells its shares in those companies.

25.   The practice is frowned upon in public finance textbooks, which consider the state should not sell assets to fund day-to-day expenditure but rather to repay its debt.

26.   The state once even sold Attica prison and sections of highways to public authorities, using the proceeds to close budget gaps.

27.   The state sold Banco de Credito Real last year.

28.   The state can sell the credits to businesses that exceed pollution standards, use them itself or retire them, thereby reducing future pollution.

29.   The state could sell sky boxes.

30.   The state eventually sold the securities in two parts to make them more marketable, he said.