31.   Other major brokerage shares rose.

32.   Securities industry records show that cases have been filed against nearly every major brokerage firm.

33.   Selling by banks could slow the recent rally in brokerage shares, analysts said, since most of the top shareholders of the major brokerages are banks.

34.   So far, they have linked with the systems of two large institutional investors and a major brokerage firm, he said.

35.   The aim is to ease concerns about the risk of default on payments, after two major brokerages went bankrupt this month.

36.   The company told analysts it expects consumer demand to soar as computers get cheaper and a major brokerage house urged investors to buy the stock.

37.   The much-whispered combination of Chase Manhattan and a major brokerage firm is about building the foundation for a financial supermarket.

38.   The NASD is owned by its member firms, which range from major Wall Street brokerages to regional securities firms.

39.   The settlement talks involve a group of major brokerage firms that banded together in a united front against the Justice probe.

40.   UBS Securities, for instance, has jumped ahead of major brokerage firms as a lead manager in arranging bond sales for banks and finance companies this year.