41.   Investors were awaiting the release later today of U.S. consumer price data for August for clues about which way global equities markets are headed, traders said.

42.   Italian shares moved in tandem with global equities as they plunged and surged in the past three weeks.

43.   Last week, diving Hong Kong stocks sparked a global equities sell-off that convinced some investors to channel funds into bonds.

44.   Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said it hired Ravi Singh as a managing director in its global equity derivatives unit in New York.

45.   Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said it named Robert Feidelson head of its global equity finance business.

46.   Maughan also might have chosen Jonathan Sandelman, head of global equity derivatives, sales and trading, or Terry Fitzgerald, co-head of U.S. equity capital markets.

47.   Marks will join the Merrill board as deputy chairman of international activities and will jointly head the global equities unit.

48.   Middleton is assuming titles held by Rodney Berens, who is also head of global equities at Salomon and will retain that job.

49.   NatWest Markets now focuses on global equities, debt and advising on mergers and takeovers.

50.   New England Star Worldwide is a global equity fund that will divide its assets five ways for management by individuals and teams from four separate firms.