41.   The company said it did not know when that investigation would be concluded, and an SEC spokesman declined to comment.

42.   The SEC plans to propose new rules for some technical recommendations and seek investor comment before issuing formal proposals for the more significant findings, an SEC spokesman said.

43.   The Securities and Exchange Commission would not comment on whether the agency was looking into prosecuting any of the brokers, said Duncan King, SEC spokesman.

44.   The SEC would be concerned if a company provided important information to someone without making that same information available to the public, said SEC spokesman Duncan King.

45.   The SEC has been discussing with NASD Regulation its schedule for developing the database, said SEC spokesman Duncan King.

46.   White House officials declined comment on the appointments, as did SEC spokesman Chris Ullman.

47.   An SEC spokesman said Friday that the agency had no immediate comment on the matter.

48.   An SEC spokesman declined to comment Friday morning.

49.   An SEC spokesman declined to comment.

50.   An SEC spokesman on Tuesday refused to confirm or deny the agency was looking at the alleged Citibank transactions.