51.   I hope I can be the agent of change on the gay rights issue.

52.   However, if it is forced to pay the full fine it could raise the money through a rights issue.

53.   If the creative rights issues could be resolved, the negotiators hoped that the remaining crucial issues involving payment of residuals could rapidly be addressed.

54.   In addition to residuals, minimum fees and other financial formulas, the talks cover a range of creative rights issues, which are emotionally charged ones for writers.

55.   In a rights issue, a company offers existing shareholders more stock, typically at a discount.

56.   INDONESIAN stocks were mixed, as expectations for faster corporate profit growth were offset by the withdrawal of funds from the stock market to pay for upcoming rights issues.

57.   Invensys, a British electronics firm, blamed a slipping share price on the Enron effect and denied that its heavy indebtedness would force a rights issue.

58.   Investors, who pushed Cordiant shares to new lows amid speculation about the terms of the rights issue, greeted it more warmly on Friday.

59.   It may also consider a rights issue, or a sale of shares to stockholders.

60.   Last August, it announced its intention to withdraw rather than accept international criticism of its performance on rights issues.