71.   Companies can sell unregistered securities to sophisticated investors, but these stocks and bonds must be registered before they are resold in public markets.

72.   Companies have been rushing to sell capital securities before Congress acts on a proposal to eliminate tax benefits afforded the issuers.

73.   Concern grew that foreign investors will abandon U.S. markets, sell securities and then sell the dollars they receive.

74.   Compared to which, selling securities may not seem so crass after all.

75.   Covering a short occurs when traders sell borrowed securities in the hopes of buying them back at lower prices and pocketing the difference.

76.   Companies have rushed to sell these securities, also called trust preferreds, before Congress acts on a proposal to eliminate tax benefits for issuers.

77.   Consolidating the unit into Financial Advisors, which manages mutual funds and sells other securities, will help coordinate product creation and marketing, the company said.

78.   Dealers will often sell Treasury securities as a hedge against losses from a large deal, and then unwind those hedge positions once the deal is complete.

79.   Day-trading individuals enjoy the same privileges as professional traders who buy and sell securities for investment bankers, investment managers and other financial institutions.

80.   Dealers said the rally Tuesday was hindered by rumors of central banks in Europe and Asia that were supposedly selling Treasury securities.