1.   Third, an Esop can be used to buy back shares from existing employee shareholders.

2.   Also, big companies have helped their earnings per share by buying back shares and slimming down.

3.   Also, AMR may buy back shares to cover options granted to its pilots under a new labor contract.

4.   Also, big companies have helped their bottom lines by buying back shares and slimming down.

5.   Analysts and fund managers agreed that Gemina has enough liquidity to buy back shares that are sold by shareholders who want to opt out of the merger.

6.   Analysts of closed-end funds do not expect big changes in the number of funds buying back shares or converting to open-end status because of the SEC letter.

7.   An announcement by paper and forest product company Georgia Pacific Corp. that it would begin buying back shares helped paper stocks reverse earlier losses, analysts said.

8.   Analysts now see an opportunity for BT to buy back shares.

9.   Analysts said First Chicago must try to increase revenue, in addition to cutting costs and buying back shares.

10.   And La-Z-Boy itself has been buying back shares.