1.   Analysts said the new system, which moves Japan toward the shorter settlement periods common in overseas markets, speeds up bond transactions and helps reduce delivery risk.

2.   Commissions on bond transactions declined, however, amid persistent worry over the summer that interest rates would increase.

3.   He also had the authority to send checks to other firms to settle their bond transactions with Merrill, prosecutors said.

4.   In the past, Salomon took on bond transactions that other brokerages shunned.

5.   It plans to reduce floor trading by transferring corporate bond transactions to its computerized trading system by next spring.

6.   Reuters reported in August that the California towns of Avenal and Ione also received Wells notices over their bond transactions.

7.   The convictions were related to two of five bond transactions that prompted investigations by the SEC and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

8.   The convictions were related to two of five bond transactions that prompted investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the FBI.

9.   The ministry said it is punishing the investment trust company for conducting foreign bond transactions in violation of the securities investment trust law.

10.   The turnaround in earnings is a result of profits made on bond transactions, Yamaichi said.