1.   As investment ceiling increase for foreigners approaches, domestic investors often snap up shares likely to be sought after by overseas buyers.

2.   A temporary debt ceiling increase will allow the Treasury to conduct its quarterly refunding next month, he reckoned.

3.   Gingrich, backing away from his comments yesterday, said today he could support a temporary debt ceiling increases to avert a default.

4.   Gingrich and other Republicans have threatened to withhold a vote on a permanent debt ceiling increase until President Bill Clinton agrees to their plans to balance the federal budget.

5.   The House included the debt ceiling increase in its version of the emergency spending bill.

6.   Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for the expenditures, many Democrats opposed the bill because the GOP slipped in language allowing a debt ceiling increase.