1.   Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.

2.   In an open financial marketplace that functions efficiently, investors require reliable information that issuers of securities have an interest in providing.

3.   The federal investigation of the bankrupt communications company expanded into an inquiry of a financial marketplace in which Enron and several other bankrupt companies were also major participants.

4.   This criticism is flawed because it implies the federal government offers a more economically secure alternative than the financial marketplace.

5.   This force is the global financial marketplace.

6.   This setback, however, had little to do with political misgivings about liberalizing the financial marketplace.

7.   They were protecting investments or seeking to ensure stability for an already unsettled financial marketplace in which they had a considerable stake.

8.   Volcker was a pivotal factor, because he broke the back of inflation with his decree that the financial marketplace be allowed to determine interest rates.

9.   Amid growing competition in the financial marketplace, their aim is to expand into a wider range of financial services and raise funds on the stock exchange.