1.   A successful mutual-fund manager, he acquired a large stake in the privately held firm by buying stock from retiring co-workers.

2.   But he did credit the controversy for shining unprecedented attention on his small privately held firm, which also tabulates all-star votes for the NBA, NFL and NHL.

3.   But the owners, for the first time, held firm, then congratulated themselves on their ability to do that as the World Series was canceled.

4.   Clayton Moore, once the Lone Ranger on TV, held firm even after the rights-holders stripped him of his mask.

5.   He said he planned to lease computer equipment from Nelco Ltd., a closely held leasing firm in Richmond.

6.   Howard Lutnick was named managing general partner of the closely held firm.

7.   In the chase to make so few tightly held firms consider selling out, investors are finding themselves in expensive contortions.

8.   Its chief competitor is Brook Mays Music Co., a privately held Dallas firm.

9.   Lazard, a closely held firm with affiliates in New York, London and Paris, named eleven new partners last month.

10.   Other patent applications are pending for the privately held firm.