1.   An investment partnership said Thursday that it had agreed to buy Rickel Home Centers and Channel Home Centers and combine the two Northeast home-remodeling retail chains.

2.   An investment partnership run by Lee, BankBoston and an affiliate of Barnett Banks Inc. each own about a third of the company now.

3.   Based in New York, Robertson manages private investment partnerships known as hedge funds that use leverage to increase their bets on currencies, stocks and bonds.

4.   All his firm did, he said, was execute trades ordered by International Marketing Strategies, manager of the investment partnership the investors had joined.

5.   But the company began to unravel in October as it disclosed losses and reductions in equity partly because of dealings with investment partnerships involving Fastow.

6.   Cazenove, the investment partnership, now remains the only large independent stockbroker.

7.   Cazenove, an investment partnership, now remains the only large independent stockbroker.

8.   Chestnut Hill now has two hedge funds, or private investment partnerships that pursue speculative investments strategies, often using borrowed funds.

9.   Gotham is a closely held investment partnership whose clients include the billionaire Ziff family.

10.   He also does not invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships.