1.   For help in getting started, call sales managers of well-known local brokerage firms.

2.   All of their transactions must be referred to local brokerages, moreover, which charge on average a one-percent commission.

3.   All the groups combine foreign investment banks and local brokerages, officials said.

4.   Cash will be provided by the Bank of Korea purchasing bonds with a nine-day repurchase agreement from local brokerage houses, the central bank said.

5.   Currently, national laws in several EU countries require investors to either establish offices in the city where the stocks are traded or route their business through local brokerages.

6.   In common with other local brokerages, Lippo had a strong retail trading operation, which has slumped dramatically, traders say.

7.   Investment in Endesa came from abroad or from local brokerage firms anticipating increased purchases from abroad, Christensen said.

8.   Local stock brokerage CIMB Securities Bhd. was also charged with short selling earlier in the day.

9.   Robert C. Caldwell, principal at the Caldwell Capital Corp., a local independent brokerage firm, had a ringside seat for the show.

10.   Several local stock brokerages are teetering on the edge of collapse.