1.   A project may be financed by equity finance in a company specifically set up to undertake the project, or by new equity introduced into an existing company.

2.   It is the second time in under a year that the packaging and printing giant has issued new equity for big acquisitions.

3.   And though any new private equity investor like Kohlberg Kravis would have information that is unavailable to current shareholders, no one should assume that the worst is over.

4.   Another sign of the changed climate is the flurry of new private equity funds that have set up shop here over the last six months.

5.   Axiom is preparing a new Middle East equity and private equity fund and advisory service, which will begin by focusing on buys in North Africa.

6.   Banking shares fell after Sumitomo Trust said it may issue new equity.

7.   Both the public and private markets for new equity have shrunk.

8.   A new Russian equity index-fund makes it easier for Western investors to bet President Boris Yeltsin will win presidential elections next week.

9.   But Daimler is also planning to ask shareholders to approve a new equity pay plan, said Daimler spokesman Roland Klein.

10.   But the strategy would also place more risk on the common stockholders if the new equity investors got preferred stock or some sort of senior security.