1.   Eletrobras, as the company is known, plans to sell debt backed by payments from the Itaipu hydroelectric project, which Eletrobras helped finance.

2.   In addition to CS First Boston, those firms are Nomura Securities International and Smith Barney, which also sold securities backing loans.

3.   In the corporate bond market today, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. became the first Japanese bank to publicly sell bonds backed by collateral on problem loans.

4.   The Finance Ministry said about half of the stake is being sold to the public, and the remainder is being sold to back to Elf.