1.   And while we still intend to underwrite medtech stocks, we no longer have the candlepower to do biotech deals.

2.   Bankers Trust will get a firm that underwrites stock for the same kinds of fast-growing companies the bank targets for bond underwriting and other financing business.

3.   A director at Sun Hung Kai Securities Ltd., who asked not to be identified, said the brokerage also declined an offer to underwrite the stock.

4.   FBR would underwrite the stock offering itself, the people said.

5.   Flemington Pharmaceutical Corp. said the firm that underwrote its stock offering, Monroe Parker Securities Inc., has ceased arranging trades in its shares.

6.   FBR would underwrite the stock offering itself, the people familiar said.

7.   If security firms repeatedly underwrite stocks that fall apart as soon as they are issued, their ability to win future new issue business could be affected.

8.   It may buy an investment bank -- one that underwrites stocks -- and is searching for an international money management firm, Fleet executives said.

9.   Montgomery specializes in underwriting stock and advising mergers, particularly among high-growth technology and health care companies.

10.   Most commercial banks with strong corporate lending units want investment banks that can underwrite stock, negotiate mergers, and arrange private equity placements for clients.