1.   Alternatively, the computer could form a part of other automation systems that the firm sells.

2.   The money comes directly from the investment-banking firm, and indirectly from the investors to whom that firm sells the bonds.

3.   If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt.

4.   European firms had sold technology for the project, as had front companies based in the United States.

5.   Some firms sell data, such as the names and addresses of their customers, which can be used by other companies for mailing lists.

6.   Among the shares the firm has recently sold include Dallas Semiconductor Corp., LSI Logic Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc.

7.   Arthur Andersen provided Colonial with financial projections when the firm sold shares in the plaza, which it had purchased from Travelers Corp.

8.   As a result, the energy trading firms are selling assets and issuing stock, raising fears of an asset and stock glut that would depress prices.

9.   Bond firms often sell borrowed securities short to hedge against a decline in prices of new bonds they hold in inventory.

10.   A bailout might also require government-linked firms to sell some of their holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds.