1.   Remember, though, that firms also borrow money by selling bonds.

2.   To reassure investors, some utilities have taken to selling bonds with insurance, once an unusual tactic for utility bonds.

3.   Under this method, banks in the syndicate have a contractual obligation not to discount fees by selling bonds cheaply to investors until issuance is complete.

4.   If it is financed by selling bills or bonds outside the banking sector or by selling bonds to the banks, the money supply will not increase.

5.   They attempt to build them up by selling bonds.

6.   Also selling bonds today were Equitable Resources Inc., Bankers Trust New York Corp. Kabelmedia Holdings GMBH and Chiquita Brands International.

7.   Also optimistic on the inflation outlook is the U.S. Treasury, which today unveiled plans to start selling bonds that would pay interest at a rate tied to inflation.

8.   As a result, companies may have to resort to other traditional forms of raising cash, either by selling bonds or other debt instruments.

9.   At the same time, high bank interest rates have forced many Colombian companies to raise cash by issuing stock or by selling bonds.