91.   While many large companies have adopted direct stock purchase plans, GE added a one-time fee for the service, giving it a new source of revenue.

92.   While big banks fight for market shares, non-bank lenders --who finance real estate, stock purchases and cars -- are fighting to stay afloat.

93.   With an employee stock purchase plan, a company generally allows all full-time workers to make discounted stock purchases through paycheck deductions.

94.   With stock purchase plans, employers funnel shares directly into brokerage accounts at the captive firm instead of mailing stock certificates to employees.

95.   With a traditional DRIP, you must buy your first share of a stock by using a broker or by enrolling in a direct stock purchase plan.

96.   Yanagisawa made plain that he has concerns about the stock purchase plan, one of the most divisive issues the ruling party has faced in years.

97.   Pension funds and insurance companies are stepping up their stock purchases.

98.   All orders for stock purchases that violate the rule will be regarded as void, and the commission urged exchanges to severely punish violators, it said.

99.   Amid weak corporate earnings forecasts, the news made stock purchases even less appealing.

100.   Chinese banks have also financed stock purchases through loans, or have shifted their own cash in and out of volatile markets.