101.   Ballesteros, his father, uncle and brothers bought Nalco stock before the acquisition and sold it after the deal became public.

102.   Baron Capital, which began buying the stock more than a year ago, increased its position in December as the stock slid.

103.   Bank stocks are being bought as they are seen as an alternative to resource stocks, said Wilson.

104.   Because they do not require fund managers making day-to-day decisions on which stocks to buy and sell, index funds are relatively inexpensive for companies to manage.

105.   Because the Northwest lacks oil and natural-gas companies, Cascadia compensates by buying such stocks with the portion of the fund that is invested outside its region.

106.   Based on the agreement in principle, the agency will buy stock in the combined Brooklyn Union and Long Island Lighting.

107.   Benpres announced Monday that it will transfer its media companies to its parent company, a move that will allow foreigners to buy its stock.

108.   Because most investors have bought stocks on a bet that those conditions will persist, fuel to drive prices even higher may be in short supply.

109.   Besides purchasing mutual funds or Blue Chip companies, they bought speculative stocks like Presstek Inc., America Online Inc., Netcom On-Line Communications Services Inc. and Iomega.

110.   Besides, we all study the corporate earnings and price-earnings ratios before we buy stocks now, or we rely on professional mutual fund managers.