11.   A few large Japanese brokerage companies and some pension fund managers have parked their money in bonds until the time is right to invest in stocks, Sims said.

12.   A few years ago, the chairman of Ameritrade Holdings Corp. said the price war among online brokerage companies might eventually drive trading commissions to less than zero.

13.   A senior Nomura official said the brokerage company decided to pull out of the competition after much careful consideration.

14.   After his retirement from his life of crime, he was a salesman at a ford dealership and president of a mortgage brokerage company.

15.   Brokerage companies such as Nomura Securities Co. led gainers, while air carriers such as Japan Airlines Co. fell the most.

16.   Brokerage companies such as Nomura Securities Co. led gainers.

17.   Businesses from advertising to tourism are cooling off, and investment banking and brokerage companies on Wall Street are expected to follow suit soon.

18.   Brown brokerage company in Baltimore.

19.   But executives at brokerage companies said they know their businesses cannot help but change.

20.   But there is evidence that brokerage companies have already begun to tighten some margin requirements on their own.