11.   Are you buying from anybody else because can we do a deal on the whole lot?

12.   This means the pricing basis will remain the same no matter what size deals are being done.

13.   The Commission itself said this was insufficient and said it was considering court action to gain power to do the deals.

14.   For some shares therefore the deals were often done on a matched basis.

15.   Although the deal is not done, a number of Compaq employees have assumed the worst and simply await the official results so they can collect their severance packages.

16.   Analysts said, however, the market remained vulnerable until a deal was done.

17.   An anonymous benefactor provided the money and, earlier this year, the deal was done.

18.   And AMC hopes to do more deals.

19.   And deals have been done before when all of a sudden they are pulled off the table.

20.   An outbreak of Mars fever could encourage other firms to do similar deals in return for Martian kudos.