11.   Soon the Rothschilds were floating government bonds on a much larger scale -- and then speculating in them.

12.   The new agency will have the authority to float bonds and condemn private property.

13.   The second is before any bonds are floated, when the city can review the financing to assure it is in place.

14.   The senator said his amended version would have the dormitory authority float the bonds while the sports foundation would retain title.

15.   The state would float bonds to finance the deal, perhaps in exchange for receiving utility stock that could be sold to repay the cost once the market rebounded.

16.   Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda appealed to lawmakers to ratify the decrees to enable the government to float bonds worth billions of dollars to fund the bailouts.

17.   He believes, however, that companies need not wait for government to float a bond just to be assured the time to raise funds had arrived.

18.   It also includes a provision designed to use federal tax credits to help school districts float construction bonds.

19.   This will be the first time ABC has floated Samurai bonds, bank vice president Duan Xiaoxin was quoted as saying, but gave no further details.

20.   To finance the rapid expansion, the group raised funds by floating corporate bonds and taking out short- and long-term loans from financial institutions.