11.   Ben Lambert, chairman of Eastdill Realty, who is handling the sale of the Helmsley portfolio, declined comment.

12.   A business colleague offered to handle advertising sales on this highly trafficked site.

13.   A spokesman for BankBoston declined to comment, saying the bank officials who handle sales of credit life insurance were not available for comment.

14.   Broadwater, who handled the sale for Stern, agreed.

15.   Brown would make sense for Bankers Trust because the firm specializes in handling stock sales for small- and medium-sized companies.

16.   Brown would make sense for Bankers Trust because the firm specializes in handling stock sales for small and medium-sized companies.

17.   But Woods, who is an electrical engineer, and his wife, Angela, who handles sales, say the business can weather the increasing competition in cyberspace.

18.   Casa de Bolsa Bancomer SA is handling the sale.

19.   Casa de Bolsa BBV Probursa SA, the brokerage unit of financial group Grupo Financiero BBV-Probursa SA, will handle the sale.

20.   Casa de Bolsa Banorte SA, the securities unit of Grupo Financiero Banorte SA, is handling the sale.