11.   Investors backed the plan because Yuraszeck planned to use the company as a vehicle to take over power generators across Latin America.

12.   Investors backed ambitious low-orbiting satellite systems and spent billions preparing cities for wireless high-speed Internet access.

13.   Investors backed away from VTEL Corp. in advance of a secondary stock offering.

14.   Last month, Swiss Reinsurance investors backed the creation of a new registered share, and Zurich Insurance shareholders did the same last June.

15.   No wonder investors are backing companies that look like they are growing fast, rather than those that are making a profit.

16.   Not that individual investors backed off.

17.   Other nagging problems, Johnson added, are that foreign investors are backing away from the American market because rates are becoming more attractive elsewhere.

18.   Purcell said other investors are backing him in the deal, but he did not name them.

19.   The ICI said investors backed away from stock funds in July when the market suffered one of its worst slumps this decade.

20.   The government was forced to cancel two large privatizations in the power sector this year after investors backed out citing uncertainties in the sector.