11.   As recently as two years ago, a small German company like Kinowelt Medien AG had almost no hope of selling stock to outside investors.

12.   As shares decline, investors shed their margin positions and cover losses, often by selling stocks in their account.

13.   Banks have had a difficult time selling stock and bond funds to their customers, who prefer very conservative financial instruments.

14.   A run of redemptions of mutual fund shares could force fund managers to raise money by selling stocks from their portfolios.

15.   A spokesman for First USA said selling stock directly to shareholders has helped the company broaden its shareholder base a bit beyond institutional investors.

16.   According to the SEC complaint, brokers routinely used high-pressure sales practices, and earned substantially higher commissions for selling stocks in which Olde made a market.

17.   Brokers who specialize in selling stock to individual investors are a vanishing breed, Field writes.

18.   Both Winnick and Anschutz have arranged to take out big profits by selling stock in their own companies at prices that prevailed before they got into this bidding war.

19.   But he did not become truly wealthy until Keycorp came along with an offer that persuaded Champion to drop the idea of selling stock to the public.

20.   But federal ethics rules require presidential appointees to go even further than selling stock in their previous employers, as Card did.