21.   Fokker is in need of cash after a string of losses depleted its capital base.

22.   Goldman is making the change after its partners decided in January against selling shares of the firm to the public as a way to provide a permanent capital base.

23.   Goldman is making the changes after its partners decided in January against selling shares of the firm to the public as a way to provide a permanent capital base.

24.   It has long held the number two position to Nomura, the biggest brokerages in the world in terms of capital base.

25.   It says Goldman sees the offering as a chance to stabilize its capital base and perhaps to make acquisitions, but leaves the disclosure at that.

26.   Nor is there a way for an insolvent bank to raise money in the markets to bolster its capital base to international standards of adequacy.

27.   Previously, such transactions could only be backed by the much smaller capital base of the local subsidiary.

28.   Some banks have also issued preferred shares to fold into their capital base and almost all of them have been trying to trim their portfolios of bad loans.

29.   Such a plan reflects the rather pessimistic view held by Wells management that banking is such a rapidly shrinking industry that banking companies must reduce their capital bases accordingly.

30.   The bank continued to rebuild its capital base which still trails its competitors.