21.   This year, the company is expected to post record earnings, boosted by commission income.

22.   To the extent that Wall Street processed a record number of trades this week, there will be some increase in commission income.

23.   With short-term rates rising, Argentaria is recovering some of the difference, though commission income, which included one-time fees for renegotiating the loans, plunged.

24.   Commission income was up due to contributions from its merchant bank Barings subsidiary as well as Bank Slaski of Poland.

25.   DZ Bank said bad market conditions had lowered commission income and trading profit.

26.   Investment trust business also suffered, also leading to a falloff in commission income, it said.

27.   In merchant banking, Dresdner, which bought British bank Kleinwort Benson last year, hopes for improved commission income.

28.   Officials said gains from active bond trading offset a decline in commission income from dealing in shares and a smaller share of trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

29.   The Citicorp official said about half of the pre-tax profit had come from commission income from dealing in stocks and trading gains.

30.   The dismal performances were traced to declines in commission income due to thin trading volume.