21.   Azurix wanted to launch with a splashy deal to boost its initial stock offering.

22.   Back then, some very profitable companies, including the Goldman Sachs Group, shelved their initial offerings while they waited for the market to recover.

23.   Barbara Laurence, president of Global Broadcasting, said the company stumbled into a financial squeeze when its initial public stock offering fell through last month.

24.   Beacon Capital was widely seen as angling for an initial public stock offering by the end of this year, though Leventhal would never say so publicly.

25.   Because of its initial public stock offering planned for this week, Amazon.com was prohibited by federal regulations from appearing to tout its stock.

26.   Because it is a big buyer of initial public stock offerings, Fidelity is often able to have deals tailored to its needs.

27.   Bertelsmann is not obligated to buy the remaining stakes but has expressed interest in doing so before an initial stock offering expected in the next few years.

28.   Blackfamilies.com offers resources and information for black families, and its new shopping site has a small initial offering of dolls, CDs, videos and other products.

29.   Boston and San Francisco may be harder hit than some other cities as venture capital financing deals and initial public stock offerings tail off from recent highs.

30.   Both conditions allowed him to line up an underwriter for the initial offering, which is being viewed as an indicator of investor appetite for asset-management companies.