21.   The ministries and Yanagisawa want to hold off discussion of the stock purchase plan until the Parliament holds a special session in the summer.

22.   The new Dial does not have a direct stock purchase plan but shareholders pressed the company on the matter at its annual meeting in May.

23.   The new direct stock purchase plan, which took effect this month, is an enhancement of the dividend reinvestment plan, said Tony Zehnder, GE spokesman.

24.   The purchase plan comes as insurers team up to trim costs and stoke revenue.

25.   The tax opponents are hoping Congress will order the IRS to stick with its current tax treatment of options and purchase plans.

26.   The terms of the transaction, expected to close by the end of June, may change, Hasbro said when it announced the purchase plans.

27.   Though Shell had long maintained it would not expand its property purchase plan, the company did an about-face after ongoing community pressure and meetings with residents.

28.   Today, Doucette said his purchase came as a result of the company adopting a stock purchase incentive plan that was added to his pay package last year.

29.   U.S. officials insist that while some Japanese automakers have shown an interest in entering a new voluntary purchase plan, the Japanese government has interceded to stop such action.

30.   While many large companies have adopted direct stock purchase plans, GE added a one-time fee for the service, giving it a new source of revenue.