21.   A string of junk-rated companies are planning to sell debt this week, including Stuart Entertainment Inc. and U.S.

22.   A string of lower-rated companies may sell debt next week, including Intertek Finance Plc and Blue Chip Casino Inc.

23.   A string of other junk-rated companies plan to sell debt in coming days, including Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. and Cable Plus.

24.   A string of junk-rated companies are planning to sell debt this week, including Stuart Entertainment Inc., Abraxas Petroleum Corp. and Blue Chip Casino Inc.

25.   Also, a string of junk-rated companies plan to sell debt this week, including Stuart Entertainment Inc., Abraxas Petroleum Corp. and Parker Drilling Co.

26.   Can Corp. and Freedom Chemical Co., are slated to sell debt soon.

27.   Central bank debt is sold every Tuesday and Thursday, except for the first and last Thursday of every month.

28.   California is expected to sell the securities only until interest rates decline, when it would sell longer-term debt to lock in lower rates, traders said.

29.   Checkers earlier sold the debt to a consortium of lenders led by DDJ Capital Management LLC of Wellesley, Massachusetts.

30.   Companies and municipalities are rushing to take advantage of borrowing rates near two-decade lows by selling new debt and refinancing older securities at lower interest rates.