31.   BankBoston managed the bond sale.

32.   Banks such as Daehan, and the other five banks taking part in that bond sale, may have to wait.

33.   BB Securities is active in securities trading and in managing bond sales for Brazilian companies abroad.

34.   Banco Wiese is leading the Backus bond sale.

35.   BankBoston Corp. is the lead underwriter for the bond sale.

36.   Bemvinda declined to specify which social programs would get the proceeds of the bond sale.

37.   BJ Services Co., a junk-rated oil and gas equipment maker, is also planning a bond sale.

38.   Bonds sales in the U.S. influence the Canadian market and because investors gauge demand at sales as an indicator of sentiment toward fixed-income securities.

39.   Boyd Gaming Co. and Shop-Vac Corp. lead a handful of lower-rate companies preparing to go ahead with planned bond sales.

40.   Bogaty said Mobil is using interest-rate swaps and bond sales in Europe to control the overall risk of interest rates on its business.