31.   The intention of a predator is to buy the shares of the investment trust at a premium to market prices but still at a discount to NAV.

32.   Allan Bortel, a money manager at San Francisco-based hedge fund Inverness Management LLP said he no longer buys shares in these companies.

33.   Also last July, he bought shares of Emerson Electric, the electrical equipment maker.

34.   Also, big companies have helped their earnings per share by buying back shares and slimming down.

35.   Also, AMR may buy back shares to cover options granted to its pilots under a new labor contract.

36.   Also, the tax burden is higher, unless a company buys shares back from the government as Elf did last year, they said.

37.   Also not commenting were two other former EMC executives, Mark Ward and John McCarthy, who both bought shares in StorageNetworks just after Dixon.

38.   Also, big companies have helped their bottom lines by buying back shares and slimming down.

39.   Also, the tax burden is higher, unless a company buys shares back from the government as Elf did last year.

40.   Although Hong Kong is no longer buying shares, it has opened a new front in its campaign against the speculators.