31.   A closed-end investment company raises money at an initial offering and then lists its own shares on a stock exchange.

32.   A for-profit BCBS would be able to tap capital through a private placement or initial public stock offering.

33.   A poor market for initial offerings and labor unrest at the trucking concern have weakened demand for the new issue.

34.   A lawyer for Wit declined to comment, because the company has entered the quiet period after the registration of its own initial offering.

35.   A spin-off is when a company decides to sell a division or a business unit by offering a majority stake to the public in an initial offering.

36.   A spate of initial offerings of closed-end municipal bond funds is hitting the markets, and that may spell opportunity for investors hungry for tax-free yields.

37.   A surprisingly strong profit report from Cisco Systems set the tone, analysts said, helping to lift three initial offerings of Internet companies to huge gains.

38.   After its muscular performance on the secondary offering of China Mobile, the firm believes that it deserves an initial offering of its own.

39.   Already, dozens of initial offerings have been canceled or postponed, including one for the AltaVista Internet portal.

40.   All of those firms and their online competitors have been scrapping for bigger pieces of stock offerings, especially initial offerings.