31.   As mutuals, the insurance companies cannot issue stock to investors to raise money and they are limited in their ability to borrow.

32.   As recently as two years ago, a small German company like Kinowelt Medien AG had almost no hope of selling stock to outside investors.

33.   As such, they helped propel stocks to prices never seen before.

34.   As for which stocks to place bets on for the turnaround, Eakle recommended computer-related stocks.

35.   As futures rose, arbitrageurs sold futures contracts and bought the underlying basket of stocks to profit on the spread between the two.

36.   Associated passed the SBC stock to shareholders after that transaction.

37.   Bailey, however, said Duboc had mentioned the stock to him because he hoped there was a way Bailey could get the profit and return it to Duboc.

38.   Banks have been selling stock to book gains that cover write-offs of their irretrievable loans.

39.   Biotech is doing its bit to add more stock to the market.

40.   Blackstone probably will continue to acquire other auto-parts makers and could eventually sell stock to the public, analysts said.