41.   Analysts at Robertson Stephens recommended investors buy the stock after it posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings.

42.   And Carr has not been afraid to offer the chance to buy Tellium stock as a sweetener to executives at potential customers.

43.   And do you really want to buy stocks while you wait for those questions to be answered?

44.   And if you did buy stock from the firm, you probably regretted it.

45.   Analysts said investors apparently bought stocks on expectations of better earnings growth and rising share prices ahead.

46.   And even skeptics who were not advising clients to buy the stock, like Charles R. Wolf at UBS Warburg, called the quarter a good one.

47.   And if you are of a mind to buy bank stocks, consider Canadian banks.

48.   And Foliofn, a fledgling company in Vienna, Va., offers a way to buy stocks in bundles that look a lot like mutual funds.

49.   And for the foreign investor the costs, time and paperwork needed to buy Indian stocks are discouraging to all but the long-term investor.

50.   And investors who bought utility stocks for income are still reeling from the impact of higher interest rates and fears of increased competition.