41.   Bertelsmann is not obligated to buy the remaining stakes but has expressed interest in doing so before an initial stock offering expected in the next few years.

42.   Before the new stock offering, the reorganization of State Mutual had already caught the eye of some investors.

43.   Boston and San Francisco may be harder hit than some other cities as venture capital financing deals and initial public stock offerings tail off from recent highs.

44.   Both companies later went through with their stock offerings.

45.   A buyer would likely spin off part of Cariplo later in a stock offering, analysts said.

46.   A look at how shifting prospects, one for better and the other for worse, are affecting stock offerings involving two large local companies.

47.   A global stock offering could then take place about a year later, at the earliest, he said.

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

49.   A public stock offering was the answer to two problems at once.

50.   A stock offering of the foods unit of RJR Nabisco was priced.