51.   Despite the slump, Great Universal Stores, which controls Burberry, said in May that it planned an initial stock offering by mid-July.

52.   Dozens of Vista units had gone unsold in the initial offering.

53.   Earlier this week, North Coast filed with the SEC for an initial offering of units containing stock and a warrant.

54.   Earlier that year an initial public stock offering had made it one of the smallest trucking companies ever to go public.

55.   Dyax planned to go public last year but postponed its initial stock offering as market conditions wavered.

56.   Esaote Biomedica SpA, an Italian medical-equipment maker, said its top financial shareholders are reducing their stakes through a June initial stock offering.

57.   Earlier this month, just as I-Village was preparing for an initial public stock offering, Levitan quietly departed.

58.   Even investors who are bullish on KPMG Consulting long term should steer clear of the initial offering, Bronson advised.

59.   Executives close to the companies said they were working to reach a deal by the end of this week so they could proceed with the initial offering.

60.   Enel officials said the two companies may decide in the next few years to sell part of the new power company to investors in an initial public stock offering.