51.   One firm applies its lowest commissions only to stock purchases, not to sales.

52.   One such exemption is if the shares were bought under certain types of employee stock purchase plans.

53.   Patriotic stock purchases aside, small investors putting more money in the stock market now tend not to be able to handle a lot of risk.

54.   Securities lawyers say the stock purchases by directors may not violate regulations against insider trading because they came well after an offer was made and rejected.

55.   Security Capital is in the process of completing a similar type of stock purchase of another real estate company, office property owner Carr Realty Corp. of Washington.

56.   Since last year, Japanese securities companies have asked banks to combine two systems so customers can pay for stock purchases at bank teller machines.

57.   So companies began to make loans for stock purchases.

58.   Soon after his large stock purchase, he met with Smith, the chairman, and John L. Cutter, the president and chief executive.

59.   Still, Wall Street has been quicker with praise than with stock purchases.

60.   Stock purchases also give executives some tax advantages.