61.   The firm took the unusual step of contesting those charges.

62.   The firm takes its name from its headquarters location in Ottawa, Canada.

63.   The firm took back Allders contracts after BAA lost the bid to Swissair.

64.   The funds would help Shamrock pay down the loan the investment firm took to buy its Koor stake, Societe Generale said.

65.   The firm already has taken steps in new directions this year, launching its four Horizon funds to do everything from selling stocks short to buying foreign bonds.

66.   To create the bonds, Wall Street securities firms take mortgage passthrough securities -- pools of ordinary mortgages --and slice them up into pieces investors want to buy.

67.   Wall Street firms take a cut whenever a stock trades hands.

68.   Wall Street firms took advantage of a rising stock market and increased mergers and acquisitions to record improved third-quarter profits.

69.   Wall Street firms took advantage of a rising stock market and increased mergers and acquisitions, recording improved second-quarter profits.