71.   Stephen S. Weisglass, the executive managing director of Conifer Securities, a San Francisco investment banking firm, died on Sunday at his home in Miami.

72.   That practice is especially common among investment banking firms, she said.

73.   The Birmingham, Alabama-based insurer hired investment banking firm Morgan Stanley Group Inc. to advise it on exploring a split.

74.   The announcement was made by Rockwood Realty Associates, a New York real estate investment banking firm, which represented the MacArthur Foundation in the sale.

75.   The company recently recruited the Blackstone Group, an investment banking firm, to review its alternatives, including the possible sale of some or all of its assets.

76.   The company announced today it hired two investment banking firms to sell all or part of its businesses.

77.   The company has also been interviewing investment banking firms to help it expand, said Chief Operating Officer Alexander C. Stonkus.

78.   The budget director, Joseph Lhota, plays a principal role in selecting the investment banking firms that earn tens of millions of dollars each year underwriting city bonds.

79.   The department began looking for an investment banking firm to help explore the economic ramifications of a breakup or other structural remedy, an official said.

80.   The forum was also helpful for Steve Woodworth, president and founder of Channel Islands Equities, a private investment banking firm in Oxnard in Ventura County.