71.   Closed-end funds trade like stocks on exchanges.

72.   Cognos, with dual headquarters in Ottawa and Burlington, Massachusetts, will also split its stock on a three-for-one basis.

73.   Colombian stocks on Friday were mixed as higher shares in Bavaria SA helped offset worries about U.S. trade sanctions.

74.   Compaq and Dell were among the biggest gainers, rising along with other stocks on enthusiasm of robust holiday sales and improving earnings.

75.   Communications shares led the broader Topix index of all stocks on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

76.   Colombian stocks were little changed, as demand for brewer Bavaria SA offset a decline by cement stocks on weak cement consumption.

77.   Corrections Corp., of America, for example, a Nashville company that manages prisons, was the top-performing stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

78.   Comments from people who are either touting or trashing a stock on the Web for their own financial gain have been investigated repeatedly by the federal government.

79.   Cross said he is required to use registered brokers to buy and sell stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.

80.   CS First Boston analysts Stefano Natella and James Upton today urged investors to boost their allocation to Peruvian stocks on the expectation the economy is poised to pick up.