81.   The sweetener is that the brokerage company will then be allowed to set up a branch or branches depending on the amount committed.

82.   He said the agreement, signed early this year, also provided for the establishment of joint brokerage companies, the first in the Arab world.

83.   Commerzbank said Friday that it had pulled out of talks to buy the British brokerage company Smith New Court.

84.   Its financial subsidiary, GE Capital, rescinded its offer Thursday to purchase Kemper Corp, an insurance and brokerage company.

85.   The CSRC will continue to inspect all futures brokerage companies and exchange members, closing down those that fail to come up to standard, Zhou said.