81.   Cellomics filed for a public stock offering in March, but the IPO has neither been priced nor withdrawn, leaving the company in one long quiet period.

82.   Cisco officials said they pursued ArrowPoint earlier this year but held off making an offer once the small firm began preparing for its public stock offering.

83.   Clark and others suggested that the threat of higher interest rates and a spate of new and secondary stock offerings would most likely constrain market indexes for some time.

84.   CMP Media recently filed for an initial stock offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

85.   Chen said he has thought about trying to raise capital for more aggressive expansion through a public stock offering, but he has no current plans to do so.

86.   Chief Financial Officer Patricia Cole said that the company is considering a public stock offering.

87.   Companies have also given Wall Street a number of secondary stock offerings, like those for J.I. Case and H.J. Heinz.

88.   Companies that have filed for a public stock offering must publish all information material to their business in public documents.

89.   Companies turn to such private investors as alternatives to public stock offerings.

90.   Company officials said no details were available until shareholders approved the stock offering.