1.   American Express also sold or spun off many of its businesses, including the Shearson brokerage unit, Lehman Brothers Inc., First Data Corp. and the Boston Co.

2.   American Express sold its Shearson brokerage unit and spun off its Lehman Brothers subsidiary.

3.   Among the groups expected to bid on the pair is the Venezuelan brokerage unit of ING Groep NV.

4.   An arbitration panel of the National Association of Securities Dealers unanimously dismissed claims three former brokers made against NationsSecurities, a brokerage unit of NationsBank Corp.

5.   Anthem has Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Indiana, southern Ohio and Kentucky, as well as the big publicly held insurance brokerage unit, Acordia.

6.   As American Express divests itself of its other brokerage units, it is moving to tie IDS closer to its credit card business.

7.   BBV-Probursa Casa de Bolsa SA, the brokerage unit of financial group Grupo Financiero BBV-Probursa SA, is managing the shares sale.

8.   Berkshire Capital Corp., a New York-based firm, advised Principal on the sale of its brokerage unit.

9.   A possibility is Deryck C. Maughan, head of the brokerage unit.

10.   Brown brokerage unit, based in Baltimore.