1.   In any case, the holding has been an unmitigated disaster for anyone who bought it early in its life.

2.   She bought it early and kept it hidden in the back of the closet.

3.   Short covering is where investors who sold borrowed stock expecting the market to fall buy the shares back early to cut their losses when the market rises instead.

4.   Baring Securities in Singapore, a part of the collapsed British bank, is expected to be bought early next week, a company source said Thursday.

5.   Investors who sold too early, or failed to buy early enough, are first cleaning egg off of their faces, then calling their brokers to buy stocks.

6.   Meanwhile, a source said Baring Securities Singapore, a part of the British bank, is expected to be bought early next week.

7.   Meanwhile, a source said Baring Securities Singapore, a part of the collapsed British bank, is expected to be bought early next week.

8.   SINGAPORE -- Baring Securities in Singapore, a part of the collapsed British bank, is expected to be bought early next week, a company source says Thursday.