1.   Last week, Reed Elsevier announced it will defer the sale of its consumer book business, because it did not receive high enough offers.

2.   Like it or not, deferred sales charges on funds are here to stay.

3.   Manufacturers and research firms can defer the sales and use taxes on research and development expenditures in selected high technology activities, including those of interest to Boeing.

4.   Reed Elsevier Plc said it will defer the sale of its consumer books business because offers received from other companies for the business were not sufficiently high.

5.   The Clinton administration deferred the sale of four Aegis destroyers to Taiwan that were intended to counter the Chinese build-up of ballistic missiles.

6.   The sale was deferred, however, as the city pursued its appeals.

7.   Traders said gold prices rose amid speculation mining companies are deferring sales of their future gold production until later in the year.

8.   Administration officials said aides to Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell favor deferring the sale of Aegis-equipped destroyers.

9.   Along with the Aegis, the administration deferred sales of Apache helicopters and tanks requested by Taiwan.

10.   Along with the Aegis, the U.S. deferred sales of Apache helicopters and tanks requested by Taiwan.