1.   All three will report to Gerald Gold, managing director and head of equity research.

2.   As part of the expansion, CS First Boston has added in analysts in technology equity research.

3.   At CS First Boston he will report to Al Jackson, managing director and head of global equity research.

4.   BankAmerica gains the ability to underwrite equity and convertible debt, sell equity research, give advice on mergers and acquisitions, and sell mutual funds.

5.   Before joining Lehman, Dickey was a managing director and head of equity research at Dillon Read.

6.   A smaller group means that more equity research falls on fewer shoulders.

7.   Ali will start at Bear, Stearns the last week of March, said Geoffrey Dennis, head of emerging market equity research at the firm.

8.   Chicken processors have been hammered by rising grain prices and low retail prices, said Jeffrey Noble, head of equity research at Banco Cidade SA.

9.   Feder, Bob Levitt and Craig Oxman, managing directors in investment banking, will head the new group, which includes equity research and investment banking.

10.   Everen Securities Inc. said it named Ed Dunleavy, a former top-ranked analyst at Salomon Brothers Inc., as director of equity research.