1.   Reverse splits make a stock appear more expensive and can attract buyers who will not purchase shares that sell for a pittance.

2.   Analyst Wyman is critical of reverse splits.

3.   Datawatch, the business software company, also is preparing for a possible reverse split, as is Renaissance Worldwide, according to SEC filings.

4.   Investors will end up with half the number of shares but with the same total value because the new share price will double to reflect the reverse split.

5.   It can do a reverse split, buy back stock, sell out or shut down.

6.   That strategy has not worked for companies such as PlanetRx.com, which wound up delisted even after its reverse split.

7.   The reverse split is seen as a last-ditch effort.

8.   There has been a reverse split in the meantime.

9.   The reverse split represents the latest in a string of setbacks for Webvan.