1.   In securities filings, the firm says going public will help it expand its products, recruit top money managers and perhaps lead to acquisitions.

2.   Lay has also been selling shares of other stocks he owns, according to securities filings with regulators.

3.   Marcus said the company could make only limited comments because the securities filings were still being reviewed by the SEC.

4.   New securities filings indicate that Wall Street has continued to back away from Ford stock and return to General Motors.

5.   The refund loan business, Block has said in securities filings and court papers, is aimed at low-income people.

6.   The securities filings list his domestic stock holdings as of two months ago, and Vinik has been a frenetic trader who moves in and out of positions quickly.