1.   A closely watched price index fell below a critical level, setting off computer programs to sell huge blocks of shares.

2.   A profitable side business for phone companies is selling sequential blocks of similar numbers to large businesses, she said.

3.   A market maker maintains firm bid and offer prices in a given security by standing ready to buy or sell blocks of shares at publicly quoted prices.

4.   But for traders who have to buy or sell huge blocks of stock, it sounds neat.

5.   Cavallo then sold large blocks of the economy to private investors, who managed to boost output even as they laid off employees from bloated government enterprises.

6.   For institutional investors, who must sometimes buy or sell huge blocks of stock, an illegal tactic known as front-running is a constant fear.

7.   Investors often buy or sell large blocks of shares as they close out complicated equity derivative strategies before the expiration.

8.   It took only several days to sell the block.

9.   Large blocks were sold by OCBC Securities, HSBC James Capel, and Asia Equity, brokers whose clients are primarily foreigners.

10.   Levine sold a block of his shares to spare the company the expenses of a secondary offering, he said.