1.   Other main forms of payment involve the issue of shares or loan stock by the purchaser.

2.   Since then she has expanded her stock by the embryo transfer technique.

3.   Already, Wall Street has almost halted the sale of stock by merchant energy companies.

4.   An equity sale, if agreed, would most likely comprise the issue of new shares by Airtours and the sale of existing stock by shareholders.

5.   And it would impose tough disclosure standards on sales of company stock by executives.

6.   And lower rates boost stocks by making it less expensive for companies to borrow money and invest.

7.   And that in turn helps stocks by making it cheaper for companies to borrow, leaving more for profits and potentially lifting stock prices as well.

8.   And stock by stock, his fund has built handsome returns.

9.   Another factor that has raised eyebrows among some investors is the apparently heavy purchases of Nutrition For Life stock by its own distributors.