1.   Internet stock offerings are taking anxious investors on a roller coaster of ups and downs, and Yahoo!

2.   Most technology companies put their stock offerings on hold, hoping for a more hospitable climate, but not TriTeal.

3.   They are adept at arranging huge loans, underwriting stock offerings and putting together multinational mergers.

4.   Although each stock offering is different, there are certain traditions and rituals.

5.   Although the market for high-technology stocks has softened slightly recently, the industry has still driven the market for stock offerings this year.

6.   American Skiing, for instance, funded purchases of its New England resorts through bonds, while the owners of Vail are preparing a public stock offering.

7.   Analysts said Yahoo also probably is headed for an initial public stock offering.

8.   And any money raised from a stock offering, officials say, will be mostly used for acquisitions and other strategic alliances.

9.   Analysts say the disputes do not pose much of a threat to the stock offering, since the paging partnerships lie outside the publicly listed company.

10.   Analysts say GM wants to make the parts-maker as profitable as possible before an initial public stock offering for Delphi sometime after this year.