1.   Fattah, Bray said, proposed the stock purchase with a caveat that the profit-sharing contract would be terminated.

2.   And a good way to do that is through direct stock purchase plans.

3.   An ESOP lets employees fund company stock purchases, in this case to provide them with a portion of their retirement benefits.

4.   And his employer, the fast-growing Enron Corp., kept matching his Enron stock purchases with yet more company stock.

5.   And political violence in Mexico made loans and stock purchases there seem riskier.

6.   At the same time, the eight companies said they have no plans to significantly increase Japanese stock purchases because of the vague outlook for stock prices.

7.   Because of this stock purchase, the total value of my IRA keeps growing instead of declining each year.

8.   Bank of New York also needs approval from federal regulators for the stock purchase.

9.   Barring another takeover attempt, that makes any additional stock purchase proposals by Kerkorian unlikely.

10.   -- The preferred stock would convert to Class A common stock at the time of the stock purchase.