1.   And many of the same stumbling blocks exist in the securities underwriting business, like spanning the cultural divide between banking and a very different line of work.

2.   And the Blackstone Group, which opposed Whitehall in Cadillac Fairview, continues to give the firm underwriting business.

3.   BankAmerica, the third-largest U.S. bank, already has some bond underwriting business and has long had an interest in getting into the more lucrative stock underwriting.

4.   Banks want to reduce their reliance on income from loans in part by establishing brokerage, mutual fund and securities underwriting businesses.

5.   Chase is on the hunt for Wall Street bankers to build up its U.S. bond trading and underwriting business and create a stock underwriting business from scratch.

6.   Lately, she has donated millions of dollars from her brokerage and securities underwriting business to help other women get their start in business and finance.

7.   The bank divisions compete with investment banks like Merrill Lynch and Solomon Brothers for securities underwriting business.

8.   The bank divisions compete with investment banks such as Merrill Lynch and Solomon Brothers for securities underwriting business.

9.   The company is looking to increase its municipal bond underwriting business and considering a plan to underwrite corporate bonds.

10.   The government said the Merrill Lynchcontract was payback to Ferber for steering lucrative bond underwriting business to it.