11.  The NASD, which polices all brokerages, is starting to examine underwriter practices.

12.  This week, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing to examine the practice.

13.  Democrats are creating a voting rights institute to examine voting practices and encourage an overhaul of election laws.

14.  Gloekler said the Education Department will be sending out letters to schools with overrepresentation and examine their practices before recommending corrective measures.

15.  The California Senate will begin hearings next month to examine business practices in the music industry.

16.  The company disclosed last August that both NASD Regulation and the SEC were examining the practices.

17.  The study also examined current practices at the plant, which is now an industrial park.