11.  In many provincial cities the costs are even higher because the Moscow city government subsidizes Ritual, the main public burial company.

12.  In effect, second rounds became mezzanine rounds because it was so easy to take companies public while Nasdaq was flying high.

13.  In moonshots heard throughout cyberspace, the stocks of two newly public companies soared last week as investors once again rushed to buy up the promise of the Internet.

14.  In some cases, the mergers were struck because a newly public company ran into trouble and needed to sell.

15.  It brought five companies public in May, more than any other investment bank.

16.  It is not nice to have the lights go out in the office, but most public California companies are not parochial operations.

17.  Overture is one of only a handful of profitable public Internet companies.

18.  Santa has resisted taking his company public despite the lure of a hot stock market and sizzling demand for initial public offerings.

19.  Similarly, Laybourne said she had resisted urgings by investment bankers to take the company public when it started up last February.

20.  Son took his company public on the over-the-counter market last summer.