The total was up 6 percent from the $73.3 billion issued by corporations in the first quarter of last year.

Both corporations had issued huge option packages for their executives.

Strictly speaking, however, it only applies to those issued by corporations.

The amount of debt securities issued by corporations climbed 22.3 percent.

These are constructed from the yields of bonds issued by corporations.

As stock prices rise, for instance, corporations can issue more equity to fund new plants and equipment.

But corporations can easily issue stock or bonds and do not need the long-term credit banks so much anymore.

With interest rates falling, corporations have been issuing new securities in record amounts.

The corporation also issued a document known as the "draft scope" for the environmental impact analysis.

Even so, the corporations issued a formal note of apology to the government forces for the massacre.