He received no communication from the editors of the papers that made payouts.

Mr. Cerf said the trust might not make payouts for years.

Brown also pledged to push insurance firms to make payouts.

The commitments required Enron to make huge payouts to investors in the trusts if certain events occurred.

Most directly, some said that venture capitalists on the whole have not made meaningful payouts for years to their limited partners.

Documents seen by this newspaper reveal that the trust has already made payouts to two patients.

This occurs if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players.

Beginning in late 1982, large numbers of private insurers found themselves making payouts on their policies for the first time in years.

In the old tables, when a fund made payouts to shareholders, the change in net asset value would show a loss.

But it also reflects an investor attitude that puts little pressure on companies to make payouts.