They lost about 40 percent of the value of their equity capital since the stock slide began.

If a bank's stock slides, then the Government could increase its stake when it converts its preferred shares, which do not carry voting rights, into common stock.

Hutton, which announced higher quarterly earnings yesterday, saw its stock slide by $6.375, to $16.75.

The bonds recovered after the futures market closed, and the stock slide ended.

Intel was the second most actively traded stock yesterday at 7.4 million shares, but managed to arrest much of its stock slide.

The most immediate impact of the stock slide is that many companies planning to go public have been forced to wait until the storm subsides.

In the English-language Shanghai Daily, news of the stock slide was placed, perhaps somewhat deliberately, on Page 2.

One factor that investors and economists found reassuring during this week's stock slide was that the economy still appeared to be on steady footing.

As its stock slides, AOL would prefer to hold on to its cash.

Shareholders of Blockbuster, which Viacom agreed to buy to help cover that debt, aren't too happy with Viacom's stock slide.