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1. Rockwell Collins, Inc. today announced it bought back
four million shares, or approximately 2.3 percent of its
outstanding common stock, from UBS AG London Branch
in conjunction with an accelerated share agreement
at an initial cost of $49.10 per share for a total cost of
$196 million.

reciprocation
reimbursement
repurchase
reversion
2. The plaintiffs, shareholders of Tellabs, Inc, filed a
lawsuit against the company, alleging that the chief
executive had made false statements about the company's
business and financial results sufficient to support a
'strong inference' of — the mental state embracing
an intent to deceive, manipulate, or defraud.

certiorari
cui bono
habeas corpus
scienter
3. The Federal Reserve is performing tighter monetary
policy by reserves from the banking system; their
goal is to slow the growth of the money supply, which will
immediately impact short-term interest rates, but not long-
tem rates.

bolstering

draining
flushing
scouring
4. You can now get information about your tax
online — this site allows you to determine if your return
has been received, if your final amount matches the
amount you claimed, and if it has been mailed; simply log
on using your social security number and the amount you
claimed on your 2006 tax return.

rebate
refund
repayment
retirement
5. Stock has a par value of $100 per share, either
preferred or common; stocks are generally issued with a
zero par value, as they are traded in the market; the par
value is not zero only when the stock is purchased directly
from the company.

Full
Round
Set
Unit
6. Vertical charting is a technical analysis tool which
charts the high, low, and close of a given security each
day, in an attempt to spot patterns that might help predict
future price movements.

line

range
share
shift
7. This United States tax form is used for, among other
purposes, reporting payments made to independent
Contractors; the ubiquity of the form has also led to slang
use of the phrase ' ' to refer to the contractors
themselves.

1040
1099
2106
2555
8. shares do not impose a front-end sales charge,
but they may charge higher expenses that investors are
assessed over the lifetime of their investment in a fund;
they also normally impose a contingent deferred sales
charge, which you pay if you sell your shares within a
certain number of years.

B Level
B Rank
Class B
Grade B
9. The term Letter shall mean a letter from the
purchaser of the Property to Secured Party stating that: (i)
the purchaser is aware that the Property has not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and (ii) the
Property is being acquired for the purchaser's own
account and not with a view to the sale or distribution

thereof.

Accordance
Contract
Investment
Security
10. A self employed person can establish a Plan,
and make tax deductible contributions entered on Form
1040, Line 28, and the tax deductible contributions and
any interest or gains thereon are not taxed until withdrawn;
the two types of Plans are defined contribution plans and
defined benefit plans.

Balboa
Colombo
Keogh
Providence