It began with an initial stock of 3,400 volumes of books and periodicals.

And it staged one of the hottest initial public stock offerings in the biotechnology industry this year.

An initial stock of tea was purchased and the business begun, delivering direct to customers' homes.

With reports of long queues across the country, it is not yet clear how long Apple's initial stocks will last.

However the initial rolling stock required modifications before the first passengers were carried on August 24 of that year.

Thus, it has been concluded that the initial domestic stock came from China.

This initial stock enabled him to set up shop quickly.

To get the program going, Waldbaum's and some of its vendors donated the initial stock.

The initial rolling stock were 77 carriages intended to form 11 seven carriage trains.

Worse, however, is the situation regarding the back catalogue: once initial stock are exhausted the titles frequently disappear for ever.