1.  Dennis Eckersley issued a bases-loaded walk on a borderline pitch to Tim Raines in a three-run Yankee seventh.

2.  Cuba's transition to a free-market democracy is inevitable, a bipartisan task force of the Council on Foreign Relations declared in a report issued Wednesday.

3.  Cubs general manager Dallas Green issued his troubled pitcher an ultimatum.

4.  CUC will issue 434 million shares.

5.  CUC, which will issue 434 million shares, fell 1 3/8 to 23 5/8.

6.  CUC, which will issue 434 million shares, fell 7/8 to 24 1/8.

7.  DeLay issued a statement Thursday saying that it was 26 Democratic defections, not his lobbying, that defeated the measure on a tie, 213-213.

8.  Dershowitz Friday issued a challenge to the newspaper and to Barnicle to publish the column Barnicle mentioned on the Brudnoy show, which never appeared.

9.  Depending on the amount of stock issued, the cash portion of the purchase will range from $133 million to $205 million.

10.  Desperate to appease employees, many companies will issue even more options.