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Cos. Inc. has sold another 330,000 shares of Mechanical Technology Inc.
The Albany, N.Y., investment firm,
which three years ago owned 38 percent of MTI, a manufacturer of precision
instruments and developer of micro fuel cells, has been shedding the stock
to reduce the drag on First Albany's earnings. The most recent sales leave
it with about 1.6 million shares of MTI (NASDAQ: MKTY), or about 5.1 percent
of the stock outstanding, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission.
The stock sales grossed First Albany
(NASDAQ: FACT) about $987,000.

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