11.   Some traders and analysts said bonds may be declining on speculation a production report out tomorrow could give strong forecasts for the period after the tax increase.

12.   The brokerage declined to give a forecast for the full year through March.

13.   The company gave no forecast for its group full year earnings.

14.   The company gave no forecast for the current fiscal year.

15.   The lawyers, according to critics, then find investors to file suits, which claim executives misled them by giving optimistic forecasts of company performance.

16.   While many research firms gave bad forecasts, he said, it was not intentional.

17.   When Spurrier spoke to reporters near the goal posts, he did not predict a result, but gave a forecast.

18.   He, however, declined to give a forecast of the actual amount, saying that it is too early to predict.

19.   It declined, however, to give a profit forecast for the whole year.

20.   Its vice president for Asia-Pacific Raphael Tan, who gave the forecast, expects businesses to continue investing in technology.