11.   CoreStates Financial Corp. wants to combine its trust, asset management and investment services under one roof in a bid to attract customers and impress investors.

12.   David Goodtree, an analyst at Forrester Research, said investors could be impressed by the cables Optic makes.

13.   If Diamond wanted to impress investors, it could call on many clients to offer references.

14.   Impressing investors may even mean turning away the poorest borrowers microbanks were created to serve.

15.   In recent days, Yeltsin aides have issued a series of upbeat statements to impress anxious investors.

16.   Investors initially were impressed by the life sciences concept, including the innovative biotechnology.

17.   It has failed to impress investors.

18.   It was the Internet business that impressed investors, who saw rapid growth and valued the company on the assumption that it would continue.

19.   News of the asset sale, part of a strategy to maximize shareholder value, did not seem to impress investors Friday.

20.   Others said a statement similar to the April one may fail to impress investors.