11.   Still, he said any company that fails to at least meet the estimates of analysts will be punished by investors.

12.   Sunbeam Corp. warned Wall Street Thursday that because of a decrease in orders from some large retailers it might not meet sales estimates for the first quarter.

13.   The pattern reflects people betting that GE will meet the estimates and then cashing out.

14.   The results, released after the market closed Tuesday, did not meet Wall Street estimates and could lead to a sell-off today.

15.   The recent surge also could make it harder for Boeing to meet earnings estimates in the second quarter, analysts said.

16.   To be sure, analysts said, Advanta could meet earnings estimates because its subprime home-equity loan business is growing more rapidly than expected.

17.   Venezuelan stocks fell amid growing concern that companies will be hard pressed to meet earnings estimates for the year.

18.   When a company does not meet sales estimates, it frequently falls short of profit projections, as well.

19.   About a month later, Maytag warned analysts that its third-quarter earnings would not meet estimates because of slumping sales of its lower-priced goods.

20.   But the results met Wall Street estimates.