41.   Most market analysts would not forecast a strong bull market to continue if inflation was indeed a major concern of investors.

42.   Now analysts are forecasting a modest improvement in some of the economic trouble spots of the world, but they warn that unpredictable forces could arise.

43.   Pepsi and Whirlpool apart, a host of smaller companies either warned that earnings will be lower than analysts had forecast, or released unexpectedly weak profit reports.

44.   Salomon Brothers analyst Chip Dillon forecast a decline in shares of cardboard boxing company Temple-Inland Inc, based in Texas, due to overabundant warehouse inventories.

45.   Several analysts have forecast the copper market will move into surplus in the second half of the year as new supply comes onstream, resulting in lower prices.

46.   Shareholders from both companies must vote on the takeover again, around November, and some analysts forecast a close vote.

47.   Shares of truckmakers have risen as well, as analysts forecast higher demand.

48.   Some analysts forecast a profit this year.

49.   Some analysts had forecast a figure in double digits.

50.   Some analysts have forecast a recession next year as the impact of foreign distress intensifies.