51. Some analysts are forecasting a contraction for the second quarter. 52. Some analysts are forecasting an economic contraction for the second quarter. 53. Some analysts are forecasting more. 54. Some analysts forecast this expense will involve a bigger hit to earnings than many managements anticipate, which will hurt the stock price. 55. Some analysts have been forecasting small earnings increases for Carulla because of what they say is a low rate of investment this year. 56. Technology stocks, especially semiconductor issues like Intel and Texas Instruments, sank after a Merrill Lynch analyst forecast weaker demand and downgraded several companies in the sector. 57. That was two-thirds the full-year profit forecast by analysts. 58. The Atlanta airline issued the loss estimate, which is slightly larger than analysts had been forecasting, on Friday. 59. The Framingham, Mass. company, which makes software and hardware components for communications equipment suppliers, reported profits more than twice as high as analysts had forecast. 60. The increase suggested that the recession will be more severe than many analysts had forecast. |