1.   Soaring health care costs and declining numbers of new members have presented a bleak financial forecast for U.S. religious orders.

2.   The bleak forecast comes from the prominent Wall Street economist, Ed Yardeni, who is chief economist of Deutsche Bank Securities in New York.

3.   The bleak forecast is due to concerns exports will fall if the yen remains where it is.

4.   Why have some bleak forecasts cropped up?

5.   With the salmon forecast so bleak, perhaps there will be more interest in grunion for a change.

6.   In reaction to its bleak sales forecast, Psion Digital has shelved its launch of Bluetooth-enabled products, previously planned for the second half of the year.

7.   Palestinian leaders also issued a bleak forecast.

8.   The bleak forecast for Monday is an opening day washout.

9.   The uncertain start followed two days of selling on a series of disappointing earnings results and bleak forecasts.