1.   This enables investors to compare the performance and characteristic data of the security under scrutiny with that of the industry to which it belongs.

2.   Bonds with longer maturities, furthermore, make it easier for investors to compare Swedish bonds to global benchmarks, such as German bonds and U.S. bonds.

3.   For years, investors compared Schlumberger Ltd. with International Business Machines Corp. -- and not as a complement, either.

4.   How can investors compare apples with oranges with a blend of both?

5.   Investors often compare Brazil and Asian countries because of similar economic woes such as widening current account gaps and budget deficits.

6.   Investors should compare items in the balance sheet, which records assets and liabilities, with the profit and loss account.

7.   Investors should compare Hunter Group to Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. and Sapient Corp., firms that provide highly profitable enterprise-software services, Katri added.

8.   Slower earnings growth will be less of a problem, too, since investors will compare any increase with the decline in bond yields.

9.   The company switched last October to a new accounting method that essentially made it impossible for investors to compare its previous financial results with current results.

10.   The group hopes that most countries will adopt the international rules so that investors can easily compare companies around the world.