1.   Although two other well-known Irish businessmen, Dermot Desmond and Paul Coulter, previously indicated an interest in Eircom, analysts dismissed early reports of a bidding war.

2.   Analysts dismissed it as a Micron-specific problem.

3.   Analysts dismissed reports in late trading of military movements in Iraq as a cause for higher prices.

4.   Analysts dismissed the report as speculation.

5.   Analysts have so far dismissed the rising rates as a temporary phenomenon.

6.   Analysts dismiss political representation for the paramilitaries as unlikely, but position here is often gained and measured in blood spilled.

7.   Analysts dismissed the comparisons between Reckitt and Unilever.

8.   Analysts also dismissed a statement from Odetics Inc. that it had won a patent court ruling against Louisville, Colorado-based StorageTek.

9.   Analysts dismissed the possibility of an all-out bidding contest.

10.   Analysts dismissed the report.