11.   Analysts attributed the decline to the new share sale, which will tend to dilute the value of the existing shares.

12.   Analysts attributed the drop to concerns that First Financial was facing competitive pressure from First Data in the merchant credit card processing business.

13.   Analysts attributed the gain respresented a slight rebound from a depressed pace in October.

14.   Analysts attributed the gains at discounters and specialty chains to efforts by those companies to focus on a core customer group or product category.

15.   Analysts attributed the late rebound to news that the Pentagon had ordered fighters and bombers to the Persian Gulf region in apparent preparation for retaliation against terrorists.

16.   Analysts attributed the loss to a shift among consumers away from superpremium ice cream in favor of brands with lower fat.

17.   Analysts attributed the price gain to the fact that homes are being sold across all prices, especially high-end properties.

18.   Analysts attributed the rebound to improved weather.

19.   Analysts attributed the results to falling prices for chips, delays in new products and supply constraints caused by the earthquake in Taiwan last month.

20.   Analysts attributed the slide that followed to a secondary stock offering last May and modestly disappointing second-quarter earnings.