11.   ATLANTA - Investors were confronted with mixed signals about the profit outlook on Wednesday and chose to go with the optimists.

12.   Beijing is sending mixed signals about possible policy changes for foreign companies.

13.   Black has sent mixed signals about newspapers.

14.   Blame it on mixed signals and unrealistic expectations.

15.   Bonds fell, dragging stocks lower, after government reports gave mixed signals on whether the economy might be growing fast enough to accelerate inflation.

16.   Bonds have been buffeted by recent reports giving mixed signals as to the strength of the economy.

17.   A report today on the strength of U.S. manufacturing activity sent mixed signals on the direction of interest rates.

18.   Abby Joseph Cohen, a perennial Wall Street bull, also weighed in Tuesday with mixed signals about the future of the economy.

19.   Administration officials sent mixed signals about whether such a meeting might be arranged.

20.   All manner of mixed signals filtered down to the impressionable interns.