21.   Robertson and other San Francisco investment banks always have tried to impress their well-heeled clientele by luring high-profile speakers such as Bill Gates to investment conferences.

22.   Scotts was making a presentation at an investment conference in Cleveland sponsored by McDonald, and focused on midwestern companies.

23.   Stronger quarterly earnings reports, visibility at investment conferences and rosy profit forecasts have helped some of the companies.

24.   The company is expected to make positive comments about its growth at an investment conference next week, an analyst said.

25.   The company recently leased several of its unused planes to other carriers, ValuJet CFO Nevin said at a recent investment conference.

26.   The partners had their first vacation together last year when they took their families to Phoenix a week before the start of a Morgan Stanley investment conference.

27.   Tyson spoke with The San Francisco Examiner on Monday before giving the keynote luncheon address to the Montgomery Securities investment conference at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco hotel.

28.   Unlike most investment conferences, which give speakers little more than a time slot, this one provided extensive hand-holding.

29.   Welcome to the world of investment conferences.

30.   Package includes comment from Kim Dae Jung and other ministers attending an investment conference.