31.   Still, operating profit margins for the newspaper are up, executives of the Tribune Co. told analysts recently.

32.   That prospect, he told stock analysts earlier this month, is helping drive electricity prices down now.

33.   That means ACX should be able to sell Britton products to its existing customers and vice versa, Coors told analysts.

34.   The company did not announce its findings until after trading closed, but it had told securities analysts earlier in the day that some announcement was coming.

35.   The company recently told analysts it failed to reach a partnership agreement with an Indonesian telecommunications company, said Wolfgang Demisch, an analyst with BT Alex Brown.

36.   The company told analysts that afternoon it would report bad news after the market closed, and almost immediately the stock began to fall.

37.   The company told analysts it expects consumer demand to soar as computers get cheaper and a major brokerage house urged investors to buy the stock.

38.   The company told analysts it has held discussions about selling its Thermo King business, which would be paired with the media business after the spinoff.

39.   The long-term outlook for branded alkaline batteries such as Duracell remains bullish, Kilts told analysts.

40.   The new company will provide greater shareholder returns through dividends and share repurchases, Tatar told analysts.