41.   The jobs report on Friday should encourage bond investors to send prices higher, said James Glassman, chief domestic economist at Chase Securities in New York.

42.   The industry boasts of significant advances to encourage doctors to prescribe their drugs and to encourage investors.

43.   The increasing prospects for a change in the government has encouraged investors out of British securities in recent months, analysts said.

44.   The performance of shares in the other state-owned companies sold recently is unlikely to encourage investors.

45.   The resignation of central bank president Roberto Zahler last Friday encouraged investors to think interest rates may be on their way down.

46.   The results encouraged investors, who expected earnings disappointments because of a slowing economy.

47.   The results met or beat Wall Street expectations, which encouraged investors who were concerned that banks would have trouble continuing to post steady increases.

48.   The results encouraged investors braced for disappointment in a slowing economy.

49.   The Securities and Exchange Commission last year encouraged investors to mail in ideas about how mutual funds should disclose risk to their customers.