1.   He cultivated members of the aristocracy and sprinkled them among his company boards to impress potential investors.

2.   Associates of Chung have said he used his political access to impress investors from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

3.   Besides merchandising skills, recruiters predicted that the new chief executive would have to have some financial expertise to impress investors.

4.   But its sprawling interests failed to impress investors.

5.   But the move failed to impress investors.

6.   But the results apparently did not impress investors, who drove down International Business Machines Corp. shares sharply in early trading.

7.   But their resumes may impress potential investors.

8.   But while the quarter-point rate cut may help many borrowers, it failed to impress stock investors.

9.   Ciena, in particular, impressed investors last week by raising its sales estimates.

10.   Connecticut stocks rose for a fifth day, as EIS International Inc. continued to impress investors with its prospects for growth.