1.   Analyst David Kramer of RBC Dominion Securities Inc. said in a report to use price weakness as a buy opportunity.

2.   Company chairman David Murdock said the company would just break even at best for the quarter because of price weaknesses from an oversupply of the fruit.

3.   The recent price weakness represents a buying opportunity, he said.

4.   Higher volumes of output, improvements in productivity and lower exploration expenses helped somewhat to offset this price weakness, the company said.

5.   The current round of price weakness in the United States has its origins in the financial chaos that began more than a year ago in Southeast Asia.

6.   While tin remains in deficit between new mine production and physical consumption, the latest trend is disquieting, given the persistent price weakness in the market.

7.   He said share price weakness was a factor preventing corporate sentiment from improving, in spite of the steady recovery in output.

8.   Analysts said that Russian grumbling about price weakness had persuaded some that supply-side concerns could emerge in the new year.