1.   Yet a draft prospectus had been published and research analysts had produced fat tomes.

2.   For example, in one case, an employer refused to hire a visually impaired applicant for the position of research analyst.

3.   And it forbids investment bankers to supervise research analysts or clear their reports.

4.   Andrew Engel, senior research analyst at Leuthold, said the stock market ultimately will conform to the discipline of traditional measures.

5.   Anne Fokstuen, a research analyst at HG Asia Ltd., said of Tong, who is unknown to many Hong Kong analysts and investors.

6.   At the time, brokerages rarely hired women as research analysts or brokers.

7.   Betty J. Lyter, a senior research analyst at Montgomery Securities in San Francisco, said a site like Web Review was unlikely to find a paying audience.

8.   Bob Mescal, a research analyst at New Issues newsletter in Deerfield Beach, Fla., was impressed.

9.   Allen Weiner, a research analyst with Dataquest in San Jose, thinks Inbox Direct should help Netscape maintain its dominant position in the browser market.