1.   INC., a social research firm for Domini.

2.   Weprin Associates, a New York-based research firm.

3.   AltaVista ranked number twelve among Web sites last month, lagging Yahoo, Excite, Lycos and other top destinations, according to the Media Metrix research firm.

4.   And businesses appear ready, according to the Yankee Group, a telecommunications research firm in Boston.

5.   And an analysis of company filings, which were provided by Thomson Financial, a research firm, shows that it is hardly limited to failed companies.

6.   And many seasoned investors, like Lazlo Birinyi, who runs his own research firm in Connecticut, remain bullish.

7.   And most of the people who eat organic say they do so for their health, according to The Hartman Group, a marketing research firm.

8.   And not to even half the women in the United States, according to EDK Associates, a New York-based research firm.

9.   Another analyst, Al Hilwa of the Gartner Group in Stamford, Conn., an information technology research firm, said Informix has to overcome an image problem.

10.   At least one research firm, Yankee Group, says the anthrax scares will cause a spike in consumer and business adoption of e-bill presentment and payment.