1.   Amazon.com said its second-quarter loss widened because of increased spending to promote and expand its Web site, but its results matched expectations.

2.   Analysts attributed the slide to a bad day for biotechnology stocks and the fact that the study results matched the expectations generated by the earlier findings.

3.   Hillel Stavis, the president of WordsWorth, said our results match what he has found.

4.   Now, the results match the poise.

5.   Pay is poor for birders and the results match the reward.

6.   Per-share results matched the average estimate from eight analysts surveyed by First Call Corp.

7.   Per-share results matched the average estimate of five analysts in a First Call survey.

8.   Per-share results matched the average estimate of six analysts polled by IBES International Inc.

9.   Per-share results matched the average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.

10.   Profit gains at Travelers, the first major insurer to report second-quarter earnings, are expected to be matched by results of other insurers, Zuckerman said.