1.   An uncertain planting outlook helped boost deferred contracts.

2.   A growing number of companies have stopped issuing forecasts of future earnings, blaming the uncertain outlook for the American economy.

3.   Burger is one of several players with uncertain outlooks.

4.   But investment in China, with its uncertain political outlook and its frequent flouting of American intellectual-property rights, has slowed.

5.   Clorox is seeking to increase its relatively tiny international presence, but with the economic outlook uncertain in much of the world, that effort carries its own risks.

6.   Colombian stocks were little changed, with investors reluctant to take positions amid amid an uncertain economic outlook.

7.   Delta spokesman Bill Berry said the flights are selling well but added the carrier has no plans to add more in light of the uncertain economic outlook.

8.   Early reports suggest an uncertain outlook for fall sales.

9.   Even so, Greenspan said recent turbulence in the markets is understandable given the uncertain outlook for the economy.

10.   For the time being, the idea has been rejected as too risky, given the uncertain outlook of pending class-action suits against tobacco companies including RJR.