11.  At the time, one stock analyst suggested that by making the spinoff so complex, Malone discouraged investors and wound up with more Liberty shares for himself.

12.  Bank stock analysts and traders in distressed securities have speculated about other potential problem loans that could hit Bank of America, First Union and other lenders.

13.  Attorneys pursuing the first federal class-action liability suit against the tobacco industry subpoenaed a wide range of documents from a Wall Street stock analyst.

14.  Because stock analysts issue letter grades or ratings that project the future price movement of the stocks, someone with know-how and a computer can track those predictions.

15.  Big investment banks and brokerage firms have done plenty of complaining about new regulations that are intended to reduce the influence their investment bankers have over their stock analysts.

16.  Beverage industry stock analysts said Coke would have to move quickly to control any public-relations damage stemming from the recall.

17.  Bill Pecoriello, a stock analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, applauded the move to increase profits in the vending-machine business.

18.  Biotech stock analysts point to a string of cases in which the FDA has delayed approvals and sought additional test data in the past year.

19.  A stock analyst said that Henson was just bluffing, hoping that his talk of building a fiber optic network would scare off potential new entrants into long-distance service.

20.  All three companies issued warnings Thursday that third-quarter earnings would fall short of predictions made by stock analysts.