11.  Brown senior analyst.

12.  But Marissa Gluck, a senior analyst with Jupiter Research, said the negative responses were unusual.

13.  But Steve Mitra, a senior analyst at Jupiter, said he was skeptical whether New Century would be successful.

14.  But the cost of flash figures to remain high for at least the next two years, said P.J. McNealy, senior analyst with the Gartner research firm.

15.  But the signals are carried by a network of wireless transmission towers and switches, said Joseph Braude, a senior analyst with Pyramid Research.

16.  But they said the reviewers would not generally question a senior analyst on the substance of talks with a government official.

17.  Carol Coale, senior utility analyst at Prudential Securities Research in Houston, said hedge funds continue to call her for information about Enron.

18.  Chipmakers slipped for a second day after Nomura Financial Research Center senior analyst Hideki Wakabayashi lowered his profit forecast for semiconductor makers, citing falling memory prices.

19.  Chipmakers slipped for a second day after Nomura Financial Research Center senior analyst Hideki Wakabayashi lowered his profit forecast for semiconductor makers.

20.  Christine Benz, a senior analyst with Morningstar Inc., which tracks the mutual fund business, makes a similar point.