Several energy companies have alerted investors that for the time being at least, their feast of riches is over.

Many funds, fearing a further exodus, won't alert investors.

Egan-Jones makes a practice of alerting investors to corporate credit problems well before they are acknowledged by management.

The company had alerted investors last month that the news would be good.

The news conference was designed in part to draw attention to these schemes, in hopes that publicity would alert potential investors before they are approached.

With alarming regularity, executives alerted investors that Coke would not meet its aggressive growth targets for earnings and volume.

Businesses must alert investors to the extent of such problems by writing off debts or setting up reserves to cover potential write-offs.

Lebenthal and several other securities firms have run radio and newspaper ads alerting investors to January bond calls.

"I think a company of that size and stature should alert investors."

But it alerted investors that medical costs in both its Medicare and Medicaid programs were "higher than expected."