It was named after Harris' first company, Jupiter Research, to leverage the established brand name of the market research and analysis firm.

"Investment banks are supposed to do a better job at pricing a stock," said Robert V. Green, a telecommunications industry strategist with Briefing.com, a financial analysis firm.

A survey by Money Market Services, an economic analysis firm, showed that an increase in non-farm payrolls of 50,000 workers is expected.

At the conclusion of the 12-month judging cycle (January-December), the scores from the eight judges who saw each production are tabulated by an independent analysis firm.

Analysts at MMS International, an economic analysis firm, said declines in production, new orders and shipments pulled the index down.

Lombard Street Research, an economic analysis firm, says China will have a hard landing in 2012.

Net analysis firms and web watchers have reported that the vast majority of the country's internet has become unreachable.

NelsonHall, the analysis firm, estimates that the recruitment process outsourcing market is worth $7bn (£5bn) a year.

"This is a strong report," Ried Thunberg & Company said in a report the economic analysis firm published yesterday.

Her father retired as a Soviet and East European expert in the Washington office of Wefa, an economic analysis firm.