Analysts assumed China would find its place in that group.

Most analysts assume it is a question of when, not if, 3M's international sales start to founder.

Most analysts assume that percentage has climbed to about 20 or 25 percent since then.

And many analysts assume that it is too small to be a long-term survivor.

For their study, the analysts assumed what they consider more realistic holding periods of 3, 5 and 10 years.

But the company announced yesterday what analysts and investors had assumed for months: 747 production will remain at two a month next year.

It is because of the dividend that most analysts had assumed the package would pass.

Many analysts have assumed that stale prices cause this pattern.

Analysts assume that many of the 10,000 jobs to be eliminated will come from the computer and components divisions.

Most analysts conservatively assume it will be a bust, he said.