Ameritrust fell 1/2, to 28, as analysts reported rumors that the company's board had met, or would meet, to consider possible bids for the company.

Now it is clear that analysts cannot report to investment bankers.

Under the guidelines, analysts could no longer report to deal makers and their pay could not be "directly" linked to transactions.

Over all, the high-yield market posted its worst quarterly performance since the third quarter of 1987, analysts at Salomon reported.

Some analysts report that by 2014 45% of homes will have at least one 3D capable television.

Some analysts have reported that if the airport had grown at the same speed as demand, it would now serve over 40 million passengers annually.

Nothing was broken on the aircraft," an analyst reported, scanning the data on a computer screen.

But analysts and traders reported few technical problems, none of them major.

Throughout the county, analysts reported stirrings of a recovery, although no one said that the economy had returned to full swing.