The private placement reflected the strong following the company has built up overseas as part of its effort to court longterm investors.

The waters were also calm on Wall Street, where 22 of the 23 analysts following the company still recommend it as a buy.

Most big brokerage firms have stopped following the company.

The per- share loss was a penny better than the consensus estimate of the analysts following the company, but revenues were lower than expected.

The three other Wall Street analysts following the company are neutral or negative on its stock.

About a third of the town's population moved out, many of them following the company to Workington.

A few weeks later, he began following the company for his firm and now has an "outperform" rating on it.

The monkeys were most interested in the children, and a little crowd of them swung through the trees, following the company for quite a long way.

Since then, more Wall Street analysts have begun following the company, and many have issued buy recommendations.

Wall Street analysts stopped following the company, and the institutional investors who had believed in it sold their shares.