The results were at the high end of reduced estimates by analysts.

Players are seen a lot more, researched by analysts and so have to keep working on their game to improve.

"I had expected to see an avalanche of reduced estimates by analysts."

The stock, unlike the rest, was down right from the start because of some negative comments by analysts.

Estimates by diplomats and military analysts run from 10,000 dead to twice that or more.

Cost estimates by analysts for the overrun range up to € 1.5 billion.

As such, it has been the subject of intense study by military analysts and historians.

Oil issues, which have been the focus of some negative comments by analysts, were lower for the second straight session.

Some early estimates by analysts put the gain at $100 million before taxes.

Last year, called one of the worst in decades by analysts, holiday sales rose 2.2 percent.