The promise has become a key test of its credibility for financial analysts.

For most analysts, the members of the group are strangers, difficult to evaluate.

The moves will make the industry much easier for analysts and investors to understand.

The better they do their jobs, the easier it is for analysts to analyze.

The complicated nature of the deal made it hard for analysts to judge the transaction's value.

The key issue for analysts was still just how the company would pay down its $10.7 billion in debt.

In any event, it's a tougher environment for young analysts who are trying to get ahead.

The proposed rule is similar to one already in place for analysts who speak to television and cable programs.

Now it has become harder for analysts to distinguish themselves from one another.

"We need to find a new way to pay for analysts and research activity so that they are truly independent," he said.