Mr. Donovan, 30, is an associate manager of market strategy and analysis at Home Box Office in New York.

She was until recently the manager of retail planning and analysis at J. Crew Inc., the clothing company, in New York.

"We were accurate within 1 percent," said a proudJames C. Leonard, Coors's manager of competitive analysis.

"People are holding off," said Joel Pitcoff, manager of research and analysis at Ford.

She is a manager of financial analysis at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Boston.

Joel Pitcoff, manager of research and analysis for Ford, said higher gasoline prices had not had a discernible effect on customers' choices of vehicles.

"There is no risk here in waiting," said Bruce Steinberg, manager of macroeconomic analysis at Merrill Lynch & Company.

Bruce Steinberg, the manager of macroeconomic analysis at Merrill Lynch, said that the third quarter was showing the "weakest earnings performance in four years."

Mr. Johnson, 32, is the manager of financial analysis, in New York, at Long Distance International.

The bride, 29, is the manager of pension financing and analysis for General Motors in New York.