Moreover, two independent, experienced financial experts retained by CBS's "60 Minutes" to look into the Jett-Kidder controversy concluded during the show's airing Feb. 19 that Mr. Jett committed no fraud.

Their estimates were well below the $4 billion to $7 billion that experts retained by attorneys for the injured women are expected to propose on Monday.

Ashenden, a paid expert retained by SCA Promotions, told arbitrators the results painted a "compelling picture" that the world's most famous cyclist "used EPO in the '99 Tour."

The independent experts retained by the Select Committee had access not just to the written report prepared by Loral with input from Hughes, but also to the comments of participants about meetings in Beijing.

It said experts retained by the Justice Department had visited the institution and concluded that psychological and medical services there were "seriously deficient."

The not-too-surprising conclusion of the independent expert retained by Moore was that Goldman's analysis overvalued Wallace's stock.

James Ryan and Alan Reich, independent experts retained by The Washington Post, varied in their interpretations of the audio on the phone recordings.

Three other doctors who were not subject to cross-examination were experts retained and paid by the Government.

Mary Beth Whitehead's personality and her approaches to child-rearing were the dominant topics in daylong testimony today from two mental-health experts retained by Baby M's legal guardian.

Medical experts retained by Mr. Xieng at his trial testified that he would be unable to work for at least five years.