91.   Some chains lowered third-quarter earnings forecasts as a result.

92.   Still, the reported results have exceeded the expectations of Wall Street analysts, the professionals whose quarterly earnings forecasts can influence the tone of the stock market.

93.   Still, weaker-than-expected earnings forecasts for the year ahead weighed on the market.

94.   Still, a slew of weaker-than-expected earnings forecasts for the year ahead weighed on the market.

95.   Stocks at first fell on Wednesday morning after Nortel Networks and Eli Lilly said they would miss their previous earnings forecasts.

96.   Sometimes, they even weigh whether the victims were rising stars or complacent plodders and tilt their earnings forecasts accordingly.

97.   That could be a struggle as investors bid down shares amid concern about the growing numbers of companies that have earnings forecasts.

98.   That has prompted brokerages to downgrade its full-year earnings forecasts.

99.   Texas stocks fell to their lowest level in three weeks as Transocean Offshore Inc. and Nu-Kote Holding Inc. disappointed investors with unexpected gloomy earnings forecasts.

100.   That redirection, coupled with fears of dismal earnings forecasts during the next few weeks, has made some investors cautious.