101.   Investors have been pushing the market lower all year on worries about when business will improve.

102.   Investors have been unable to justify buying stocks until companies can say that business is improving.

103.   Investors, while hoping business will improve by the end of the year, are fearful that it will take much longer.

104.   Many were looking to the tech bellwether for indications that business was improving.

105.   Meanwhile, Wall Street has also been grasping for any reason to justify buying, rallying on any indication that business could improve.

106.   Meanwhile, investors are looking to company earnings outlooks as an indicator that business is indeed improving.

107.   Moore said the market is trading higher on indications, such as stronger retail sales, that business is improving.

108.   Moore said the market has risen on indications, such as stronger retail sales, that business is improving.

109.   Most companies, particularly those in the tech sector, have been unable to predict when business will improve.

110.   Most companies, particularly those in the tech sector, are still unable to predict when business will improve.