101.   This year, the company is expected to post record earnings, boosted by commission income.

102.   To be sure, a handful of companies posted disappointing earnings.

103.   U.S. stocks rallied for a second day as investors drove up International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp. and other companies expected to keep posting strong earnings.

104.   Until that outcome is secure, investors flocked to companies that tend to post steady earnings.

105.   Until then, most personal-computer software companies, including Microsoft, will post so-so earnings as customers put off purchases until the new programs come out.

106.   Utilities should post strong earnings because the still-sound economy is generating such robust demand that there are power shortages in many areas.

107.   After the closing bell yesterday, Microsoft, eBay and Sun Microsystems all posted quarterly earnings.

108.   Among the stocks investors sold were companies that posted disappointing earnings or indicated that business remains difficult.

109.   Although the company is still posting earnings losses, revenues have swelled over the past year, an increase Celera attributes to new database subscriptions.

110.   And Pepsico has posted earnings that narrowly topped Wall Street expectations.