11.   Discounters will beat sales forecasts, buoyed by the variety of products they sell, from pens and notepaper to clothes and other products, analysts said.

12.   First Union and Wachovia also beat Wall Street forecasts, though by narrower margins than Morgan.

13.   In one more optimistic sign for computer-related shares, Microsoft Corp. reported earnings that beat forecasts after the market closed.

14.   In another optimistic sign for computer-related shares, Microsoft Corp. reported earnings that beat forecasts after the market closed.

15.   Its first-quarter profit beat forecasts.

16.   Last week, Intel Corp., the dominant manufacturer of microprocessors, also beat forecasts for its earnings and its shares fell.

17.   Monsanto Co. and Xerox Corp. shares fell after the companies beat earnings forecasts.

18.   North Carolina-based First Union and Wachovia also beat Wall Street forecasts, though by narrower margins than Morgan.

19.   Not all companies that met or beat forecasts gained.

20.   Not all companies are beating Wall Street forecasts.