11.   Investors have been acting on the brighter forecasts by bidding up stock prices in a number of industries, as earnings outlooks improve along with the economy.

12.   Paper stocks, which saw earnings fall in recent quarters from year-earlier levels, gained on expectations that the profit outlook is improving.

13.   Science has been slow to come up with better safety measures, but the outlook is improving.

14.   Strong gales thwarted efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on Monday, and forecasters were not optimistic the outlook would improve for another attempt today.

15.   That could make it prohibitively expensive for South Korea to sell bonds until its economic outlook improves further.

16.   The Atlanta Federal Reserve index, a survey of regional business activity, was weak, even though the six-month outlook has improved.

17.   The inflation and unemployment outlooks have also improved.

18.   The Labor Ministry said there are signs the outlook is improving.

19.   The outlook improves Saturday night.

20.   The outlook could improve for eastern crops.