11.   Faring best were companies whose profits can benefit most from quicker growth.

12.   Financial shares continued to rise on expectations their profits will benefit from the most from a rate cut.

13.   It they rose because of a global economic recovery, corporate profits would also benefit, and the net effect might be a wash, he said.

14.   Peruvian stocks rose with telephone shares leading, as investors bet company profits would benefit from economic recovery.

15.   Stocks rose earlier after a mixed bag of economic reports failed to dent optimism that corporate profits will benefit from a slow-growth, low-inflation economy.

16.   The stock rally was paced by manufacturers and banks, companies whose profits benefit most from lower interest rates.

17.   U.S. stocks rose as a mixed bag of economic reports failed to dent optimism that corporate profits will benefit from a slow-growth, low-inflation economy.

18.   U.S. stocks rose as a surprisingly strong economic report failed to dent optimism that corporate profits will benefit from a slow-growth, low-inflation economy.

19.   U.S. stocks rose after a report on consumer prices sparked optimism that corporate profits will benefit as interest rates decline.

20.   Profits also benefitted from lower interest rates and foreign exchange gains.