21.   Only if earnings improve will Canadians feel more secure about their jobs and begin spending again.

22.   Raman said he is confident that chemical earnings will improve next year.

23.   Retailers including Dayton Hudson Corp., Home Depot Inc. and Costco Cos. are another group where earnings are improving, Stives said.

24.   Shares of the radio station owner rose on investor optimism that radio station stocks earnings will improve in the wake of telecommunication deregulation.

25.   Stocks were boosted by industrial production figures for March, which came in higher than expected, and increased investor confidence that company earnings are improving.

26.   Stock market investors are more interested in when corporate earnings will improve so they can look forward to rising share prices.

27.   Stocks dropped sharply Friday as investors reacted to an array of bad news from technology companies that indicated corporate earnings will not improve anytime soon.

28.   That boost will mean a lot to shareholders who only recently have begun to see earnings improve.

29.   Tea earnings also improved, Gordijn said.

30.   The earnings are improving as Chairman Sumner Redstone disposes of its slow-growing cable-TV, radio and interactive units and revamps its Blockbuster retail unit.