31.   A new corporate home, Lindstrom-Foster believed, could boost company profits and improve the quality of life for herself and her workers.

32.   A rate cut would lower corporate borrowing costs and boost company profits at a time when they are slowing.

33.   A strong dollar increases the value of company profits made abroad when earnings are brought home and translated into domestic currencies.

34.   A serious and prolonged market slump, were it to occur, could devastate fund company profits and batter their already beaten-down shares.

35.   A weak currency hurts company profits and makes imports more expensive.

36.   A weaker currency makes Mexican stocks less valuable in dollar terms and can force inflation and interest rates higher, which can hurt company profits.

37.   All this might create the impression that corporate financial reports, the quality of company profits and the standard of auditing in America have suddenly and simultaneously deteriorated.

38.   Brown, who says growth in drug company profits is slowing.

39.   Building materials companies also declined on concerns that company profits will fall below current expectations, traders and analysts said.

40.   But Gerber failed to mention that the ingredient, a modified food starch, boosted company profits, Jacobson said.