31.   In the national obsession with market statistics, quarterly profits and the won-loss column, government and private experts find themselves trying to measure the largely unmeasurable.

32.   It was the fourth consecutive quarterly profit decline for Caterpillar.

33.   It was the second quarterly profit after a string of losses.

34.   Jobs also stated that Apple would announce its fifth straight quarterly profit when financial data is released next week.

35.   Laidlaw Inc., Sears Canada Inc., Suncor Energy Ltd. and Noranda Forest Inc. release their quarterly profit performance this week.

36.   Last week Bradlees reported a modest quarterly profit.

37.   Lehman nearly doubled quarterly profits from a year ago, when financial markets were in turmoil.

38.   Like Schwab, Merrill recorded its second-biggest quarterly profit, after an extraordinary first quarter.

39.   Monday, the company posted its first quarterly profit in seven years.

40.   Mobil Corp., Conoco and Phillips Petroleum Co. also posted double-digit increases in their quarterly profits.