31. Its stock value fell, along with its earnings. 32. Large U.S. corporations benefiting from their labor have enjoyed a highly profitable escalation in stock values. 33. Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday that the defendants had taken advantage of the regulation to fraudulently inflate the stock value of several small companies. 34. Many have made huge paper profits from the tremendous gain in stock values over the past few years. 35. MCI WorldCom might easily trump the newest BellSouth bid, pushing the price past the point where BellSouth stock value can go. 36. Lower stock values could mean trouble for cash-strapped start-ups. 37. Meanwhile, rising stock values continue to jack up prices in relation to expected corporate profits. 38. Meanwhile, the rise in Internet stock values creates nothing but headaches for traditional retailers competing with companies like Amazon and for big media companies competing with Yahoo. 39. Most of the increase resulted from higher stock values, according to the report. 40. National Semiconductor and other players have watched profits slide and stock values flounder under a slowing personal computer market. |