41.   Gains by major exporters offset losses by banks amid concern about cuts in earnings forecasts and expanding bad loans.

42.   Gains by major exporters offset losses by banks amid concern about cuts in earnings forecasts and mounting bad loans.

43.   Harry Philips, an analyst with Panmure Gordon, said the higher-than-expected charges and trading statement would prompt brokers to downgrade earnings forecasts.

44.   He said BankWest will be talking to money managers and analysts next week, which might result in some analysts upgrading their earnings forecasts.

45.   However, cash flow comes from earnings and we can get useful information from the earnings forecasts.

46.   Hotel stocks were banged up after analysts suddenly slashed earnings forecasts earlier this month.

47.   In addition, analysts at Goldman Sachs lowered their earnings forecasts for German and French banks.

48.   In addition, more corporate earnings disappointments are expected, and Wien said he believed that analysts had yet to reduce earnings forecasts enough to take account of that.

49.   In a quirk unique to the steel industry, the four companies maintained their tradition of not announcing earnings forecasts in the earnings report.

50.   In the aggregate, financial analysts alter their quarterly corporate earnings forecasts ... shall we say, frequently?