41.   The reduced earnings are expected in part because industry sales are expected to fall sharply this year.

42.   Wall Street expects earnings for HFS Inc., whose franchises include the Days Inn and Howard Johnson hotel brands, to rise on a whirlwind of recent acquisitions.

43.   While the results for the division were worse than some analysts had expected, the company expects earnings to improve.

44.   But the market was mixed where high-tech earnings were imminently expected.

45.   Export earnings are also expected from applications of information technology on banking, manufacturing, insurance, education, medicine, entertainment and law.

46.   Its earnings were expected later Wednesday.

47.   Most companies that expect lower earnings warned investors in September, resulting in a generally down month for the markets.

48.   The market was mixed where high-tech earnings were imminently expected.

49.   Analysts had been expecting earnings of one cent per share.

50.   Despite the strong showing, financial officer Michael Brown warned that slower earnings were expected in the quarter beginning this July.