41.   In the broader market, U.S. stocks suffered their biggest decline in almost two weeks on concern that financial weakness in Japan will mean lower profits for U.S. companies.

42.   Investors figured that fewer workers means lower costs, which, in turn, means higher profits.

43.   Investors continued to bet that the growing popularity of the Internet would mean higher profits for suppliers of network chips such as Music.

44.   It also means lower profits when overseas revenues are converted into yen.

45.   It also means more profits when sales are converted into francs or deutsche marks.

46.   It also meant hefty profits for them.

47.   Investors today acted on the belief that more working people means higher profits for U.S. corporations.

48.   It is too early to tell whether the need to assign additional service representatives will mean lower profits there, she said.

49.   Lower demand in the U.S. could mean lower profits for these Japanese companies.

50.   Lower rates mean higher profits for banks partly because they increase loan demand while lowering borrowing costs.