41.   Solid quarterly earnings statements -- or at least better than expected -- from numerous companies also helped stocks.

42.   Solid earnings growth reported by several banking companies, including industry leader Bank Austria, also spurred higher share prices in that sector.

43.   Stocks moved sharply higher Thursday, as technology shares led a broad recovery following solid earnings reports from three bellwether tech companies.

44.   Stocks prices were mixed Wednesday as a solid earnings report from widely-held bellwether Cisco Systems gave a lift to technology stocks.

45.   Tech stocks rose, meanwhile, after widely held bellwether Cisco Systems announced solid quarterly earnings.

46.   The company said that despite the economic downturn, its travel service was expected to post solid earnings.

47.   The losses on the Nasdaq came despite solid earnings reports from bellwether technology companies Microsoft and Intel.

48.   The rage for technology stocks extended to the Dow, where IBM rose sharply throughout the trading day on expectations it would post solid earnings growth.

49.   The rage for technology stocks extended to the Dow, where IBM rose sharply on expectations it will post solid earnings growth.

50.   The solid earnings report helped lift the technology focused Nasdaq into positive territory.