51.   While personal computers were a bright spot, their narrow profit margins failed to bolster earnings.

52.   Would Paramount be tempted to sell it to CBS instead, to help bolster the earnings of a Viacom corporate sibling?

53.   Copeland also believes companies should not buy currency futures contracts in an attempt to bolster earnings.

54.   Earnings were bolstered by continued growth in Free Standing Inserts and the addition of Heritage Media.

55.   The strength of the U.S. dollar, which bolsters earnings at Japanese exporting companies, was also underpinning stock prices, traders said.

56.   While most analysts praised PLDT as a valuable long-term asset, the company is unlikely to bolster earnings at First Pacific in the near-term.