51.   The earnings news lifted all four stocks as well as the shares of many of their competitors.

52.   The earnings news, due after the market closed, came out earlier than planned because of a logistical glitch that set off a frenzy of midday trading.

53.   The gulf between the two reactions shows what months of bad corporate earnings news can do to the normally buoyant mood of stock market investors.

54.   The market has been battered for more than two weeks by disappointing earnings news from big-name companies like Motorola Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and United Healthcare Corp.

55.   The next key earnings news comes about a month from now, as companies issue warnings about third-quarter profit.

56.   The next key earnings news will come about a month from now, when companies begin issuing warnings about how third-quarter earnings are faring.

57.   The profits of multinational corporations have already been put under pressure by the downturn in Asia, unnerving investors, and analysts are forecasting more bad earnings news.

58.   The reports stanched disappointment over the flood of poor earnings news from such industry bellwethers as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Motorola Inc.

59.   The reports stanched a flood of disappointing earnings news from such industry bellwethers as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Motorola Inc.

60.   The question is whether the good earnings news can extend gains stocks registered in the past three days.