51.   But cutting the quality of evening television is a also sure-fire way to show higher profits, at least for a time.

52.   But he has declined to quit his dual role, insisting that the problems have been righted and that the financial group expects significantly higher profit this year.

53.   But here and there, a handful of companies is posting higher profits, if you ignore all those pesky nonrecurring charges that analysts like to overlook.

54.   But it then bounced back as investors focused on the prospects for higher profits from the growing economy.

55.   But most analysts presume that at least half of that savings will show up as higher profits rather than as lower prices charged to their own customers.

56.   By combining, natural gas firms and nonregulated utilities hope to reap higher profits, broaden their customer base and offer lower-cost power.

57.   By constantly pressuring the company to produce higher profits, Miller argues, Wall Street forces Hasbro to become as cruel and heartless as its competitors.

58.   By making its assumptions more optimistic, the division could report higher profits.

59.   By his reasoning, accelerating productivity drives stock prices higher by feeding expectations of higher profits.

60.   Cable television shares rallied on optimism that a push by companies to modernize their systems and add new services will drive demand and send profits higher.