51.   International Multifoods said shedding the business, which exported poultry to a distributor in Russia, will reduce earnings.

52.   Investors fear that a stronger dollar could reduce the earnings of large, multinational companies, which gain a portion of their revenues from business activities abroad.

53.   It also reduces company earnings by making it more expensive for Mexican companies to pay for imported raw materials and service dollar-denominated debts.

54.   It also said higher-than-expected new product costs and currency losses reduced earnings in lawn care equipment.

55.   International earnings were reduced by poor results in Brazil and by the costs of expansion in Asian markets such as China and Indonesia.

56.   Investors are concerned that slower sales of firearms and golf-club heads will reduce earnings.

57.   It said higher-than-expected new product costs and currency losses also reduced earnings in lawn care equipment.

58.   Japanese stocks recorded their biggest decline in a month, led by banking and exporter shares, amid concern rising interest rates and a falling dollar will reduce earnings.

59.   Johnson said price competition will be keen but that the company is determined to resist any gimmicks that would reduce earnings.

60.   Last year, efforts by the Italian and German governments to control rising health-care costs reduced earnings for some drug companies.