61.   In January, the company said it expects net profit to rise this year after a slump last year.

62.   In May, NTT said profit rose to a six-year high for the business year ended in March.

63.   In such a situation, corporate profits rise but inflation remains tame.

64.   Instead, the bank is putting its money into expanding in emerging markets, where profits are rising in double digits.

65.   In the process, profit rose with some consistency.

66.   Investors figure that a growing economy, with no real inflationary pressure, means the expansion can continue and that profits can rise.

67.   Investors often buy the shares of producers on the expectation corporate profits will eventually rise, rather than for the metal itself.

68.   It expects profits to rise modestly next year.

69.   Investors and analysts may be a signal that paper industry profits will rise soon after declining for three quarters.

70.   Investors bid up shares of securities houses on expectations their profits will rise in tandem with commissions rates, which increase as volume and market prices climb.