61.   Traders and analysts expect stocks to be volatile in the week ahead as investors react to quarterly profit reports.

62.   U.S. stocks slumped, led down by computer company shares after Digital Equipment Corp. said its quarterly profits would fall short of expectations.

63.   U.S. corporations continued to impress investors with quarterly profits.

64.   U.S. stocks fell, led by Oracle Corp. after it reported slow sales and lower-than-expected quarterly profit.

65.   Undaunted, Begelman predicts Mars should turn a quarterly profit by the end of the year.

66.   Virtually all other brokerage firms and big international banks are expected to report falling quarterly profit, and in some cases, losses.

67.   Wal-Mart, Dayton Hudson and J.C. Penney posted higher quarterly profits, showing strength in retailing.

68.   We talk to Carson marketing folks and analaysts about what it can do for the company that just yesterday reported its first quarterly profit in a year.

69.   With the charge, Dell ended its streak of record quarterly profits that goes back at least four years.

70.   Without strikes at GM and Chrysler Corp., the companies would have set a quarterly profit record, analysts said.