71.   Nevertheless, analysts who track earnings forecasts are still cautious about the second half.

72.   Next week will likely look much the same as more earnings forecasts are announced.

73.   Nortel Networks and Dell Computer scaled back earnings forecasts after the market closed Thursday and both companies announced layoffs.

74.   Neither Nissan nor Mazda have calculated the potential loss of business because of sanctions in their earnings forecasts for this year, executives said.

75.   Nortel Networks and Dell Computer scaled back earnings forecasts after the market closed Thursday.

76.   Now Oracle will make specific revenue and earnings forecasts at the quarterly conference calls, which are already being broadcast on the Internet.

77.   On the plus side, he said economic and earnings forecasts are positive.

78.   Peggy Mahoney, an Enron spokeswoman, said that the costs would not be so large that they would stop the company from meeting its overall earnings forecasts.

79.   Other consumer-products companies also rose on upbeat earnings forecasts.

80.   Professional investors such as Demirjian who like smaller companies said the weeks ahead may be unusually pleasant for some stocks that exceed earnings forecasts.