71.   Because economic growth is sluggish, investors have been buying shares in technology companies that exhibit steady double-digit earnings growth.

72.   Because market history teaches that when earnings growth is hottest, gains in stocks are disappointingly cool.

73.   Because the average number of shares outstanding at many companies rocketed during the bubble, per-share earnings growth could still disappoint.

74.   Bond yields are a benchmark for corporate and individual borrowing rates, and higher yields can slow earnings growth.

75.   Both U.S. utilities bought English utilities to offset stagnant earnings growth at home.

76.   BMC has grown faster and enjoyed greater profit margins than Boole, but both companies have had consistent earnings growth.

77.   Braced by a strong housing market, Home Depot has turned in quarter after quarter of strong earnings growth in recent years.

78.   A company has to show promise of extraordinary earnings growth to justify that kind of evaluation.

79.   A fall in U.S. bond yields allayed concern interest rates will rise and curb corporate earnings growth.

80.   A number of financial stocks are labeled attractive by analysts because of the prospects of their earnings growth, and ability to cut costs and weather higher interest rates.