1.   MARKETS AND ECONOMY Stocks Sag on Bleak Forecasts Stocks slumped as investors faced bleak earnings forecasts.

2.   Poor Earnings Send Stocks Down Stocks fell on another round of bleak corporate earnings reports.

3.   And stocks rose despite bleak earnings outlooks, which some analysts say is a sign the market is ready for a longer-term rally.

4.   And high-tech issues lost ground as investors, who already foresee bleak earnings, digested more bad news.

5.   Bargain hunters rushed in to capitalize on a slide triggered last week by a series of bleak earnings reports and forecasts.

6.   Bleak earnings outlooks pulled the tech sector lower.

7.   Blue chips fluctuated amid a series of bleak earnings reports and forecasts.

8.   Blue chips struggled to keep modest gains amid a series of bleak earnings reports and forecasts.

9.   But bleak interim earnings announcements by blue chips Fuji Electric and Advantest and worries about earnings at electronics giant Sony prompted some investors to turn sellers, traders said.

10.   Investors bid blue chips lower in early trading Wednesday amid a series of bleak earnings reports and forecasts.