1.   The company also will post a loss for the period.

2.   The company posted better-than-expected earnings earlier this week on strong sales of its specialty chips.

3.   Analysts expect the companies to post strong earnings in June.

4.   Analysts expect these companies to post some of the highest earnings growth rates over the next few years.

5.   And not all companies posted unexpectedly strong returns.

6.   And the mathematics of compounding requires a company to post ever-larger dollar increases in sales just to keep its growth rate flat.

7.   And when a company posts disappointing earnings, investors can be merciless.

8.   Antivirus-software companies frequently post virus-definition updates on their Web sites so that registered users can keep their systems protected against current threats.

9.   As a result, analysts no longer expect the company to post its first profitable quarter this year.

10.   As evidence, Raabe points out that the company recently posted four consecutive quarters of earnings improvement, and record fourth-quarter growth.