1.   Market conditions are likely to depress earnings in the next quarter.

2.   Analysts said Huarte will have to make further provisions against those debts, a move which could depress earnings for the full year.

3.   Any rise in borrowing costs depress earnings and reduce the amount of cash companies have on hand to pay dividends.

4.   Asbestos litigation, meanwhile, depressed the earnings of a host of home-building and construction companies, including Armstrong World Industries and Owens Corning.

5.   Banks may benefit from the recent surge in demand for consumer credit, though the maintenance of high interest rates will depress earnings.

6.   A number of utilities, including First Energy of Akron, Ohio, and Illinova of Decatur, Ill., said the added costs would depress their earnings.

7.   A weaker currency would cut the value of Indonesian holdings for foreign investors in home currency terms and increase the cost of repaying foreign debt, depressing corporate earnings.

8.   But in the short run, it will depress corporate earnings and make stock prices more volatile.

9.   But it fell behind competitors in cutting its work force and costs, thus depressing earnings.

10.   But the job cuts are about more than saving money, even though that is critical when earnings are depressed.