1.   Also, one or another of the chains regularly runs into trouble -- dragging down earnings or creating writeoffs.

2.   But supply constraints that have hampered Apple in recent quarters continued, dragging down earnings.

3.   But there are deeper issues dragging down earnings.

4.   Deliveries in the third quarter, will suffer, however, dragging down earnings.

5.   Earnings have been dragged down by high start-up costs as the company slowly expands outside the U.S.

6.   Jordan also said higher interest expense this year will drag down earnings.

7.   Northwest earnings will be dragged down by the weak Japanese economy and the lower value of the yen, which hurts profits in two ways.

8.   One or another of the chains has regularly run into trouble -- dragging down earnings or creating writeoffs.

9.   Raytheon also said that its beleaguered engineering and construction business, which some analysts have urged the company to sell, had dragged down earnings for the third quarter.

10.   Stronger domestic sales helped offset a decline in world crude prices and higher tax payments, which many had expected to drag earnings lower.