1.   Apple said last month that fiscal fourth quarter results will be disappointing.

2.   Apple said last month that fiscal fourth quarter results will be disappointing for the same reason.

3.   Confirming the grim picture, a slew of retailers today warned that their earnings would be disappointing in the fiscal fourth quarter.

4.   Fiscal fourth quarter ending March.

5.   Helen of Troy said production should catch up with orders in the fiscal fourth quarter ending in February.

6.   Hewlett-Packard Co. reported strong growth in revenue and earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter Monday, but the results fell slightly short of Wall Street estimates.

7.   Late this afternoon the company confirmed its fiscal fourth quarter results would be significantly below Wall Street estimates.

8.   Nike said a surprise delay in orders by European retailers would result in disappointing earnings for the fiscal fourth quarter ending tomorrow.

9.   The health-care company said its fastest-growing business, self-injectables, slowed slightly in the fiscal fourth quarter.

10.   The largest U.S. wholesale baking company said fiscal fourth quarter earnings more than doubled as the maker of Hostess cupcakes and Twinkies cut costs.