1.   Profits suffered at the EW Payne reinsurance business and River Thames Insurance, where underwriting reserves had to be increased.

2.   Apart from its reputation, Nomura has already seen its profits suffer, too, as big clients shun the brokerage and its share of trading volume plummets.

3.   As a result, he said, profits will suffer as companies will have fewer employees without significantly lower expenses.

4.   As that filters through the economy, corporate profits will suffer.

5.   Bank stocks fell because of concern their profits will suffer if bond yields climb.

6.   Auto issues were mixed, as analysts expect profits to suffer in the first quarter due to extensive company rebates, the GM strike and new-product costs.

7.   Also, profits have suffered because companies tend to borrow more money these days, often to pay for upgrading equipment, such as computers.

8.   Brazilian stocks plunged, dragged down by telephone companies and utilities, on concern that corporate profits will suffer if the government decides to keep interest rates high.

9.   Companies whose profits suffer most as rates increase, such as banks such as NationsBank Corp. and insurers such as American International Group Inc., could lead the decline.

10.   Companies whose profits suffer as interest rates climb, such as banks, retreated.