1.   But strategists continue to believe that corporate profit weakness is a bigger threat to share prices.

2.   This was followed by a host of warnings by companies of continued profit weakness in the final quarter.

3.   Traders blamed the selling on rumors of fresh profit weakness in the chip and computer sectors.

4.   U.S. stocks fell as Delta Air Lines Inc. and Micron Technology Inc. reported profit weakness, raising investor concerns corporate earnings will fall short of expectations.

5.   Gateway and Hewlett-Packard have added their names to the list of companies warning about profit weakness.

6.   Questions about corporate earnings are resurfacing after Kodak, Advanced Micro Devices and Honeywell all warned about profit weakness.

7.   The concerns eroded technology stocks, aided and abetted by profit weakness from Hewlett-Packard Corp and Adobe Systems Inc.