1.   Airline stocks also have been weak in recent days because of investor worries the East Coast blizzard will trim earnings.

2.   Any rise in U.S. borrowing costs may force Mexico to raise local interest rates, which would trim earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

3.   A weaker peso makes Mexican stocks worth less and can fuel inflation, which in turn, can boost interest rates and trim company earnings.

4.   Computer and semiconductor stocks stumbled when Cirrus Logic Inc. trimmed its quarterly earnings forecast.

5.   For PNB, the sale is part of a program to dispose of money-losing assets that have trimmed its earnings.

6.   General Motors Corp. said yesterday that weakness in overseas markets will trim its earnings.

7.   Higher interest rates will be passed along to companies and consumers, which will slow economic activity and trim company earnings.

8.   Higher fixed-income yields raise borrowing costs, trim earnings and make equities less attractive than money market investments.

9.   Higher interest rates can trim company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.