1.   Also reporting earnings this week are General Electric Co., and Eastman Kodak Co.

2.   Also reporting better-than-expected earnings this week were Firstar Corp., Mosinee Paper Corp., Lunar Corp. and ABT Building Products Corp.

3.   Another company slated to report earnings this week is tobacco-to-insurance company B.A.T Industries Plc.

4.   Banks begin to announce first-quarter earnings this week.

5.   Both companies reported positive third-quarter earnings this week.

6.   Airlines will flood Wall Street with earnings this week.

7.   Brown, as Broderbund Software Inc. reported better-than-expected first fiscal quarter earnings this week because of its new Riven software game.

8.   CHILEAN stocks lost ground for the first time in five sessions, as investors wait for companies to report first-half earnings this week.

9.   Connecticut stocks rose for a third day, led by expectations that Oxford Health Plans Inc. will report a surge in earnings this week.

10.   Dairy Queen is expected to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings this week.