91.   Banks and property stocks led the decline as rising corporate defaults and a deepening slump in the property market promise to throttle corporate profit growth.

92.   Based on corporate profits, he said, stocks should have been much lower.

93.   AUSTRALIAN stocks rose amid optimism corporate profit growth will be underpinned by a robust pace of economic growth.

94.   AUSTRALIAN stocks rose, led by National Australia Bank Ltd., amid optimism corporate profits are healthy and companies are increasing their dividend payments to shareholders.

95.   Back then, the big concern was that the pace of corporate profit growth was slowing.

96.   Barring a crush of positive surprises, corporate profit gains are expected to be far smaller than in former quarters.

97.   Because corporate profits have been strong, and given the strength of the U.S. economy, the prospects are U.S. markets will continue to attract capital, she said.

98.   Bic takes what it calls its employee-involvement program very seriously, viewing it as a way to spur workplace morale and productivity and ultimately bolster corporate profits.

99.   Better yet, major retailers Home Depot and Wal-Mart Stores reported second-quarter profit increases against the backdrop of an otherwise dismal quarter for corporate profits.

100.   Bond yields set corporate borrowing costs, causing corporate profits to rise or fall.