91.   Advanced Micro Devices suffered a similar slump when the Sunnyvale chipmaker suggested fourth-quarter earnings would be lower than the third quarter.

92.   After all, not all earnings are equal.

93.   After a March strike by two GM parts plants, several suppliers, including Lear and ITT Industries, said their earnings had been hurt.

94.   After disappointing investors last year with higher than expected costs and sluggish revenue increases, Wells Chairman Paul Hazen said earnings are poised to rise this year.

95.   Airlines and railroads have done better than other companies whose earnings also are sensitive to swings in the economy.

96.   Alkali and health products rose too, while peroxygens earnings were stable and plastics processing profits fell, the company said.

97.   Akzo Nobel, on the other hand, has a large pharmaceutical arm, the sales and earnings of which are less susceptible to the economic cycle.

98.   All in all, second-quarter earnings will be strong, but not as robust as the sizzling first quarter.

99.   Also hurting third-quarter earnings are slower sales of large outdoor play equipment, Rubbermaid said.

100.   All per-share earnings are on a fully-diluted basis, which assumes all convertible securities are changed into common stock.