91. Shares of telecommunications equipment companies slumped after Nokia, a Finnish company, issued its second profit warning in three months. 92. Smaller stocks began their descent last month amid profit warnings from companies ranging from chipmaker Altera Corp. to screen-projection company In Focus Systems Inc. 93. Smaller stocks began their descent last month amid profit warnings from many companies. 94. Software and computer stocks suffered steep losses today after profit warnings from FTP Software Corp. and Microdyne Corp. fed beliefs that profits throughout the sector will weaken. 95. Some analysts said profit warnings are normal for this time of year, and that most companies would continue to perform well. 96. Some analysts were little surprised by the drop in half-year earnings and by the full-year profit warning. 97. Still, his mood after the profit warning was bleak. 98. Stock prices fell on Friday as a surprising weak employment report and yet more corporate profit warnings contributed to a reversal of a one-day bear market rally. 99. Stocks could retreat next week as profit warnings lower investor expectations for earnings growth in the current quarter. 100. Sure, fourth-quarter profit warnings have begun. |