11.   Is the goal to maximize corporate profits for the few or to meet all basic human needs and protect the Earth?

12.   Lower prices should eventually lift corporate profits.

13.   Lower rates mean lower borrowing costs, increased spending and growing corporate profits.

14.   Slow economic growth stunted corporate profits last quarter.

15.   The key issue for corporate profits in the new year will be economic growth.

16.   U.S. corporate profits were higher than analysts predicted.

17.   All this has come against the backdrop of a booming economy, which has produced strong corporate profits.

18.   Also during that period, interest rates have fallen as the Fed kept inflation at bay, helping to boost corporate profits.

19.   Already, some cracks are beginning to show in corporate profit growth and credit quality.

20.   Also weighing on equities in general was concern slower economic growth will weigh on corporate profits, analysts said.