11.   Analysts said Home Depot is a direct beneficiary of the expanding U.S. economy.

12.   An expanding economy makes it more likely that spending by businesses and consumers will pick up and drive earnings higher, traders said.

13.   An expanding economy produces more goods and services that can be taxed, helping the government reduce its budget deficit.

14.   Analysts said the expanding U.S. economy plus the likelihood that European interest rates will fall further, driving corporate growth, will spur demand for computers and software.

15.   And investors like the fundamental backdrop in the U.S. -- an expanding economy with falling interest rates and growing profits.

16.   And investors still like the fundamental backdrop in the U.S. -- an expanding economy with falling interest rates and growing profits.

17.   And these borrowings, invested properly, generate jobs in an expanding economy and ever-higher pay.

18.   And they are even better than a growth company that only does well in an expanding economy, Romm said.

19.   ARGENTINE stocks closed mixed as doubts over the future of the Mercosur regional trade group clouded optimism over rising corporate earnings and an expanding economy.

20.   Argentine stocks rose for a fourth day, led by companies whose earnings are expected to rise along with the expanding economy.