11.   The second-quarter earnings reporting season is largely over now.

12.   The third quarter reporting season is not over yet, but enough companies have released their results to indicate the quarter will have the slowest growth in four years.

13.   Three-fourths of the way through the second-quarter reporting season, corporate America is once again showing robust earnings.

14.   Wall Street has been expecting strong profits, especially for technology companies, during the reporting season that is just beginning.

15.   As the second-quarter earnings reporting season continues, companies are turning in impressive profit figures.

16.   Companies are nearing the peak of the reporting season, and most companies have reported strong profit growth.

17.   First-quarter earnings reporting season begins in April, with some companies expected to warn or revise their forecasts before then.

18.   March is traditionally the height of the corporate reporting season, and companies afflicted by the economic slowdown posted disappointing results.

19.   Singapore, however, closed lower amid disappointing results in a corporate reporting season that will end later this month.

20.   That choppiness has been routine this month because of the unending spate of profit and revenue warnings ahead of the second-quarter reporting season.