11.   Intel got an additional boost from expectations that its fourth-quarter profit report, scheduled for release tomorrow, will top expectations.

12.   In U.S. trading, stocks rose to records as bellwether Motorola Inc. kicked off the third-quarter earnings season by topping expectations.

13.   Kimberly-Clark Corp. was the latest company whose third-quarter earnings topped investor expectations only to see its stock decline.

14.   Overall earnings for U.S. companies have topped expectations.

15.   Overall, though, earnings for U.S. companies have topped expectations.

16.   Philadelphia-area stocks rose, led by Cigna Corp., which reported third-quarter profits that topped expectations.

17.   Profits at General Motors more than doubled while those of Chrysler almost doubled, both topping expectations.

18.   Shares of retailers gained on expectations that sales during the Christmas season will top expectations.

19.   So far this quarter, earnings have topped expectations overall.

20.   Some investors said the rout was overdone, given that first-quarter corporate profits may top expectations.