21.   If the company has to pay cash for its purchases, earnings will suffer.

22.   Its earnings have suffered from cost-cutting by customers, particularly the General Motors Corporation, not from the global financial turmoil.

23.   Its earnings suffered from a decision by Centeon LLC, its blood plasma venture with Hoechst AG, to recall products in October after vials were cracked during transport.

24.   Many investors worry that in an increasingly competitive industry, earnings will suffer even at the strongest companies.

25.   Mexican stocks fell to the lowest close this month amid concern that company earnings will suffer from higher interest rates and cash-strapped consumers.

26.   Normally, lower oil prices would help companies most sensitive to refining, because they buy most of their oil and their earnings suffer from higher raw material costs.

27.   On the domestic economic front, two consumer spending reports were released today that underscored the perception that the economy is weak and corporate earnings may suffer.

28.   Seagate and competitor Western Digital Corp. have warned that earnings will suffer this quarter because of intense price competition.

29.   The company faces competition from the Internet and earnings will suffer as it spends hundreds of millions of dollars to keep pace in an erratic market.

30.   The main fear is that earnings will suffer as exports to Asia decline and cheaper imports from Asia force American companies to lower prices, cutting profit margins.