21.   Fuji will not release group half-year profit figures.

22.   Harvey Pitt hinted that the new, revised SEC will look the other way if accountants come up with clever ways to make actually bad profit figures appear sunny.

23.   Having suffered through two years of losses, they say they have little faith in the profit figures that analysts and companies are offering.

24.   He declined to give profit figures.

25.   In election years, the programs take on importance even beyond their profit figures.

26.   In its letter to shareholders today, the reinsurer did not provide specific profit figures.

27.   It gave no five-month profit figures.

28.   It did not disclose second-quarter or net profit figures.

29.   It has long been settled that companies must use reasonable estimates in producing profit figures.

30.   Japanese stocks were mixed, as better-than-expected profit figures from electronics giant Sony Corp. tempered initial gloom over a weaker U.S. dollar.