21.   It is argued that if manufacturers severely limited the distribution of their weapons, higher prices might result and gun store profits could increase.

22.   It was once a given that bank profits would increase by a third or more every year.

23.   MORE BANKS HAVE ROBUST PROFITS More big banks reported double-digit profit increases.

24.   NatWest has been under increasing criticism because investment bank profit is not increasing quickly enough.

25.   No profit increases.

26.   RJR REPORTS STRONGER PROFITS RJR Nabisco Holdings announced that profits were increasing in its Nabisco food unit and its international tobacco business.

27.   Qwest Communications International Inc. said third-quarter profit increased more than fourfold as the phone company boosted sales and started service to new cities.

28.   RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. announced Monday that profits were increasing in its Nabisco food unit and its international tobacco business.

29.   Sales have more than doubled and profits have increased by an even greater multiple since his arrival.

30.   So if a company expects profits to increase, cutting the number of shares outstanding should produce an even larger percentage increase in earnings per share.