21.   STOCKS FALL ON EARNINGS CONCERNS Stocks closed mixed after touching records, as investors began questioning whether share prices already reflected a rosy outlook for profits.

22.   Stocks were mixed as rosy outlooks for technology and paper company earnings offset weakness in telephone and oil stocks.

23.   That rosy outlook might surprise mayors-elect like Salazar and Martinez.

24.   That rosy outlook should support U.S. stock and bond markets and buoy the dollar.

25.   The body language of Mets officials and Valentine himself did not support that rosy outlook.

26.   The end is not in sight, and that has dashed the once rosy outlooks of entire communities.

27.   The only word of caution in this rosy outlook is that the industry has been experiencing an unprecedented boom.

28.   The rosy outlook comes as the Dow Jones Industrial Average is poised to show an annual gain for a sixth straight year for the first time ever.

29.   The rosy outlook contrasts with the era of budget shortfalls in the early part of this decade.

30.   The rosy outlook for steady economic growth, low interest rates and subdued inflation is ideal for junk bonds.