31.   Analysts at Salomon Bros. and CIBC Oppenheimer raised their full-year earnings estimates for the Auburn Hills-based maker of manufactured homes.

32.   Analysts have been slicing their fourth-quarter earnings estimates for all of the domestic automakers as slow sales and incentives chip away profits.

33.   Analysts said a Swissair presentation Thursday was well received, prompting them to raise earnings estimates.

34.   And for stocks, instead of using actual earnings for the past four quarters, as Kwan does, Yardeni uses earnings estimates for the next four quarters.

35.   As a result, several analysts dropped their earnings estimates.

36.   As for Toh at Baring Securities, his earnings estimates for both Aztech and Creative remain unchanged from before Creative said it would acquire Reveal.

37.   As such, several companies raised their earnings estimates for the third quarter.

38.   At this early stage, none of the Wall Street firms that follow Safeway has downgraded their stock recommendations or lowered earnings estimates.

39.   Banc of America expects the company to exceed third-quarter earnings estimates when it reports today.

40.   Because of lower-than-expected U.S. sales, analysts have been cutting earnings estimates all year.