31.   It is plausible that the earnings will grow and hardships diminish as former recipients settle into their new roles as workers.

32.   Its earnings have been growing at a double digit pace.

33.   Its sales have grown every year, and earnings have grown almost every year.

34.   Japanese stocks rose amid optimism earnings will grow at big auto and electronics makers that have a strong foothold in global markets.

35.   Labor costs have been cut and newsprint prices are inching down, which means earnings will grow even without a turnaround in advertising revenue, he said.

36.   Losses were limited by optimism earnings will grow, analysts said.

37.   Massachusetts stocks, led by Cascade Communications Corp., rose for a third day as optimism about technology company earnings grew.

38.   Meanwhile, cross-state rival Dell Computer has seen its earnings grow steadily.

39.   More important, as company earnings have grown, workers have been aggressively asking for a bigger piece of the pie.

40.   On Wednesday, Computer Sciences met with investors and forecast that its earnings would grow much faster over the next two years than Wall Street had expected.