31.   The feature film and television producer and distributor said its earnings improved because of higher international sales of movies like The English Patient and Shine.

32.   The filings show how earnings would have improved in recent years if American Premier had already done the merger.

33.   The market still faces tough going in the year ahead until corporate earnings improve.

34.   The market has already written off the second quarter as a loser, but some analysts believe earnings will improve by year-end.

35.   The rise was fueled by expectations that its second-half earnings will improve as the company harvests revenue from its costly line expansion, analysts said.

36.   The prospect that corporate earnings will improve this year is one of the pillars in the optimistic market forecast.

37.   U.S. stocks rose as banking and auto shares gained and technology issues extended a week-long climb on expectations that third-quarter earnings will improve.

38.   While earnings fell steeply from a year ago, they rose from the second quarter, giving investors hope that industry earnings will improve during the next few quarters.

39.   And even in the United States where the market for these products was unfavorable, earnings improved.

40.   Better-than-expected results from Intel and Texas Instruments after regular trading ended added to the sentiment that earnings might be improving.