31.   Cohr Chief Financial Officer Daniel Clark said Friday he was contacted by an SEC investigator Thursday afternoon after the company posted revised earnings.

32.   Companies which are expected to post strong earnings in the coming weeks led gainers.

33.   Computer, software and semiconductor stocks ended a five-day advance when Dell Computer Corp. posted weaker-than-expected earnings, driving down its stock.

34.   Details are expected when the company posts earnings at the end of March.

35.   DSM will post earnings next week.

36.   Excluding the DST-Continuum gain, Kansas City Southern also posted higher earnings for the first nine months of the year.

37.   Expectations that companies, including beer maker Bavaria SA, will post strong earnings helped keep the rally in Bogota shares going.

38.   Exxon and Chevron both fell despite posting healthy earnings.

39.   Firstar Corp., Case Corp., First Federal Capital Corp., St. Francis Capital Corp. and FIserv Inc. also posted robust earnings this week.

40.   GAINS AT SBC AND AMERITECH SBC Communications and Ameritech, which plan to merge, posted earnings that were slightly better than expected.