41.   So Dell will have to continue cutting prices in order to gain sales in the coming quarter.

42.   Softening demand for its chips and communications licenses, however, will hurt earnings in the coming quarters, Qualcomm said.

43.   Stocks gained earlier as investors bought shares of drug makers and health product companies expected to have strong earnings in coming quarters.

44.   Still, with the summer slowdown over, analysts are looking forward to better revenue growth, and hence earnings growth, from most networkers in coming quarters.

45.   Still, most stocks fell on concern that profits will suffer in coming quarters.

46.   Surging growth coupled with low inflation bolstered the outlook for corporate profits in coming quarters.

47.   Still, SGS-Thomson Chief Executive Pasquale Pistorio said he was optimistic earnings would grow in the coming quarters, boosted by higher orders and stabilizing prices.

48.   That suggests Cascade booked many of its sales at the end of the fourth quarter to meet expectations, raising worries about sales in coming quarters, analysts said.

49.   That pace of accumulation is not expected to be sustained in coming quarters.

50.   That suggests Cascade raced to book more orders at the end of the fourth quarter to meet expectations, perhaps sapping business from coming quarters, analysts said.