41.   Analysts cite concern that higher interest rates and a strong dollar will erode corporate profits.

42.   Analysts said investors were raising bids for stocks in anticipation a strengthening economy will boost corporate profits.

43.   Analysts warn that this area, too, could suffer margin pressure as excess capacity combines with slowing corporate profits.

44.   And because recessions cut corporate profits, inflation is the enemy of stockholders.

45.   And if inflation is subdued, yields might drop, easing corporate profit pressures, said Wapnick.

46.   And the unions, with a greater stake in corporate profits, are suddenly far more flexible about work rules.

47.   And stock investors fear that the Federal Reserve will try to stamp out inflation by raising interest rates, which slows the economy and can hurt corporate profits.

48.   Another indication that all this good economic news is good for capital but not as good for labor is the continuing health of corporate profits.

49.   Another is concern that the Federal Open Market Committee will increase lending rates, slowing the economy and cutting corporate profits.