41.   The number of companies that warned investors of disappointing profits fell from fourth-quarter levels.

42.   The offer is for less than Authentic Fitness shares were trading for a few weeks ago, before a disappointing profit report.

43.   The pessimists fear that disappointing profit numbers could trigger a correction.

44.   The slew of disappointing profits never came, and the economy regained strength.

45.   The two added first-rank names to a list packed with smaller Nasdaq-member companies that warned of disappointing profits.

46.   Times have been hard for big banks lately, what with bad loans, bungled mergers and disappointing profits.

47.   TriNet had its own problems, such as disappointing profits from its moves into property development.

48.   U.S. stock prices will likely prove as vulnerable to warnings of disappointing corporate profits next week as they did in the week just ended, money managers said.

49.   U.S. stocks were mixed as warning of disappointing profit from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. helped rival Intel Corp.

50.   U.S. stocks fell for a second day, following world markets, as companies including Vivus Inc. and Oxford Health Plans Inc. warned of disappointing profits.