51.   As corporations finish releasing the bulk of their fourth-quarter earnings reports over the next two weeks, analysts say economic news will begin to dominate investor attention.

52.   As the rush of third-quarter earnings reports peters out, investors are looking to the direction of interest rates to predict profit growth.

53.   As of Friday, however, the market was in much better shape to face the coming barrage of earnings reports than many analysts had anticipated.

54.   At least one earnings report next week could give investors a feel for the strength of corporate profits.

55.   At least two analysts downgraded their ratings on H-P following the earnings report.

56.   At least three firms lowered their investment opinions of the stock after the earnings report.

57.   At the moment, however, earnings reports are not the only thing the market has to worry about.

58.   ATLANTA - The trickle of fourth-quarter earnings reports turns to a flood this week.

59.   At present, companies prepare hundreds of paper copies of their earnings reports and place them in pigeonhole boxes in the press club for each media company.

60.   Automakers also fell after a poor earnings report by Hino Motors Ltd.