61.   ATLANTA - Fresh evidence of consumer strength and upbeat earnings reports inspired a buying rally on Wall Street on Tuesday, the second straight session of strong stock gains.

62.   Banking-company stocks were higher as the result of favorable earnings reports and lower interest rates.

63.   Because Block intends to complete a spinoff of CompuServe in the current fiscal year, the earnings report counts CompuServe as a discontinued operation.

64.   BELGIAN shares were mixed as investors wait for positive earnings reports from Belgian companies or an end to the slump in Asian markets.

65.   Besides the sheer numbers, the positive earnings reports were spread among leading companies in many different fields.

66.   Better than expected earnings reports from a number of companies also lifted the Dow Jones industrial average early in the day.

67.   Better than expected fourth quarter earnings reports and stock split announcements by a number of well-established companies provided additional stimulus, analysts and traders said.

68.   Better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings reports and stock-split announcements by a number of blue-chip companies helped push stock prices higher Tuesday.

69.   Better-than-expected earnings reports have been increasingly common.

70.   Both he and Ellis insisted that despite all turmoil at iXL and the earnings report, morale is good.