71.   The company handily beat sales estimates, analysts said, as the worldwide economy picked up steam in June.

72.   The company has met or beaten earnings estimates every quarter it has been public, Green tells the roomful of investors.

73.   The earnings beat Wall Street estimates, fueling another surge in its stock price.

74.   The Hewlett-Packard Co. reported second-quarter earnings Monday that beat Wall Street estimates for the third consecutive quarter, although revenue growth remained sluggish.

75.   The index this month beat the estimates of traders at six firms polled by Bloomberg News.

76.   The results disheartened some investors who view Xylan as a high-growth company that can beat estimates.

77.   The results beat estimates and fueled optimism that Netscape can handle a challenge from Microsoft Corp., analysts said.

78.   The results beat Wall Street estimates for the third consecutive quarter.

79.   The results, however, beat Wall Street estimates.

80.   They beat Wall Street estimates by one penny a share.