71.   Both units were considered discontinued operations in the latest earnings report.

72.   -- Corel Corp. may be active ahead of its earnings report.

73.   -- MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. ahead of its third-quarter earnings report.

74.   A Coca-Cola spokesman, Randal Donaldson, acknowledged that the earnings report was complicated because of the consolidation of the bottling system.

75.   A better-than-expected earnings report by the computer company Compaq on Thursday revived investor interest in the shares.

76.   A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would require companies to report options as expenses on their earnings report.

77.   A few good earnings reports would put a floor back under these stocks.

78.   A disappointing earnings report from a major company or a rise in interest rates could send the market on a downhill roll.

79.   A continuously growing number of shareholder lawsuits against Enron followed the earnings report and the news of the SEC inquiry.

80.   A flurry of strong third-quarter earnings reports helped propel the stock market to its largest gain in a month.