71. More recently, she has come under fire, after Pearson issued two profit warnings last autumn and the stock took a nose dive. 72. Never mind profit warnings dogging big-name stocks like Intel Corp. and Nike Inc. 73. Once trading began, investors were spooked by profit warnings from companies ranging from securities broker Charles Schwab Corp. to computer-chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 74. Other investors said they were reluctant to buy following disappointing earnings reports and profit warnings from market bellwethers such as Gillette Co. and Coca-Cola Co. 75. Outside of the volatile and cyclical computer chip sector, Wall Street had experienced a brief respite from the recent barrage of corporate profit warnings. 76. Pinel said he sold his shares after the March profit warning. 77. Psychology moves markets, which is what happened Thursday when an enervating run of profit warnings was interrupted by some good earnings news from major companies. 78. Profit warnings from LSI Logic Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. followed on Thursday and Friday. 79. Profit warnings continued to dog some companies. 80. Profit warnings from International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. helped pull major market measures from record highs set earlier this week. |