71.   Consumer spending stoked the economy last year, helping it to expand at the fastest rate in a decade and spurring record profit growth.

72.   Diebold and the Timken Company are posting record profits, and analysts say Hoover Co., a division of Maytag, is also performing strongly.

73.   Diebold and Timken had record profits.

74.   Earnings thus far have been sound, and topping them in upcoming results may not be so easy for companies that have already reported record profit and brisk growth.

75.   Earnings are lagging at a time when banks are delivering record profits.

76.   Even Callaway Golf Co., which has enjoyed record profits in recent years with its Big Bertha clubs, is trying to gauge where the market is headed.

77.   Few noted that the company said it would nonetheless have record annual profits.

78.   Exceedingly low interest rates during the current economic slump are allowing banks to make record profits.

79.   For the moment, Wall Street is enjoying record profits, not least because of the growing merger business.

80.   Four of its five major business groups -- magazines, books, music and movies -- generated record operating profits last year.