71.   The tech sector, which closed slightly lower Monday, weakened in regular trading after the earnings warning from National Semiconductor.

72.   The tech sector suffered Friday from an earnings warning from Nortel that came on the heels of a warning late Thursday by JDS Uniphase.

73.   The tech sector suffered from an earnings warning from Nortel that followed a warning late Thursday by JDS Uniphase.

74.   The upturn was a dramatic reversal from earlier in the day, when an earnings warning from Lucent Technologies sent stocks across the board tumbling.

75.   The weak market action followed a last-minute rally Tuesday that ended a selloff caused by an earnings warning from Nokia.

76.   US stocks tumbled yesterday after an earnings warning from tech giant Intel Corp sent a chill through Wall Street.

77.   Wall Street appears to be shrugging off an earnings warning from Dell Computer.

78.   In London, dealers added that a profits warning from the Argos retailer had added to the downbeat market sentiment here.

79.   A profits warning from the Polygram music house rocked shares in the EMI Group recording company.

80.   Elsewhere, a profit warning from US optical networking group Ciena sent European rivals lower.