81.   Other companies with favorable earnings prospects gained.

82.   Peruvian stocks were mixed with shares of a leading brewery and gold mining companies falling amid poor earnings prospects and lower gold prices.

83.   Paper and forest products issues fell on weak earnings prospects for companies in that industry, analysts said.

84.   Presidents of leading investment trust companies met this morning and agreed to be net buyers of Korean shares as the sagging market darkened their earnings prospects.

85.   Philippine stocks rose, led by Ayala Land Inc. and Philippine Commercial International Bank, as investors focused on earnings prospects of selected companies.

86.   Ruiz said that could prompt some investors who want exposure in Philippine telecommunications stocks to switch to PLDT, the former monopoly whose earnings prospects are improving.

87.   Shares also slipped as traders and investors said share prices may have surpassed earnings prospects.

88.   Share prices generally reflect future earnings prospects instead of past gains.

89.   Shares of chip makers led the selloff, dragged down by concerns over their earnings prospects.

90.   Small wonder that investors are fretting about its earnings prospects.