81.   Investors Tuesday repeated what has become a pattern in the market -- punishing the stocks of companies who even hint at disappointing quarterly profits.

82.   In the way of actual reports, General Motors has topped estimates with its quarterly profits, as has Advanced Micro Devices.

83.   It was the second consecutive quarterly profit warning from the company.

84.   On the minus side, quarterly profits by US Airways, UAL and Delta all missed Wall Street estimates.

85.   Oracle is scheduled to report quarterly profits after the closing bell today.

86.   Online auction house eBay Inc. posted higher quarterly operating profits after it signed up a record number of new users and expanded its offerings to include cars and art.

87.   Reuters did not disclose quarterly profit figures.

88.   Reuters did not provide quarterly profit figures for any of its businesses.

89.   That would put the Emeryville, Calif.-based company on course to turn a quarterly profit by the end of next year.

90.   Stocks should get a boost from upcoming quarterly profit reports.