1.   Under the scheme, firms producing fewer emissions than their allowed quota would be able to sell the surplus units to other companies who were exceeding their allowances.

2.   And the charade of companies exceeding reduced earnings expectations is likely to wear thin on investors wanting to see real profit growth.

3.   Atlanta general manager Chris Ohlund says that in the six weeks since WebVan launched in Atlanta, the company has already exceeded expectations.

4.   Banc of America expects the company to exceed third-quarter earnings estimates when it reports today.

5.   Both companies exceeded forecasts.

6.   But companies are exceeding estimates that have already been ratcheted down sharply by analysts.

7.   But by the time investors were done snatching up the extra shares last month, the company had exceeded its target and more than doubled its cash reserves.

8.   But since a significant slowdown has not occurred, many companies could exceed those reduced estimates, he said.

9.   Computer stocks rallied as better-than-expected earnings from Dell Computer Corp. fueled expectations that computer companies will exceed profit forecasts this year.

10.   FCC officials said they could not quantify by how much the company exceeded the foreign ownership limit.