1.   Columbia recently added to its financial stocks, which including insurer Allstate Corp. and American Express Co., on optimism that earnings will top analyst forecasts.

2.   Columbia recently added to its financial stocks, which include insurer Allstate Corp. and American Express Co., on optimism that earnings will top analyst forecasts.

3.   Earnings overall have topped expectations.

4.   Earnings overall have topped estimates in the third quarter.

5.   He said second-quarter earnings should top those of the first quarter.

6.   Kimberly-Clark Corp. was the latest company whose third-quarter earnings topped investor expectations only to see its stock decline.

7.   So far this quarter, earnings have topped expectations overall.

8.   Sun Microsystems could give computer-related shares a boost after its earnings topped estimates.

9.   Sun Microsystems gave computer-related shares a boost after its earnings topped estimates.

10.   While earnings topped expectations, the pace of business could slow as interest rates rise, analysts said.