1.   Analysts also warn that the profit outlook for the industry is not great.

2.   Analysts, however, say the full year profit outlook for the industry is questionable.

3.   As the yen strengthens, Japanese companies get less competitive and their profit outlook weakens.

4.   ATLANTA - Investors were confronted with mixed signals about the profit outlook on Wednesday and chose to go with the optimists.

5.   Banking shares led U.S. stocks today, as declining interest rates boosted the profit outlook for many banks.

6.   BELGIAN stocks were mixed, as losses in CBR Cimenteries SA offset gains in Barco SA on a healthy profit outlook, while speculation boosted Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA.

7.   Before its final move, the stock market seemed more concerned about a glitch in International Business Machines Corp. profits outlook than inflation.

8.   Acer is also optimistic about its foreign reception because it has a buoyant profit outlook next year, which some analysts say could double from this year.

9.   Allen said she and other comanagers targeted stocks that they considered to have risky profit outlooks.

10.   Broader market measures were mixed, as a handful of earnings reports reassured investors about profit outlooks for U.K. companies.