1.   And, if the lower rates succeed in improving the economy, corporate profits will rise.

2.   Profits rose fourfold.

3.   Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.

4.   Such an outcome is possible if there exist contestable markets, so that firms can easily enter an industry when profits rise, and exit when they fall.

5.   Analysts had expected profits to rise.

6.   And despite the accounting change, most trading houses expect current, or pretax, profits to rise.

7.   Argentine stocks rose to four-month highs on expectations that company profits will rise as the economy emerges from recession during the next few months.

8.   Argentine stocks rose to four-month highs on expectations that company profits will rise as the economy emerges from recession over the next few months.

9.   As borrowing costs fall, bank profits rise.

10.   As the sales volume swelled, distribution overhead stayed relatively steady and profit rose.