Some of the biggest names in the business gained, while others moved downward on traders' concerns that they might not meet profit expectations.

But it said analysts' profit expectations for 2005 and 2006 were too high.

If the surplus value is positive, the owner's profit expectation has been surpassed.

But our corporate policy allows for extending profit expectations over the longer term in third world projects.

Investors aggressively sold shares of companies that said they would not meet profit expectations.

For 2000, profit expectations have been cut by 32 percent, accounting for about $1.8 billion.

Technology issues were down amid widespread anticipation that many companies in this sector will not meet profit expectations.

It beat analysts' profit expectations of 85 cents a share.

In turn the companies posted high profit expectations than they should have.

Generally high development costs and low profit expectations have meant those sectors did not initially appeal to foreign private companies.