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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (9573)	11/1/1999 8:54:00 AM
From: Wally Mastroly	Respond to of 15132

Third quarter posts biggest gain since 1995 & the economic week ahead: NEW YORK - U.S. companies' third-quarter profits rose 22%, the biggest quarterly gain in more than four years, as consumers bought sport-utility vehicles, paid more for gasoline and picked up the latest software. With 82% of the Standard & Poor's 500 index companies having reported, the earnings rise was more than analysts' 20% forecast. Of the 408 companies reporting, 62% topped estimates. Boeing, General Motors, Microsoft, MCI WorldCom and other industry leaders had profit gains that exceeded forecasts, more evidence that the U.S. economic expansion is poised to become the longest on record in January. Gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced in the U.S., rose 4.8% in the period, the biggest gain this year. More details/comments: usatoday.com - The week ahead, including Friday employment data: usatoday.com