1.   Bankers Trust is expected to report fourth quarter and annual earnings next week.

2.   Carpets, building products, furniture and other durable goods all began to see downshifting during the fourth quarter.

3.   Case Corp. led the advance amid optimism the heavy-machinery manufacturer will post robust profits for the fourth quarter.

4.   Companies making products for the Internet bucked the trend and held up well in the fourth quarter.

5.   Economists are predicting zero growth for the fourth quarter.

6.   In the fourth quarter, premiums went back to their normal levels.

7.   Jones scored with only two minutes left in the fourth quarter.

8.   The company expects revenues and gross Margins in the fourth quarter to be flat to slightly higher than the just-ended quarter.

9.   The first substitution did not come until Richardson suffered a slightly strained right calf early in the fourth quarter.

10.   The maker of high-Margin switching products said it will post lower-than-expected earnings from the fourth quarter.