Quarerly reports are coming in. He...

Quarerly reports are coming in. Here are a small in number early indications:

* Ceradyne Inc., a maker of ceramic military corpse armor and other products said that its third-quarter sales and earnings outdoed Wall Street expectations. Sales for the nine-month period totaled a record $68 million, v $436 million in 2002 Bookings, or fresh orders, for the quarter increased 225% to a record $52 million, from $16 million in the third quarter of 2002 Nine-month bookings stand at a record $100 million, compared to $441 million for the same period in 2002 Sales