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next week marks the start of earnings season. and, with it come new worries about those quarterly financial score-cards. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: the stock market got off to a super start in the first three months of this year. that's as investors were cheered by a stronger u.s. economy and solid corporate profits. but, with a new earnings season just a couple weeks off, the profit picture is looking pretty dismal. standard and poor's predicts first quarter earnings growth of less than 1% for s&p 500 names. thomson reuters is slightly more optmistic with a ho-hum forecast ...

next week marks the start of earnings season. and, with it come new worries about those quarterly financial score-cards. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: the stock market got off to a super start in the first three months of this year. that's as investors were cheered by a stronger u.s. economy and solid corporate profits. but, with a new earnings season just a couple weeks off, the profit picture is looking pretty dismal. standard and poor's predicts first quarter earnings growth of less than 1% for s&p 500 names. thomson reuters is slightly more optmistic with a ho-hum forecast ...

ne weemarkthe start of earnings sson. d, with it come new worries about those quarterly financial score-cards. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: the stock market got off to a super start in the first three months of this year. that's as investors were cheered by a stronger u.s. economy and solid corporate profits. but, with a new earnings season just a couple weeks off, the profit picture is looking pretty dismal. standard and poor's predicts first quarter earnings growth of less than 1% for s&p 500 names. thomson reuters is slightly more optmistic with a ho-hum forecast of 3.2%. b...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> paul: the s.e.c. admits it failed to protect investors from bernie madoff and the biggest ponzi scheme in history. the comments come as a taped madoff phone call surfaces. with the swindler bragging about how easy it is to fool regulators. >> susie: president obama ignites fresh debate over health care reform. tonight we talk with health care expert steven ullman about the realities of getting reform passed this year. >> paul: after four years at the helm of morgan stanley c.e.o. john mack announced today he's stepping down. but he isn't going very far...