Word: quarters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first big company to report earnings, Alcoa (AA), proved that the best guesses about how companies will perform this quarter will probably be true. Surprises will be scarce. Alcoa said that the first quarter would be a bad quarter. The company said it would lose money. In the first quarter, Alcoa lost $.59 after charges for discontinued operations. Reuters predicted that the loss would be $.54. This was close enough for government work. The stock dropped 3% after the announcement. In short, there was no shocking news because Alcoa made sure there would not be any. (See pictures...
...Citigroup trades at $2.72 now. All the harsh talk from bank analysts pushed the stock down by less than 5% yesterday. That means a lot of investors gave the alarmists little credence. Maybe they want to see Citi's first quarter earnings before they decide what the bank is worth. Since the stock is down from over $55 less than two years ago, no one is assuming that the bank is going to earn billions of dollars for the quarter. The question is probably how few billion it will lose...
...games midweek can really put a toll on our staff,” Walsh said. “But we’re going to have to muddle our way through.”The Huskies, like Harvard, are no stranger to extra-inning games. A quarter of Northeastern’s games this season—including three of the past five—have advanced into extra frames.At the plate, the Huskies are led by senior Mike Tamsin. The left-handed hitting third baseman leads the squad with a .375 batting average. Tamsin—who also leads...
...moon 40 years ago. Going back proves nothing, and there may be little to no scientific value to a permanent moon settlement. Mars is hardly realistic, because the lengthy cruise to get there would severely disfigure our astronauts. Prolonged habitation in zero-gravity environments might permanently cost astronauts a quarter of their skeleton due to osteoporosis. While many Americans view China’s space program as a threat, there is hardly enough political will necessary to fund such an ambitious proposal on a rapid timescale. The Orion capsules that will replace the space shuttle have already been delayed...
...Japan's economy contracted at an annualized rate of 12.1% in the last quarter of last year - the sharpest downturn since the oil crisis of the mid-1970s. Tokyo is working on an additional stimulus package - the country's third in the last six months - that is expected to pump at least $100 billion more into the economy...