Word: quarters
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...fourth quarter of 2008 good to Chrysler? Since Thanksgiving it has had to cut more than 5,000 salaried jobs and close an assembly plant; it staggered through December with a 53% drop in sales. But the season was not without good tidings: Chrysler got $4 billion in federal bridge loans and its finance company is awaiting approval of another $1 billion to $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury. "Chrysler Financial is optimistic it will receive the necessary support from the Treasury," says spokeswoman Amber Gowen...
...billion loan to GM raises hopes that the company can survive the first quarter and present a complete re-organization plan by March 31. GM hasn't said yet whether it will require additional loans during this quarter - $4 billion more has been authorized - though CEO Rick Waggoner, speaking to reporters at the Detroit Auto Show, said it is a possibility. He also said that a GM bankruptcy is still "an option...
...years old, and played major league baseball for almost a quarter century...
...forecasts for Bank of America (BAC) are even more troubling for investors who want some comfort in certainty even if the numbers are bad. The high estimate for losses in the last quarter is $.25. One analyst is taking the bullish case with $.59 a share profit. No one believe that the best numbers so it is hard to understand why they are even still on the books...
...anticipate a decline of possibly 25 percent for the year, from a June 30 value of $16.3 billion. Over the same period, Harvard’s endowment fell by a similar proportion: 22 percent from a June 30 value of $36.9 billion. Yale University also reported losing one quarter of its endowment, projecting a decrease from $22 billion to $17 billion by year’s end. Unlike the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which Harvard Magazine has noted is comparable in size to Princeton as a whole, Princeton has not announced a hiring freeze. “We should...