noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
export earnings/revenue (= the money a company or country makes from exports )
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Oil and gas provide 40% of Norway’s export earnings.
loss of earnings
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The court awarded Ms Dixon £7,000 for damages and loss of earnings .
meagre income/earnings/wages etc
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He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.
overtime pay/payments/earnings
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The salary figure does not include overtime pay.
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If Joe worked 100 hours overtime at time and a half, his overtime payments would be $15,662.
taxable income/profits/earnings etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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In any 10-year period managers should only be granted options on shares worth up to four times their annual earnings .
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Witco said it expects its annual earnings will improve by about 13 cents a share by 1997 once the plants are closed.
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However, using the P/E ratio we can calculate the previous annual earnings per share as follows: therefore we have,.
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Starting salaries and annual earnings in the manufacturing sector usually were somewhat higher.
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Bankers Trust is expected to report fourth quarter and annual earnings next week.
average
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What rate do you pay? £52.50 or £43.50 depending on your employee's average weekly earnings .
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Analysts had on average expected earnings of about 90 cents a share.
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Economic statistics: Labour market statistics: average earnings .
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Jardine Fleming Thanakom expects 21 % growth in average earnings per share in 1996, up from just 10 % in 1995.
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Britain's pension was also low as a percentage of national average earnings .
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The result is the employee's average weekly earnings .
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Packers reply that their average earnings are less than 1 percent of their sales.
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This is equal to 20% and 32% respectively of average adult earnings .
corporate
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The federal deficit is at a 23-year low. Corporate earnings are generally strong.
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If the economy falters in 1996, corporate earnings will be hard-pressed to match the performance of the past few years.
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Nor is there any sign of a pick-up in corporate earnings this year.
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He expects stocks to continue to march higher, benefiting from falling rates and decent corporate earnings .
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At the moment, optimism over interest rates is being offset by pessimism about the direction of corporate earnings .
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But the relief was expected to be short-lived, because the economy and corporate earnings are still hurting.
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According to Mazur, corporate earnings here are healthy.
foreign
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With coffee prices badly depressed, the tea industry seemed set to become the second principal source of foreign exchange earnings .
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First, foreign earnings from copper have been used to purchase shortfalls in indigenous production.
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But developing countries are still dependent for all their foreign currency earnings upon the fluctuations of commodity prices on the world market.
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Oil exports accounted for close to 80 percent of foreign earnings .
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However, the foreign exchange earnings on tourism did increase in 1989, not from IR£150m but rather by this figure.
future
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Damages awarded for loss of future earnings can be substantial.
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But Fujisaki ruled that future earnings were an acceptable concept in the law.
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The management have confidence in future earnings growth and the maintenance of the target payout ratio. 2.
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Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages.
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One of the uncertainties of the assessment of future loss of earnings is the future rate of tax.
high
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Parental motivation came from high earnings .
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Another study found that acquainting students with basic job information in high school was associated with higher earnings in the future.
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Conversely, a high P/E ratio is presumed to show that the market expects high and/or non-volatile earnings from the company.
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From the beginning of their relationship, the two had been comfortable with her ambitious career goals and higher earnings .
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It followed that further improvements would result in even higher earnings .
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The manufactured-housing group is expected to continue its trend toward higher earnings .
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Low-earning workers seemed least affected, but on higher earnings some evidence of a small disincentive was discernible.
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The commission provides the incentive and opportunity for higher earnings .
hourly
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Within the Paid Employment Arena 3.2 Differential hourly earnings are the most obvious indicator of the patriarchal dividend.
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Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
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Average hourly earnings advanced a scant 1 cent in January, reaching $ 12. 06.
invisible
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Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings .
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On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings , and has probably remained so this year.
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Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.
lost
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The lost earnings should be calculated tax year by tax year and the appropriate rates of tax adopted.
low
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Deduct the lower earnings limit, and divide the resulting figure by 80.
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Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
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Influenced by the lower pound, earnings jumped by 22 percent during the period and over the nine months.
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The foundation said the tax hike cost the average family $ 2, 600 in higher taxes and lower earnings .
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On low earnings the rebate payments will be too small to justify the personal pension plan charges.
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The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.
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The lower earnings limit is the same level as the basic retirement pension.
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Inc., which fell 21 percent after warning of lower expected earnings .
net
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Its reported net earnings are therefore lower than the reported nil earnings of firm A even though its taxable earnings are the same.
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Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages.
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Thus between 1966 and 1976 net overseas earnings rose on average by 5.3 times as against 2.3 times for manufacturing.
quarterly
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The computer maker warned early this month that its quarterly earnings would be well below analysts' expectations.
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Consensus estimates predict quarterly earnings of 57 cents per share, according to Zacks Investment Research.
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Critics say the new accounting standard will unnecessarily create scary, volatile numbers in quarterly earnings reports.
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Company-wide layoffs are expected after January 17 when Apple announces its quarterly earnings .
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Other stocks surged after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings .
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The computer electronics maker told analysts that inventory thefts led to lower-than-expected quarterly earnings .
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With that mind-set, everything else becomes secondary to the ability to deliver the next quarterly earnings push-up.
strong
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Last year's figures were boosted by strong foreign-exchange earnings and a £122 million write-back from third world debt provisions.
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Financial companies also rose after several large national banks reported stronger earnings .
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He said yesterday that its high cost and strong earnings would deter predators.
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Sales in those new markets have fueled strong earnings at Duracell in the past two years.
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Major aluminum makers, benefiting from higher prices for fabricated products, are expected to post stronger fourth-quarter earnings .
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Boston Chicken, another company expected to generate strong earnings , rose 1 1 / 4 to 31 3 / 8.
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The broader market also rose as some companies reported stronger earnings than expected.
total
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In addition, contributions can be made to take up any unused part of the total earnings of the past six years.
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The total earnings figure is taken from the company's annual report.
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These have been added to the total earnings figures.
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It seems reasonable therefore, to use total earnings rather than base salary as the criteria for the pay league.
weak
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Co., fell for the third straight week on reports of weak earnings and a slack retail climate.
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Manufacturing Co. reported weaker earnings than expected.
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Other companies issuing profit warnings or unexpectedly weak earnings included Hutchison Technology Inc., down 6 to 36 1 / 2.
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While weak earnings forecasts caused many stocks to fall sharply, unexpectedly strong outlooks or actual earnings were rewarded.
weekly
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What rate do you pay? £52.50 or £43.50 depending on your employee's average weekly earnings .
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His average weekly earnings for four weeks is £54.
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How do I work out average weekly earnings ?
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Figure 9.4 considers male average gross weekly earnings .
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The result is the employee's average weekly earnings .
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The average weekly earnings of female manual workers amounted to £115.00 in 1987.
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The higher rate is 90% of your employee's average weekly earnings .
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In 1975, women earned 72 percent of men's hourly rate, and 62 percent of men's gross weekly earnings .
■ NOUN
estimate
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At 25 times current-year earnings estimates , the stock is not expensive.
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It was one of five airline stocks whose fourth-quarter earnings estimates were cut today by Goldman Sachs analyst Glenn Engel.
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Vignola lowered her 1996 earnings estimates to $ 2. 35 from $ 2. 39.
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They immediately pared their earnings estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30 by 15 % to 20 %.
export
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Over 90 percent of export earnings comes from oil.
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The compensatory financing was designed to give temporary support to countries facing short-term fluctuations in export earnings , predominantly primary producing nations.
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Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings , he has made the country less dependent on oil.
growth
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The company says earnings growth of 10% in 1993 is on target, excluding the accounting changes.
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It was the second consecutive year of earnings growth after four years of declines.
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The management have confidence in future earnings growth and the maintenance of the target payout ratio. 2.
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The results eased investors' concern that earnings growth could stall.
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In some cases, the earnings growth will more than make up for the eventual de-rating.
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So it's been punishing stocks whose sales growth has declined even as earnings growth has expanded.
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If the upgrade cycle stalls, earnings growth will too.
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Two decades ago, he said, they were likely to predict solid earnings growth when analysts called.
limit
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If the earnings figure is higher than the upper earnings limit , take that as the figure.
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Deduct the lower earnings limit , and divide the resulting figure by 80.
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There is, however, no upper earnings limit for your share.
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This point is known as the upper earnings limit .
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The lower earnings limit is the same level as the basic retirement pension.
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The rate at the lower earnings limit of £43 a week is reduced from 5 to 2 percent.
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Earnings between £43 and £325 a week - the upper earnings limit - will now attract the uniform 9 percent.
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The first band of earnings attracting this contribution should run up to what is now called the lower earnings limit .
quarter
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Meanwhile Lehmann Brothers, its smaller Wall Street rival, saw its second-#quarter earnings rise by 14 %.
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It warned of unexpectedly low fourth-#quarter earnings because of lagging sales of its computer networking software.
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And fourth quarter earnings , if calculated on the same basis, would have increased 11.4%.
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Analysts surveyed by First Call / Thomson Financial had put the company's current quarter earnings at 72 cents a share.
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The charges will reduce its fourth-#quarter earnings by Dollars 12.83 per share.
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This compares with 55 cents per share for 1996 third quarter earnings , on revenues of $ 2, 521, 852.
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In terms of earnings , Thursday has been circled on many a calender for fourth-#quarter earnings from Nortel Networks Corp.
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Fourth-#quarter earnings rose to 45 cents a share from 39 cents.
ratio
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This is reflected in their price / earnings ratios , a key measure of market value.
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Its price-earnings ratio is a hefty 82. 4.
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And price / earnings ratios that seem absurdly high probably are.
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The higher the price-earnings ratio , the more expensive the stock.
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The earnings ratio for the £10 for 5 years at 6% is 16.28%.
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Many investors look at price-earnings ratios as indications of how expensive stocks are.
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But again larger concerns generated higher market valuations - the median price to earnings ratio was 24.7 against 15.1 for smaller firms.
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The water companies' average prospective price earnings ratio is around five.
report
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Critics say the new accounting standard will unnecessarily create scary, volatile numbers in quarterly earnings reports .
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Merck and Sears Roebuck led the slide, falling the equivalent of 40 Dow points after their latest earnings reports .
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For earnings reports , type the ticker, followed by Equity&038;.
■ VERB
based
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Completion accounts Completion accounts will usually be needed if the price is to be based on earnings or net asset values.
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On average, the P / E ratio was 19, based on estimated 1996 earnings .
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In effect, therefore, the redundancy payment is based on final earnings .
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Since the 1989 Budget, the above figures have become governed by a ceiling, currently based on £75,000 earnings a year.
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Charlotte, North Carolina-#based First Union earnings rose 21 percent, as higher fees offset sluggish lending profit.
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In addition, until April 1993, a further 2 percent subsidy based on earnings will be paid.
boost
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Buybacks and profits retained by companies, rather than ploughed back by investors, may boost earnings per share.
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To improve cash flow, Kmart eliminated its dividend, cut expenses and boosted earnings .
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Last year's figures were boosted by strong foreign-exchange earnings and a £122 million write-back from third world debt provisions.
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The move comes as the telephone company implements a plan to trim billions of dollars in expenses and to boost earnings .
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Commission boosted these earnings , and during 1989 the lowest earning salesman achieved £5,500 basic plus £6,700 commission.
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Narrowing profit margins have given developers little choice but to keep building and selling off property to boost sales support earnings .
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One fundamental motive is the desire of big corporations to boost earnings .
disappoint
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The broader market also declined for a second day, behind disappointing earnings from Motorola Inc.
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The disappointing earnings indicated to many investors that the boom in technology stocks is coming to an end.
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On Tuesday, the company reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings of 72 cents a share, compared with estimates of 88 cents.
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Technology companies generally were down as several large companies reported disappointing earnings .
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Cyclical, industrial stocks lagged badly amid disappointing earnings and worries about flagging economic growth.
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In the first few days of trading this year, nervous investors have already punished high-technology companies that have reported disappointing earnings .
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Stocks sold off sharply amid fears of disappointing earnings in the technology sector as well as continued concerns over the budget stalemate.
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Mr Tumazos warned that aluminum makers could post disappointing earnings this year if production increases as much as indicated.
expect
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Co. and other companies posting better-than-#expected earnings .
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Analysts had on average expected earnings of about 90 cents a share.
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Witco said it expects its annual earnings will improve by about 13 cents a share by 1997 once the plants are closed.
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The maker of high-margin switching products said it will post lower-than-#expected earnings from the fourth quarter.
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She said she expects earnings improvement to begin in the first quarter.
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Wall Street had been expecting earnings of a penny a share, according to a survey by First Call Inc.
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Other stocks surged after reporting better-than-#expected quarterly earnings .
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Bradstreet said it expects to post 1995 earnings of $ 3. 80 a share before the pretax charge.
fall
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The company said revenue and earnings will fall significantly below second-quarter results.
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Wal-Mart Store Inc. said it expects its fourth-quarter earnings to fall as much as 11 percent.
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Digital Equipment Corp. this week warned Wall Street its third-quarter earnings will fall below analysts' expectations.
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The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.
hurt
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That move would likely hurt shareholder value and earnings for a longer period of time, analysts said.
improve
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Bowater said the deal would improve earnings this year and increase its sales of coated films and papers to £500 million.
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The bank said it sacrificed some profit this year to improve earnings in coming years.
increase
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The rise in self-employment is also likely to increase the flexibility of earnings .
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Managed-care companies that had kept prices low to attract new customers are under heavy pressure to increase earnings .
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As well as increasing export earnings they also add to the pipeline network supplying the home market.
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Sales of large-scale data storage devices also increased strongly, while earnings from computer maintenance services hardly changed.
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In each case the primary objective has been to increase both earnings and productivity.
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Therefore, the fact that pensions were to be increased by earnings rather than prices was academic; it meant nothing to pensioners.
pay
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Direct Taxes Individuals pay income tax on earnings from labour, rents, dividends, and interest.
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For example, if you pay weekly, the earnings period is weekly, and so on.
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At the current time, workers pay 9 percent on earnings up to £325 a week.
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Because she also hasn't paid taxes on excess earnings ?
post
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Analysts had expected Cyrix to post earnings of five cents to 10 cents a share.
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Without the one-time charges, WellPoint posted flat year-end earnings .
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P 500 have posted earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31.
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The chain of recreational-vehicle and boat stores posted fiscal 1995 earnings of 20 cents a share, doubling the year-earlier profit.
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Major aluminum makers, benefiting from higher prices for fabricated products, are expected to post stronger fourth-quarter earnings .
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Bradstreet said it expects to post 1995 earnings of $ 3. 80 per share before the pretax charge.
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Mr Tumazos warned that aluminum makers could post disappointing earnings this year if production increases as much as indicated.
relate
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Any contributions above that revert to the age-#related percentage of earnings rules.
retain
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This measurement is generally accepted as the cost of the retained earnings portion of equity capital.
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Moreover, bank profits have been so strong that banks' retained earnings also have increased.
rise
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To avoid damage in a down market, buy and hold stocks of companies with long records of rising earnings and dividends.
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Shares of companies with rapidly rising earnings and sales were market darlings in the past year.
said
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Yahoo!, the Web portal, said this year's earnings and revenues would be lower than ever.
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The company said it will report earnings on Jan. 25.
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The Ohio-based group said fourth-quarter earnings would come in between Dollars 1 and Dollars 1.05 a diluted share.
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In other earnings news yesterday: Motorola said third-quarter earnings before a charge climbed 59 percent, beating expectations.
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She said she expects earnings improvement to begin in the first quarter.
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The company said its earnings would fall short of previous expectations mainly because of lower earnings from its Gulf Printing unit.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hourly pay/earnings/fees etc
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Average hourly earnings advanced a scant 1 cent in January, reaching $ 12. 06.
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It did, however, charge hourly fees that could add up quickly for heavy users.
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Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
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Mr Bennett, even at his hourly fees still an officer of the court, should be ashamed of himself.
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Within the Paid Employment Arena 3.2 Differential hourly earnings are the most obvious indicator of the patriarchal dividend.
invisible earnings/exports/trade etc
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Moreover, the major source of under-recording on the balance of payments up to 1949 was invisible trade.
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On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings, and has probably remained so this year.
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Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.
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There were probably invisible exports too: exports of technical skill and artistry, exports of medicine and magic.
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This has been undesirable, but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference.
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Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings.
lost sales/business/earnings etc
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A private parking garage in one building has lost business.
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Damaged stock means lost sales, and lost sales mean less profit.
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Foot-and-mouth has already cost £51million in lost sales of livestock.
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It's thought to have cost the Dickens and Jones department store £100,000 in lost business.
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It was estimated that the disruption cost retailers around £5m in lost sales.
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When Bogdanov refused, Mr Goddard said he intended to charge the company at least £1,650 to cover lost sales.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Company earnings are up 18% over last year's.
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Most single mothers spend a large part of their earnings on childcare.
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The average worker's earnings have not kept up with inflation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Average earnings rose just 3 cents an hour.
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Development Inc. and Parametric Technology Corp., after both companies reported better-than-expected earnings .
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He expects stocks to continue to march higher, benefiting from falling rates and decent corporate earnings .
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It said, however, that it would maintain its 2001 earnings target of $ 2.80 to $ 2.90 a share.
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Most occupational schemes pay a proportion of your earnings when you retire and are called final earnings schemes.
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The crucial factors are the relative opportunity costs and the ratio of men's to women's earnings .
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The planned repurchase would result in an extraordinary charge of about $ 22 million against first-quarter earnings , the company said.