Example sentences of "profit [prep] the [adj] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later this month , it will announce an operating profit for the first quarter of 1992 , the second quarter running in which it has been profitable : the last quarter of 1991 produced a small profit of $80 million , although the year as a whole showed a $1.4 billion loss on turnover of $8.6 billion . |
| 2 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 3 | Borland International Inc president and chief executive Philippe Kahn says the company will report profit for the fourth quarter to March 31 , and adds that he is comfortable with analysts ' estimates of profits of about $0.10 a share : Borland 's target is to be profitable every quarter in the coming fiscal 1994 — Paradox for Windows is ‘ doing great ’ and is on a winning track and Quattro Pro is now picking up . |
| 4 | Commenting on its figures , LSI Logic Corp reports that net profit in the first quarter exceeded net in any single quarter in the company 's 12-year history ; it also surpassed total net profit in all of 1991 ; it said the improved financial results reflect a significant turnaround since it restructured its operations in the third quarter of 1992 . |
| 5 | The car division of America 's Ford made a $176m net profit in the first quarter of 1993 , compared with a $16m loss in the same quarter last year . |
| 6 | Xerox Corp chairman Paul Allaire said yesterday that profit in the second quarter from its document processing business ‘ could be somewhat below ’ the $1.12 per share the unit earned in the year-ago period : Xerox said nine-tenths of its total business is in document processing , and the remainder is in insurance and financial services , and that it is in the midst of realigning its US sales force for document processing , which along with continued weak economic conditions , are affecting its results ; it expects sales momentum to increase as it realises benefits of the sales reorganisation and still expects profit growth in document processing . |
| 7 | UK underwriting profit of $3.5m for the half year ( 1992 : $104.8m loss ) following a $7.6m profit in the second quarter ( 1992 : $39.6m loss ) . |
| 8 | In Canada , we performed well and reported an excellent profit in the second quarter . |
| 9 | A profit in the second quarter of $5.3m ( 1992 : $9.7m loss ) produced a profit at the half year of $1.9m against a loss last time of $29.7m . |
| 10 | The Commercial Motor account produced a profit in the second quarter of $3.1m ( 1992 : $9.1m loss ) and a profit at the half year of $3.2m ( 1992 : $21.5m loss ) . |
| 11 | Following an excellent profit in the second quarter of $4.5m ( 1992 : $0.5m ) the deficit at the half year was $7.1m ( 1992 : $2.4m loss ) , with all companies — GA , Pilot and Prudential — performing well . |
| 12 | This followed a profit in the second quarter of $0.6m ( 1992 : $1.7m loss ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Canada continued its strong performance , with an underwriting profit in the second quarter , whilst the US produced satisfactory results in what remains a difficult market . |
| 14 | MEMBER firms of the London Stock Exchange were thought to be back in profit in the last quarter of 1992 after a third-quarter deficit caused by heavy dealing losses and falling revenues . |
| 15 | Puerto Rico produced an increased deficit for the year despite a good profit in the fourth quarter . |
| 16 | The global trend , however , improved steadily throughout last year , the UK market making a £7 million profit in the fourth quarter for the second quarter in a row . |