Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for the first quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 24 , the budget for the first quarter of 1992 , amounting to 420,500 million roubles , was adopted by the Supreme Soviet . |
| 2 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 3 | It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high . |
| 4 | Louis Gerstner clearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to facing the blue rinse brigade at the annual meeting in Tampa , Florida yesterday , and just before the meeting , IBM Corp announced that its diminished dividend would be unchanged at 54 cents a share for the first quarter ; there had been fears that the company would cut it again . |
| 5 | Sun disappointed some people last Thursday by posting income of only five cents a share for the first quarter ended September 25 . |