The company did not comment on how the charge would affect earnings.

Slower economic growth is also expected to affect earnings at big local phone companies.

Therefore, the company said, the settlement would not affect its earnings for the quarter.

The company said the restatement would not affect current or future earnings.

"The thing that has affected earnings is the long-distance market over all," he said.

As one might expect, the socio-economic position of black workers affects their earnings.

The company said a change in accounting methods affected net earnings.

They don't want an abnormal expense affecting their earnings at the end of a deal.

Capital Cities said a number of one-time factors had affected earnings.

Coca-Cola did not say how much the sales drop would affect earnings in the second quarter.