The dividend total is doubled to 6p through a final payment of 4.8p, covered comfortably by earnings per share of 28.34p up from 19.72p.

Civil courts have traditionally valued life by earnings lost.

So the company has spread into new fields to please investors by keeping revenue and earnings growing.

Black Toney was 10 times among the top 20 American sires by earnings.

Payout ratio is calculated by dividing the dividend by earnings.

At the same time, income growth - as measured by average hourly earnings - remained moderate.

The results are the same when separated by education, race or earnings level.

Brokerage stocks gained, aided by strong earnings at Lehman Brothers, which added 2 15/16, to 72 7/8.

In 2004, the average welfare, measure by individual earnings, of Thai men was estimated to have 8.29% higher than that of women.

If the return is higher than the growth rate as measured by sales and earnings, free cash flow is more likely.