He noted that the company has doubled its annual per-share earnings for three consecutive years.

He thinks the company will double its earnings this year while most of the rest of the fast-food industry continues to consolidate.

Hilton Hotels reported that gambling profits nearly doubled its first-quarter earnings to $25.1 million.

Even so, in the first three quarters of this year, Calpine almost doubled its earnings.

Amoco also more than doubled its earnings from its chemical division in the fourth quarter.

Egghead Software of Seattle, the leader, doubled its earnings in the last year.

Yet they did - and some reckon they will double their earnings this year.

Mr. Tsai has stated a goal of doubling the company's earnings per share with five years.

According to his estimate, the biggest winners by far from revaluation would be China's airlines, with some of them perhaps doubling their modest earnings.

The Colemans say they have doubled their annual earnings into six figures.