Today, far from being in the red, we are setting earnings records; net earnings for 1988 were about $300 million.
As evidence, he points to his earnings record.
Lukas and Klein broke their own earnings records for a second straight year.
The estimate is based on current law and real time access to your earnings record.
Webb won three times and set an earnings record of $1,002,000.
G.M.'s previous earnings record was $1.61 billion, set in the first quarter of 1984.
G.M. has set quarterly earnings records for four quarters in a row.
The company's yearly earnings record was similar to those of other major oil companies.
By contrast, a person born in January 1917 who retired at 65 with the same earnings record would get $670.
Since Sept. 11, the offerings have been mainly from established companies with solid earnings records.