The Marriott Corporation said today that its second-quarter earnings tumbled 41.3 percent as the recession crimped demand for hotel rooms.

In the third quarter of last year, earnings tumbled to losses.

A grateful Rivera, whose reputation and earnings had tumbled, again gave her the nude drawings.

Like many other firms, First Boston's earnings tumbled last year.

Ltd. said Thursday its pre-tax earnings tumbled 21.5 percent from a year earlier to 46.5 billion yen (451 million dollars) in the year to March.

Kajima, whose name was repeatedly dragged through the mud last year, said its earnings tumbled 23.4 percent from a year earlier to 67.4 billion yen.

Westinghouse Electric said its earnings tumbled 49.6 percent in the latest quarter and would stay weak throughout the year.

In sharp contrast, the earnings of First Boston Inc. tumbled 44.9 percent, to $42 million, from $76.2 million a year earlier.

Most analysts say earnings are tumbling because of a decision to cut output to reduce dealer inventories of construction equipment.

The National Semiconductor Corporation said yesterday that earnings tumbled 59.6 percent in its fiscal third quarter, hurt by lower-than-expected sales and higher costs.