They claim that it is currently taking between four and six financial quarters for the company's stations to break even.

The company gets nearly two-thirds of its revenues from monthly subscription fees, which amounted to $1.1 billion in the company's most recent financial quarter.

But more importantly, many of them will comment on the financial quarters ahead and could either counter or reinforce the current pessimism about the economy.

It does not even have the $5 million it needs to pay its share for this financial quarter, some consortium members said.

And it is still many financial quarters before the general election.

Although its principal function is as a financial quarter, there are a number of restaurants and hotels.

Certified Royalty statements are to be submitted within 30 days of the end of each financial quarter.

However in 2011, global sales grew +8% each financial quarter as shoppers returned to the chain.

For the financial quarter ending June 30, Johnson raised a mere $180,000.

For its financial first quarter, which ended May 31, its net loss including certain charges was $27.4 million.