Less than a week later, Motorola again posted surprisingly low earnings.

The company posted earnings of $96.8 million for the quarter, down from $102.4 million a year earlier.

Without the charge, Woolworth would have posted earnings of 44 cents a share.

The company posted earnings of 27 cents a share in the second quarter last year.

Without the charge, the company said it would have posted earnings of $9,825,000, or 22 cents a share.

The rail car division posted earnings of $120 million in 1989.

In the 1988 fourth quarter, Caterpillar posted earnings of $1.61 a share.

In late September, the price fell sharply after the company posted disappointing earnings.

Without the charge, the company would have posted earnings of $2.415 billion.

In 1993 Roadmaster posted earnings of 25 cents a share.