In 1993 the company posted a loss of $49.3 million, or $1.06 a share, on revenue of $1.3 billion.

The world's biggest investor-owned oil company, Exxon Mobil, posted the largest profit, a record $36.13 billion on revenue of $371 billion.

The company posted $1.9 billion in net income on revenue of $4 billion for the first nine months of 2002.

A year ago, Big B posted net income of $4.81 million, or 31 cents a share, on revenue of $195.2 million.

BankBoston posted operating earnings of $792 million on revenue of $4.4 billion in 1998.

The company posted a third-quarter loss on lower-than-expected revenue and warned that it would fall short of analysts' projections this quarter.

Last year, the company posted a profit of $18.9 million on revenue of $578.7 million.

For the first nine months of 1995, the companies posted combined net income of $451 million, or $4.69 a share, on revenue of $4.1 billion.

The newspaper and broadcasting company said Monday that it had posted a profit of $896,000, or 9 cents a share, on revenue of $87.3 million.

For the year, G.M. posted net earnings of $1.7 billion, on revenue of $186.8 billion.