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Business Definition for: Earnings Cap

  • the top limit of earnings which can be used in calculating a retirement pension paid from an occupational pension scheme

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Puritan pre-tax earnings cap comeback in 4th qtr.
Puritan Pre-Tax Earnings Cap Comeback in 4th Qtr. NEW YORK FNS -- Puritan Fashions Corp., a subsidiary of Calvin Klein Industries, capped its comeback year with fourth quarter earnings of $2,798,000 before taxes, compared with a $5,475,000 pre-tax loss a year earlier. ...
Tags: Calvin Klein Inc., Digital Equipment Corp.
Research articles 1986-04-16
Senate votes to repeal earnings cap - Brief Article
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 100-0 to repeal the earnings cap that currently forces senior citizens to forfeit some of their Social Security benefits when they make more than $17,000.
Tags: earnings, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2000-04-03
Clinton backs earnings cap repeal
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton has thrown his support behind a Republican measure that would repeal the earnings cap that currently forces senior citizens to forfeit some of their Social Security benefits when they make more than $17,000. Such a repeal, which also is supported by the National Restaurant Association, would...
Tags: earnings, FINANCE, Government, National Restaurant Association
Research articles 2000-02-28
Strong first-quarter earnings cap seventh consecutive quarter of solid, growing profit for home capital group
TORONTO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 1997--With first quarter 1997 earnings and share income more than double the same period last year, Home Capital Group Inc. (TSE:HCG.B) keeps going from strength to strength. Achieved through the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Home Savings & Loan Corporation, the results for the period ending...
Tags: Business Wire, earnings, FINANCE, Mortgages
Research articles 1997-04-28
Strong First-Quarter Earnings Cap Seventh Consecutive Quarter Of Solid, Growing Profit For Home Capital Group
TORONTO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 1997--(TSE HCG.B.) With first quarter 1997 earnings and share income more than double the same period last year, Home Capital Group Inc. (TSE: HCG.B) keeps going from strength to strength. Achieved through the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Home Savings & Loan Corporation, the results for...
Tags: Business Wire, earnings, FINANCE, Mortgages
Research articles 1997-04-28
Knight Capital Group, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Yes sir. And thank you. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. And we will take our first question from Chris Allen from Banc of America Securities. Please go ahead. Christopher J. Allen - Banc of America Hey guys. How...
Tags: Knight Capital Group Inc.
Earnings calls 2007-10-17
Everest Re Group, Ltd Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And we will go to Tom Cholnoky with Goldman Sachs. Thomas V. Cholnoky - Goldman Sachs Hi. Good morning everyone. I have three questions, if I can. I know you didn't want get too much into the asbestos study, but...
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Earnings calls 2007-10-23
Are S&P 500 Earnings Wrong?
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: In an Op-Ed in this morning's Wall Street Journal, Jeremy Siegel argued that the earnings for the S&P 500 are understating actual earnings. While his entire argument can be read here, his basic premise is that Standard and Poor's calculates earnings based...
Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group
External links 2009-02-25
Zacks Launches New Semi Active Small Cap Index based on Earnings Surprises
CHICAGO -- For several years, published academic studies have found that small cap stocks reporting positive earnings surprises tended to outperform the market. Additionally, companies with a history of reporting positive earnings surprises are two and a half times more likely to report additional positive earnings surprises. This phenomenon is...
Tags: Zacks Investment Research Inc.
Research articles 2006-02-09
Taubman Centers Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question is from Christine McElroy with Banc of America. Christine McElroy - Banc of America Securities Hi, good morning. Obviously your tenant sales growth numbers were very strong. Can you give us some color on how that growth trended...
Tags: Taubman Centers Inc.
Earnings calls 2007-10-24
Titan Machinery F3Q07 (Quarter End 10/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator We will now begin the question and answer session. Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Bob Evans from Craig-Hallum Capital. Please go ahead sir. Robert J. Evans – Craig-Hallum Capital My question is your same store sales...
Tags: Stock, Call Transcript, Earnings, Same-store Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-01-11
Thoratec Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We will take the first question from Mimi Pham with JMP Securities. Mimi Pham – JMP Securities Hi good morning, good afternoon. Gary Burbach Hi, Mimi. Mimi Pham – JMP Securities Can you just clarify your CAP with 30 patients, are you through the end...
Tags: Patient, Call Transcript, Earnings, CAP, Seeking Alpha, Thoratec Corp.
Earnings calls 2009-05-11
Ventas, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from the line of Karin Ford with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please proceed. Karin Ford - KeyBanc Capital Markets Hi, good morning. A question for you on the $68 million of assets sale. It looks like given the NOI number that was about...
Tags: Ventas Inc.
Earnings calls 2008-05-07
BXP Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, this will begin our question and answer session. Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Jordan Sadler of Keybanc Capital Markets. Jordan Sadler - Keybanc Capital Markets Thank you, good morning. ...
Tags: Boston Properties Inc.
Earnings calls 2008-01-30
HRPT Properties Trust Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Mark Biffert – Oppenheimer. Mark Biffert – Oppenheimer Adam, I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about pricing that you’re seeing for both office and industrial and kind of what range you are targeting...
Tags: Asset, Call Transcript, Earnings, HRPT Properties Trust, Asset Management, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-05
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Justin Yagerman - Wachovia Securities. Justin Yagerman - Wachovia Securities Wes, at the very end you said you’re right now experiencing revenue per hundredweight down 1 to 2 basis points? J. Wes Frye 1 to...
Tags: Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.
Earnings calls 2008-04-29
Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator instructions. Our first question comes from Jordan Sadler with Keybanc Capital Markets, please go ahead. Analyst for Jordan Sadler – Keybanc Capital Markets Hey guys, this is Todd [Thomas] on the line for Jordan. You mentioned that you’ve...
Tags: Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc.
Earnings calls 2008-03-31
First Potomac Realty Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Ladies and gentlemen we will now begin the question and answer session. Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Jordan Sadler, Keybanc Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Jordon Sadler – Keybanc Capital Markets Maybe in context of the Nick’s...
Tags: First Potomac Realty Trust
Earnings calls 2008-02-27
TransAlta Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionJennifer Pierce - Director of Investor Relations Thank you, Steve and Brian. So that we may rotate through callers, we shall take one question and one follow-up from each caller, before moving down the queue. We shall answer the questions from the investment community first, and then...
Tags: Asset, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Alberta, Opportunity, Growth, Coal, Call Transcript, Earnings, mW, Mexico, Question, Steve, Capital, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-10-24
Countrywide Financial Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Paul Miller from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. Please go ahead. Paul Miller - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Thank you very much. Angelo, you've been through a lot of these different cycles out there and this doesn't seems to be...
Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp.
Earnings calls 2007-07-24
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