This might prove superior to studies in a "diluted" population enrolling breast cancer patients without distinction [ 27].
The result compared with $120.7 million, or 88 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
In the period a year earlier, WebMethods earned a penny a diluted share on $62 million in sales.
In the quarter a year earlier, the company earned $465 million, or 48 cents a diluted share.
It was a diluted compromise.
But it is a diluted triumph.
The loss from operations was $24.6 million, or 48 cents a diluted share, compared with $26 million, or 51 cents a diluted share, in the period a year earlier.
Walgreen said it earned $194 million, or 19 cents a diluted share, in the quarter, up from $159 million, or 16 cents a diluted share in the period a year earlier.
The company's net profit rose to $335.9 million, or 75 cents a basic share and 73 cents a diluted share, from $224.2 million, or 50 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
Net income for 2001 was $10.3 million, or 39 cents a diluted share, compared with a net loss of $17.9 million, or 71 cents a diluted share, in 2000.
Boeing said net earnings for the quarter were $372 million, or 46 cents a diluted share, down from $650 million, or 80 cents a diluted share, for the period a year earlier.
