Sentence examples for acquisition earnings from inspiring English sources

Under this system, all property is divided on equitable principles, such as length of the marriage, opportunity for future acquisition, earnings potential, and other factors.

Excluding onetime items, mainly related to acquisitions, earnings were 93 cents a share.

"I have years of history trading penny stocks and speculating on F.D.A. approvals, acquisitions, earnings calls and political events," he said.

Excluding costs for acquisitions, earnings from continuing operations were $600 million, or 18 cents a share, down from $768 million, or 24 cents a share, while revenue increased 14.6percentto to $9.4 billion in the quarter.

Charges related to its Wild Oats acquisition lowered earnings by about 6 cents a share, Whole Foods said.

The chief executive, Fred Hassan, said the acquisition increased earnings per share by 4 cents in the quarter.

That acquisition helped earnings to double for 2006′s first three quarters to $60 million, as sales climbed 25% to $966 million.

It has done a great job expanding both sales (up 83% to $2 billion in this year's first half, mostly from an acquisition) and earnings (up 46% to $126 million).

In a statement, Advanced's CCEO, Vin Murria, described the acquisition as "earnings enhancing"  and "complementary" to its existing education sector offering.

(Technical note: Gucci is amortizing the nearly $100 million of goodwill created by the Severin Montres acquisition against earnings over 20 years, half the time required by U.S. accounting standards).

He pointed to companies that seem to rely heavily on acquisitions for earnings growth, like Tyco, which is based in Bermuda.