[A1.] Earnings Rise at Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley, the securities firm, said first-quarter earnings increased 35percentt, helped by gains from trading, selling and underwriting stocks.
Underlying earnings increased 8.9% to £156.5m.
The company said earnings increased to $387 million.
Coach said last month that fourth-quarter earnings increased 73percentt.
And employees' average hourly earnings increased by a single cent, to $23.89.
The Coca-Cola Company said yesterday that its third-quarter earnings increased 8percentt.
While the write-down left Telecom Italia with a loss for 2001, operating earnings increased.
Excluding good will charges, currency fluctuations and exceptional items, earnings increased 8percentt.
But when one-time items were excluded, the bank's earnings increased 56.1percentt.
While earnings increased sharply during Gerstner years, they note that revenue grew only modestly.
The company said first-quarter earnings increased 27 percent to $1.04 billion, meeting analysts' expectations.
