Choi is accused of using the money for personal gain, which she denies.
Weight gain which is commonly observed with the treatment of antipsychotics was not observed.
Excluding that gain, which accounted for less than a penny a share, the Times Company earned $58.3 million.
"Ultimately, it came down to a no gain, which in our minds was perfectly fine," Mr. LeCount said.
Mrs. Redmond-Mercereau wrote in her notes, "The thyroidectomy is what led to her weight gain, which bothered Doug".
The gain, which excluded prices of fresh food, matched the median forecast of 30 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
"Pain & Gain," which opens tomorrow, is a brash, vulgar, exhilaratingly vigorous, spontaneously complex hoot of a true-crime movie.
The gain, which was much higher than the consensus estimates of economists, was the largest monthly advance since October 2001.
Powers's last novel, "Gain," which glumly chronicled environmental damage in an industrial town, fell prey to such finger-wagging.
The contestants, however, have to agree about the distribution of the gain, which is the product of their cooperation.
One of the scientists there made a joke about "brain gain," which was funny and stuck with me.
