The phrase "interim earnings" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to the financial earnings that a company or individual receives during a specific period of time, often between two main reporting periods. Example: "The company's interim earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year were lower than expected due to decreased sales in the international market."
The company said in its interim earnings update that its oil production fell in the first two months of the quarter and that it had received a lower price for the oil it sold.
Shell is also to reports its figures this week as is Centrica, which will unveil a small fall in group interim earnings, but a large increase in the profits from its British Gas domestic supply subsidiary.
News of the Tarmac sale came as Anglo American reported a 22% jump in underlying interim earnings on the back of the boom in commodity prices, taking them to a record $3.1bn.
In the interim, earnings had faltered, the Securities and Exchange Commission launched an accounting probe and the company made several changes in top management.
Chevron shares closed Thursday's session up by 75 cents, or 1.1%, at $69.23, before releasing its first-quarter interim earnings; the report showed weak pricing compared with last year's comparable period when energy prices rose rapidly.
You pay tax later when those deferred amounts (and the interim earnings) are withdrawn in retirement, when you might have lower income and thus be in a lower tax bracket.
They conduct their study upon the fact that, under the London Stock Exchange Model Code, there is a ban in transactions by insiders two months before the announcement of earnings both interim and final.
Speculation that next month's interim figures from Avis Europe will trigger earnings upgrades helped its shares rise 4.25p to 104.5p - one of the best performances in the FTSE 250 yesterday.
In its interim management statement Centrica said full-year earnings would benefit from a one-off deferred tax credit.
Less resilient was Birse Group, the construction company, which fell 2p to 8p after releasing a dreadful set of interim results and warning that full-year earnings will fall short of those achieved during last year.
During an earnings call earlier today, Playboy Enterprises' interim CEO Jerome Kern (who replaced Hugh Hefner's daughter Christie after she stepped down last December) didn't really have any uplifting news to share.
