BB&T said on Thursday in a statement that it did not believe that the Fed's objections to its plan were related to its "capital strength, earnings power or financial condition".
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The strength in earnings sweeps across almost every sector of the economy, said Mr. Hill of First Call.
LIKE unwanted guests who persist in returning, awkward questions about the true strength of earnings at Marriott International, the giant hotel-management company, keep popping up.
Some of the strength in earnings, however, were helped by JPMorgan's decision to reduce reserves for mortgages and credit-card loans.
Wall Street analysts are overestimating the strength in earnings for the rest of the year, he says, because they do not realize how far the Federal Reserve will go to slow the economy and curb inflation.
Thanks to strength overseas, earnings should come in at $1.40 a share this year and climb to $1.60 the next.
