Earnings Review

October 25, 1999

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) -- Q3 EPS: $1.42 vs. $1.25 last year; estimate: $1.42

Atlantic Richfield (NYSE: ARC) -- Q3 EPS: $1.55 (excluding items) vs. $0.22 last year; estimate: $1.23

Atlas Air Inc. (NYSE: CGO) -- Q3 EPS: $0.41 vs. $0.38 last year; estimate: $0.39

Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) -- fiscal Q4 EPS: $1.08 (excluding items) vs. $0.91 last year; estimate: $1.00

Ball Corp. (NYSE: BLL) -- Q3 EPS: $1.13 vs. $0.84 last year (excluding items); estimate: $1.07

Beckman Coulter (NYSE: BEC) -- Q3 EPS: $0.82 vs. $0.47 last year; estimate: $0.79

Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CHV) -- Q3 EPS: $1.07 (excluding items) vs. $0.59 last year; estimate: $1.01

CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) -- Q3 EPS: $0.60 vs. $0.53 last year; estimate: $0.61

Columbia/HCA Healthcare (NYSE: COL) -- Q3 EPS: $0.27 (excluding charges) vs. $0.20 last year; estimate: $0.25

Guilford Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: GLFD) -- Q3 EPS: loss of $0.26 vs. loss of $0.35 last year; estimate: loss of $0.28

Harbinger Corp. (Nasdaq: HRBC) -- Q3 EPS: $0.10 (excluding charges) vs. $0.07 last year; estimate: $0.09

Hershey Foods (NYSE: HSY) -- Q3 EPS: $0.62 vs. $0.74 last year; estimate: $0.60

Human Genome Sciences (Nasdaq: HGSI) -- Q3 EPS: loss of $0.42 vs. loss of $0.09 last year; estimate: loss of $0.36

McKesson HBOC (NYSE: MCK) -- Q3 EPS: $0.27 (excluding charges) vs. $0.26 last year; estimate: $0.32

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (NYSE: MMM) -- Q3 EPS: $1.14 (excluding items) vs. $0.97 last year; estimate: $1.06

Mobil Corp. (NYSE: MOB) -- Q3 EPS: $0.87 (excluding items) vs. $0.61 last year; estimate: $0.89

Park Place Entertainment (NYSE: PPE) -- Q3 EPS: $0.19 (excluding items) vs. $0.14 last year; estimate: $0.14

ReliaStar Financial (NYSE: RLR) -- Q3 EPS: $0.54 vs. $0.73 last year; estimate: $0.79

Safeco Corp. (Nasdaq: SAFC) -- Q3 EPS: $0.07 (excluding items) vs. $0.68 last year; estimate: $0.09

Texaco Inc. (NYSE: TX) -- Q3 EPS: $0.83 (excluding items) vs. $0.37 last year; estimate: $0.84

Union Carbide (NYSE: UK) -- Q3 EPS: $0.36 (excluding gains and charges) vs. $0.30 last year; estimate: $0.37

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