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%% 4th Qtr. Dec. 31 1997 1996
Revenues 851.1 350.9
Extraordinary gain a5.1
Extraordinary loss b0.7 b7.9
Net income (loss) 171.4 77.9
Per share (basic) 0.90 0.55
Per share (diluted) 0.81 0.49
Avg. shares 211.5 159.6
Year 1997 1996
Revenues 2,972.5 1,384.3
Extraordinary gain c44.1 c11.2
Extraordinary loss d51.7 e26.5
Net income (loss) 567.3 252.4
Per share (basic) 2.94 2.15
Per share (diluted) 2.64 1.82
Avg. shares 210.2 138.9
%% a–Gain on sales of investments.
b–Early debt retirement.
c–Investment gain
d–Includes charges of $44.8 million from previous quarters and a charge
of $6.9 million for early retirement of debt and conversion of
preferred stock.
e–Early retirement of debt.
