Disappointing Outlook for Corporate Earnings…. Contact First Call for More Information

Business Wire, Oct 12, 1998

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--First Call, a division of Thomson Financial Services, is your source for earnings estimate information during the busy October earnings reporting period.

Chuck Hill, First Call's director of research, and his staff can offer commentaries and assistance to members of the business and financial media. First Call can provide you with the following:

DAILY REPORTS (issued only during appropriate weeks in each quarter): -0-

     --Pre-announcement scorecard
     --Earnings report scorecard
     --Event-driven revision activity - the events driving the
       revisions include earnings report surprises,
       pre-announcements, etc.

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First Call also has provided the media with reports that cover various industries and which were developed when First Call's research department observed a meaningful trend. Following are some examples of industry-specific research reports that were distributed recently to the media:

--Securities brokerage industry

--Banking industry

--Steel industry earnings outlook

--Farm equipment industry outlook

--Oil service industry outlook

--Money center banks

--Mortgage industry earnings

--Retailing industry

--Canadian banks

--Semi-conductor capital equipment industry