Earnings Reports

A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Monday, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial:

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Analysts’ Pct. above/ Year- Ticker estimated Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Xircom XIRC $0.41 $0.42 +2% $0.14 CNF Transportation CNF 0.51 0.58 +14 0.33 Rockwell Intl. ROK 0.70 0.74 +6 0.60 Tupperware TUP 0.29 0.31 +7 0.26 Dana DCN 0.99 1.00 +1 0.84 Eli Lilly LLY 0.53 0.53 0 0.46 Arden Realty ARI 0.64 0.64 0 0.56 Bank of New York BK 0.41 0.41 0 0.36 Cooper Tire & Rubber CTB 0.39 0.41 +5 0.36 Network Associates NETA 0.30 0.30 0 0.28 Rohm & Haas ROH 0.58 0.61 +5 0.58 Raychem RYC 0.43 0.43 0 0.57 VLSI Technology VLSI -0.01 0.05 NM 0.07 Balance Bar BBAR NA 0.07 NM 0.11 Case CSE -0.85 -0.68 NM 0.88 Nextel Comm. NXTL -1.43 -1.37 NM -1.53

Year- over-year Company % change Xircom +200% CNF Transportation +76 Rockwell Intl. +23 Tupperware +19 Dana +19 Eli Lilly +15 Arden Realty +14 Bank of New York +14 Cooper Tire & Rubber +14 Network Associates +7 Rohm & Haas +5 Raychem -25 VLSI Technology -29 Balance Bar -36 Case NM Nextel Comm. NM

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Notes: NM = not meaningful. A loss in any period makes percentage change not calculable. Year-over-year growth and percentage changes are based on earnings-per-share figures and may differ from percentage changes based on total profit.

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