The report matched last week's announcement of the company's preliminary results, which were lower than analysts had expected.

Analysts believe that an announcement of the company's bankruptcy is imminent.

As of late 2010, Firemachines.com is now defunct and no announcement of the company's status has been made.

I wanted a showy announcement of the Company's return, but not the appearance of a declaration of war.

For investors, Mr. Greenberg's announcement of the company's team of the future cannot come soon enough.

The mere announcement of the company's plans for the depot "one half-mile west of the courthouse" caused property values in the western section of town to skyrocket.

Most of the plants to be closed were not named last month by G.M.'s chairman, Robert C. Stempel, in his announcement of the company's cutback plans.

The move was coupled with an announcement of the company's first regular quarterly cash dividend on RJR Nabisco common stock, payable on April 1.

And in June 1998, an offering of stock by managing directors of Bear, Stearns & Company followed closely the announcement of the company's addition to the index.

The announcement of the company's newest restructuring plan sent the prices of its bonds and preferred stock even lower, and showed just how rapidly book value can vanish in the financial services industry.

Mr. Spindler declined to be interviewed for this article, as did most other high-level executives at Apple, citing the "blackout" period leading up to the announcement of the company's fourth-quarter financial results, which are expected soon.

In anticipation of this week's announcement of the company's quarterly earnings, executives lifted profit expectations based on strong April sales of shoes, home furnishings and women's accessories, as well as Internet and catalog purchases.

In particular, they are required not to deal (save in limited circumstances) during certain "closed periods", ie two months prior to the preliminary announcement of the company's annual results and the announcement of its half-yearly results.

The first grant of options will be made following the approval of the Scheme at the Annual General Meeting and, thereafter, within the period of 42 days after the announcement of the Company's results for any period.

Mr. Landry said the agreement between Lotus and Oracle, which was signed in the three days that elapsed between the publicist's Notes-killer call and the announcement of the companies' Notes-hugging alliance, is aimed at improving links between Notes and Oracle 7.

Following Meg Whitman's appointment as new CEO of HP, in conjunction with an announcement of the company's plans to continue developing webOS as an open-source operating system, she said that the company would continue using the OS in devices, specifically resuming its use in tablets.