But, with the company predicting big things in the next six months, should investors keep holding on?
The company had predicted that earnings would be $1 to a $1.02 a share.
The company also predicted a loss in the first quarter of 1991.
The company again predicted that sales for this year would be its best yet.
By 2006, the company predicts, 14 million will do so.
The company predicts that by later this year it will have cut the 1,500 people on its information technology staff to 900.
Earlier this year, the company predicted earnings of $3.70 a share.
Five months ago, the company had predicted only 15 million sales this year.
Last month the company predicted that it would increase its investment again this year, by 20 percent, to $6.2 billion.
The company predicted that its 2003 operating loss will be less than what it lost last year.
