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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (11245)	1/18/2000 8:31:00 AM
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On 'super-earnings' Tuesday- some indications:MOT & JDS Uniphase down, ETEK soars on JDS deal: cbs.marketwatch.com Also: Pfizer earnings jump 8:08 a ET Pfizer Inc. Tuesday reported net earnings jumped to $954 million, or 25 cents a diluted share, in the fourth quarter, topping year-earlier results and Wall Street forecasts of 23 cents a share. Sales at the company, one of the biggest U.S. drug makers, grew 17% to $4.5 billion. - 07:39 [C] CITIGROUP Q4 EPS OF 75C BEATS FIRST CALL EST. OF 70C 07:38 [ONE] BANK ONE SAYS Q4 NET 78 CENTS VS. 88 CENTS YEAR AGO; MATCHES CONSENSUS - Motorola beats profit estimates SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Motorola, the world's No. 2 maker of cellular phones, said fourth-quarter profit more than tripled on sales of digital mobile phones and a turnaround in its semiconductor business. Profit from operations surged to $514 million, or 82 cents a share, from net income of $159 million, or 26 cents, a year earlier. Revenue climbed 1.9% to $8.45 billion from $8.34 billion. Motorola is benefiting from worldwide demand for cell phones. Shipments from all manufacturers will increase to at least 1 billion in 2005 from about 400 million this year, according to Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. The company is expanding its line of digital models to take on No. 1 Nokia Oyj. Motorola, the world's No. 6 semiconductor maker, also is profiting from a restructuring of its sprawling chip business the past two years. The company cut jobs and sold lower-profit lines to concentrate on more profitable products. Motorola shares rose 12.44, or 9%, to a record $151 Friday. U.S. markets were closed Monday. Motorola's shares have more than doubled in the past year. Analysts expected profit of 81 cents, according to First Call/Thomson Financial. Including charges of $236 million pretax, or 26 cents after tax, for exposure to the struggling Iridium LLC satellite venture and other items, the company had net income of $349 million, or 56 cents. There were no charges in the year-ago quarter.