Financial Highlights

  1999
52 weeks
1998
53 weeks

CHANGE
  (In thousands of dollars except per share items)
Sales of services $4,269,113 $4,092,251 +4.3%
Earnings before income taxes 143,710 143,615 +0.1%
Income taxes 58,600 58,900 -0.5%
Net earnings 85,110 84,715 +0.5%
Basic earnings per share 2.37 2.24 +5.8%
Diluted earnings per share 2.36 2.23 +5.8%
Dividends per share .95 .91 +4.4%
Working capital 284,850 293,393 -2.9%
Stockholders' equity 582,373 537,764 +8.3%
Total assets 1,033,691 964,247 +7.2%

Sales of Services
(billions of dollars)
 

Diluted Earnings
Per Share
 

Dividends
Per Share
 

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