| 41. | Chevron said a variety of special charges reduced quarterly profits by some $ 222 million.
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| 42. | Excluding special charges, Goodyear lost 29 cents per share.
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| 43. | Excluding special charges and the price of fuel, costs would have dropped nearly 11 percent.
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| 44. | Special charges of $ 1 . 95 billion will be taken in the second quarter.
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| 45. | Excluding special charges, profits were $ 23 . 3 million, or 40 cents per share.
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| 46. | The drop in earnings reported by Houston-based SCI was before special charges were factored in.
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| 47. | While all posted profits in 1997, some had to take one-time special charges against income.
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| 48. | The expenses were not accounted for as special charges.
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| 49. | The pretax special charges in the most recent quarter totaled $ 184 . 8 million.
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| 50. | Those figures included $ 49 million in special charges.
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