In March 2009, the S P 500 index was down to 660, earnings per share (EPS) of US companies and banks had sunk to a financial crisis low, and price earnings ratios were in the single digits.

Official earnings average 1.5 to 2 per day.

Over the last two decades, developing countries have stabilized their export earnings by increasing the share of manufacturing exports in their total exports to about 70 per cent.

Yet another reason for the correction is that valuations in stock markets are stretched price earnings ratios are now high, while growth in earnings per share is slackening, and will be subject to further negative surprises as growth and inflation remain low.

In the past, bank executives bonuses were often based on accounting measures that are of interest primarily to common shareholders, such as return on equity or earnings per common share.

Since stock prices are most strongly determined by earnings per share (EPS), a 20 ROE company will cost twice the amount (in Price Book terms) as a 10 ROE company.

In export earnings, direct as well as indirect, the share of agriculture is very high.

Women's earnings as a proportion of men's has risen from 83.2 per cent in February 1996 to 85.1 per cent today.

MHR increased the earnings exemptions for Persons with Disabilities to 400 per month and Persons with Persistent Multiple Barriers to Employment to 300 per month.

While the share of private and public consumption in GDP increased from 117 per cent in 1999 to 134 per cent in 2004, the share of total investment dropped from 43 per cent to 27 per cent.

UNDP had a 28.2 per cent share at 2.8 billion, while other specialized agencies, funds, and programmes had a 26.2 per cent share ( 2.6 billion), UNICEF 13.4 per cent ( 1.3 billion) and UNFPA 3.2 per cent ( 317.5 million).

The share of developing countries in world total exports of services was 22 per cent in 2003, while their share in imports was 24 per cent.

The amount was reduced to 65 , and then 50 , in 2005, but France still deducts its share directly from these countries export earnings.

In 2001, for example, 27 per cent of the country's earnings were from export of its main agricultural products such as copra, coconut oil, beef, kava, timber and cocoa 73 per cent was from earnings from the export of services from tourism and the Finance Centre of which 61 per cent was from tourism alone (NSO, 2002a).

This share represented a decline from 2.0 per cent in 1990.

In Africa, the share of manufacturing exports of about 30 per cent in 2000 represented an increase of only 10 percentage points compared with the 1980 share, while the continent's share of world merchandise exports fell from 6.3 per cent in 1980 to 2.5 per cent in 2000 in value terms.

Their share in world merchandise exports increased from 24 per cent in 1990 to 33 per cent in 2004.

The focus area on basic education and gender equality is projected to have an overall share of expenditure of 18 per cent, and child protection an overall share of 9 per cent.

Family earnings

The share of GDP devoted to investment was 19.6 per cent in 2004.

On the positive side, we increased our export earnings by over 100 per cent, we increased our remittances by over 500 per cent and we increased foreign direct investment by over 400 per cent over the past five years.

Overall, Brazil's share of international trade had declined from 1.39 per cent in 1984 to merely 0.79 per cent in 2002.

In terms of assistance, the largest share was for durable solutions (37 per cent).

The share of staff from Eastern Europe and NIS amounts to 11 per cent.

In 1960, 75 per cent of working Asians were employed in agriculture by 1990, this share had fallen to 62 per cent.

Its share in the world FDI stock increased from 2 per cent in 1985 to 8 per cent in 2003 (table 1).

Within the increased total contributions, the share of regular resources further declined to 40 per cent, down from 43 per cent in 2003.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 52 per cent, with 73 per cent working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 47 per cent, with 53 per cent working in agriculture.

While he welcomed the increased share of LDCs in overall UNCTAD expenditures, he felt that this share should increase further to reach 40 per cent.

While he welcomed the increased share of LDCs in overall UNCTAD expenditures, he felt that this share should increase further to reach 40 per cent.

Its direct influence on trade may be less immediately obvious, since its share of world exports has never exceeded 4 per cent and its share of world imports reached its highest point in 2003 at 15.5 per cent.

As a result their share in global imports of services has dropped from 24 per cent in 2000 to 21 per cent in 2003.

The share of social infrastructure and services in total official development assistance increased from 25 per cent in 1990 to 34 per cent in 2002, while the share of the economic infrastructure and production sectors fell during those years.

Carrefour the largest foreign firm is number four, with a market share of 9.9 per cent.

Persons who, though not having the right to claim support from another person, share in that person's earnings from prostitution and persons who, having this right, force another person to hand over all or part of such earnings are also deemed to be guilty of this offence under the law.

In 2002, services accounted, on average, for 49 per cent of GDP in developing countries, while for developed countries this share was 72 per cent.

Agriculture's share of GDP ranged from 0.8 per cent for the Federated States of Micronesia to 56.4 per cent for the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2000 was 48 per cent, of which 54 per cent were working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2000 was 49 per cent, of which 93 per cent were working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2000 was 45 per cent, of which 90 per cent were working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2000 was 29 per cent, of which 5 per cent were working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 36 per cent, but only 1 per cent were working in agriculture.

On the other hand, men's participation in agriculture decreased from 75.9 per cent to 60 per cent, while the biggest increase in their share (from 9.6 per cent to 20.1 per cent) was observed in the services sector.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 46 per cent as much as 79 per cent were working in agriculture.