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from Port Folio Weekly by Cesca Janece Waterfield February 5, 2005 Percentage increase in Norfolk Southern's earnings in nine months of 2005: 39 Percentage increase in the company's share price in 2005: 24 Billions of dollars increase in spending the company plans this year thanks to such vigorous earnings: 1.1 Number of locomotives the company will purchase: 138 Third quarter loss in millions of dollars reported by Virginia Beach corporation, Amerigroup: 2.26 Rank of unexpectedly high number of medical claims as cause of shortfall, according to company: 1 Number of positions the company has created to tackle issues associated with the loss: 2 Percentage of decline in Dollar Tree Stores' income over nine months in 2005 compared to a similar span the previous fiscal year: 10 Rank of shopping deterrence due to rising fuel costs named as cause of loss, according to the company: 1 Ratio of new Dollar Tree stores to the increase in company sales from previous year: 183: $12.547 million Billions of dollars consumers charged nationally to their Visa cards in the last quarter of 2005: 232.4 Percentage increase over one year previous: 18 Billions of dollars consumers charged to credit cards for fast food during 2005: 30 Amount that Norfolk company, Portfolio Recovery increased its line of credit in December as it poised to boost bad debt purchases: $50 million Amount of bad debt one brokerage firm originally estimated the company would purchase: $22.6 million Debt that brokerage firm expected the company to purchase after their credit increase: $90.8 million Sources: cardweb.com, cnn.com, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Virginian Pilot Back
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