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NEW YORK — Standard & Poor’s Index Services on Monday said preliminary figures show second- quarter operating earnings for the S&P 500 companies fell 29 percent, the fourth straight quarterly decline for the index of large companies.
With data available from 96 percent of the companies in the index, S&P said the aggregate results show operating earnings at $17.08 per share, compared with $24.06 per share for the 2007 second quarter.
