BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- AMERICAN NEWS

Profits Plunge Globally...


Bridgestone earnings will take a hit

YEAR                SALES             EARNINGS
                  (billions)         (millions)

1997                $20.5               $2.0
1998                21.1                2.2
1999                19.7                2.2
2000*               18.3                1.9
2001*               17.8                1.7

*Revised estimate

DATA: BRIDGESTONE CORP., MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER


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