context: However , in spite of the difficult industrywide environment of high cost and low volume , Bethlehem `` had pretty good earnings numbers , `` said Michelle Galanter Applebaum , an analyst with Salomon Brothers Inc. Ms. Applebaum had estimated third - quarter earnings of 55 cents a shhha55 cents a share , ents a share , but ssa share , but said the losses for the unusual items were larger than expected .
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