• Most firms require prior approval of analysts' personal trades before selling stock to them.
• Sales are expected to be $62 million, up slightly from $60 million in the prior year.
• Those calculations are based on AT&T's average stock price prior to a shareholder meeting.
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Operating earnings were $71 million, compared with a loss of $111 million in the prior year.
»Board members denied any prior knowledge of an executive compensation agreement.
»prior agreement/approval/consent
»Do not publish these figures without prior authorization from the Board.
»Applicants should have prior experience of the pharmaceutical sector.
give/receive prior notice (of sth) »According to the law, the finance ministry should have been given prior notice, which it did not get.
Financial and business terms. 2012.