Remember that at&t reported an annual write off and Alcoa reported a quarterly right off. You may want to put the actual numbers for quarter/annual.
right == write
Me fail english.
Then I misread the ATT announcement. Everybody else, I believe is a quarterly charge. I will see what I can find out...or put them in separate categories.
Checked my sources —
What data I’ve been collecting is for charges taken in the first quarter, and the news stories I’ve read say ATT is going to take that charge in the first quarter...
Do you have different data?
now if you mean ATT is going to eat one year’s charges in the first quarter, I haven’t been collecting that type of info, just what impact the charges various companies are announcing related to the health care change as it impacts first quarter profits.
But every news story I have consulted says ATT’s charges are for the first quarter.