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Egyptian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (522 words) |
 | From this it is possible to calculate that the previous occasion on which this occurred was 1322 BCE, and the one before that was 2782 BCE. |
 | In 238 BCE, the Ptolemaic rulers decreed that every 4th year should be 366 days long rather than 365. |
 | That practice was not followed, however, until the introduction of the "Alexandrian Calendar" in 22 BCE by Augustus. |
| BCE 1st Quarter Results (503 words) |
 | BCE's net income applicable to common shares was $238 million, down from $249 million last year. |
 | BCE consolidated earnings per common share are after deducting preferred dividend requirements equivalent to $0.01 per common share in the first quarter of 1989 ($0.02 in 1988). |
 | BCE is a management holding corporation with investments in telecommunications services, telecommunications equipment manufacturing, financial services, energy, printing and publishing, and real estate. |