• ServiceMaster (Downers Grove, IL) announces that continued integration and operating cost issues in its TruGreen unit, combined with higher than anticipated fuel and labor-related costs in its other business units, will result in third-quarter and 2000 earnings below prior estimates. The company anticipates that third-quarter earnings per share will be in the $.16 to $.17 range. Full year earnings are expected to be in the $.62 to $.66 range vs. the company's previous estimate of approximately $.72 per share.

    • Publication date: 10/09/2000