The company's reported profits nearly doubled in the quarter, to $2.56 billion, or 23 cents a share.

In a year, they more than doubled the dividend to 26 cents a quarter.

Microsoft's net income more than doubled to $2.7 billion, or 50 cents a share.

But as those deals were done this year, the agency eventually doubled its resolution cost to 65 cents on the dollar, or $16.2 billion.

But by December 2000, the price had almost doubled, to 98 cents.

Cigarette taxes have doubled, to 80 cents a pack; the money will go to schools and health care for uninsured.

The price will double to 50 cents during the week.

As a result, the cost for a full priced meal doubled to 40 cents over the year prior.

The company also plans to double its quarterly dividend, to 8 cents.

The company, which went public last fall, has nearly doubled its profits, to 48 cents, this year.