Without the special charge, third quarter 1987 revenue would have been $350.5 million, or $1.85 a share.

Third quarter revenues rose 26.7 percent, to $5.7 billion, from $4.5 billion last year.

It would make for pretty rocky quarter to quarter revenue.

Last year's second quarter revenue totaled $1.95 billion.

Year-ago first quarter revenue included a $1.2 million settlement from a natural gas contract dispute.

The company said fourth quarter 1988 revenue included $11 million in settlement of a contract dispute.

Fourth- quarter revenues dropped 3.2 percent, to $369.4 million, from $381.4 million in 1989.

Excluding interest expense, third- quarter revenues rose by 21 percent, to $2.16 billion, from the corresponding period a year ago.

Yahoo's 2011 fourth quarter revenue was $1.3 billion, a 13 percent decrease from 2010 Q4.

In October 2012, the company announced third quarter revenue of $70.9 million and restructuring that included job lay-offs.