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First Data Reports 4th Quarter Earnings Increase.

Feb 10 2000 (Card just discovereds Vol. 15, No. 3 via COMTEX) -- Atlanta-
based
payments service provider First Data Corp. [FDC] reported record

revenue and earnings for 1999 Earnings by means of share increased 13 percent

over 1998 to $177 excluding nonrecurring items. income from
continuing operations rose 12 percent to $51 billion. First Data

Chairman and CEO Ric Duqe attributes the gains to "the solid execution

of our strategy to further concentrate upon our core payments business,

expand our global reach and

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