A manager's bonus is based on his meeting a certain earnings goal.

He received $6.3 million in hard cash, thanks to a $4.4 million bonus largely for meeting the company's earnings goals.

As part of its present planning, the chief executive said, Ryder's earnings goal is to grow at a rate more than 15 percent a year.

Only a week earlier the bank had released a statement saying it expected to meet its earnings goals for the year.

But the company said it missed Wall Street's earnings goal by a penny a share, citing an unexpected legal settlement.

The agency said the banks had failed to meet their earnings goals even after their bad- loan write-offs.

They used accounting sleight-of-hand to meet their short-term earnings goals.

Factors that they said encouraged unethical behavior included the pressure to meet unrealistic production and earnings goals.

We made some changes in staff and set specific revenue and earnings goals.

The company said it will spend cautiously in an effort to achieve its earnings goals for the quarter, which ends March 2.