Also significant, company officials said, is that the 12-way processor Sun Fire 4800 reached 60, 000 operations per second running the SpecJBB Java Application Tier, while the 24-way processor Sun Fire 6800 reached 109, 000 operations per second.
The bank's profit number beat consensus forecasts by about 5 per cent, and the core tier one capital ratio -- a key measure of financial strength -- was also slightly ahead of expectations at 12.3 per cent.
After leaving office, in 2002, he started a consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, and embarked on a series of highly lucrative lecture tours, commanding the transportation (Gulfstream IV), the accommodation (a two-bedroom suite, plus four rooms for his entourage), and the remuneration (up to a hundred thousand dollars per appearance) accorded only to the highest tier.