BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Lithia lith·i·a n. See lithium oxide. [New Latin, from lithion, from Greek, diminutive of lithos, stone.] Motors drives home higher profits for quarter MEDFORD Medford. 1 City (1990 pop. 57,407), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, inc. as a city 1892. Wax, paper, clothing, and furniture are among its products. - Medford-based auto retailer Lithia Motors' third quarter net earnings rose 12.3 percent to $14.3 million, thanks to the company's steady growth in medium-sized Me´di`um-sized` a. 1. Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man s>. Adj. 1. medium-sized - intermediate in size medium-size, moderate-size, moderate-sized markets. For the first nine months of this year, total sales increased 9 percent to $2.08 billion from $1.90 billion during the same period last year. New vehicle sales increased 11 percent, used vehicle sales 2 percent, parts and service sales 16 percent and finance and insurance sales 12 percent. Analyst Rick Nelson of Stephens Ste·phens , Alexander Hamilton 1812-1883. American politician who was vice president of the Confederacy (1861-1865) under Jefferson Davis. Inc., a Chicago investment firm, told The Mail-Tribune in Medford that he was surprised by Lithia's good numbers, primarily because of the strong third quarter the company produced a year earlier. ``They're the only company in the sector that beat third-quarter estimates,'' Nelson said. |
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