Operating income for the third quarter was $81 million, or $.06 per share, on operating revenues of $1 billion, compared to operating income of $165 million, or $1.2 per share, on operating revenues of $1.3 billion during the third quarter of 2000.
In addition, the companys operating income for the first three quarters this year declined 43% from the same period last year, the company said, falling from $687 million, or $.49 per share, to $298 million, or $.21 per share.
"The uncertainty surrounding the duration and severity of the current economic slowdown has only increased following the horrific events of Sept. 11," Chairman Charles Schwab said in a statement.
Schwab said clients opened 184,000 new accounts and the firm handled 7.8 million active accounts at quarter end. Co-CEO David Pottruck, meanwhile, noted what he saw as headway in the firms mutual fund enterprise, citing the recent launch of a Web-based resource for representatives that provides news, research and analytic tools.
