	goodyear gt predicts first quarter net goodyear tire and rubber co said it expects to report ings from continuing operations of over one dlr per share on mln average shares outstanding in last year s first quarter the company lost mln dlrs or cts per share on mln shares outstanding after a mln dlr writedown of oil reserves of its celeron corp unit goodyear said it will report first quarter results april goodyear chairman robert e mercer also told the annual meeting that unless there is a major downturn in the economy it expects to work its debt down to normal levels in three years through its restructuring and cash flow from improved margins the company set up its restructuring program to fend off a hostile takeover attempt by sir james goldsmith as part of the restructuring goodyear executed a major stock buyback program that resulted in an increase in its debt reuter 
