CHECKSUM computes a hash value, called the checksum, over its list of arguments. The hash value is intended for use in building hash indexes. If the arguments to CHECKSUM are columns, and an index is built over the computed CHECKSUM value, the result is a hash index.
Earnings announcement* for RBS: Apr 28, 2017. Royal Bank Scotland plc (The) is expected* to report earnings on 04/28/2017 before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Mar 2017. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $-0.23.
Earnings season is the period of time during which a large number of publicly traded companies release their quarterly earning reports. In general, each earnings season begins one or two weeks after the last month of each quarter (December, March, June and September). In other words, look for the majority of public companies to release their earnings in early to mid January, April, July and October.