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EDWARD WOLFE The results are definitely better than expected. Even the subscriber additions are certainly better ...
BARRY RICHARDS Guidance for the April quarter was appreciably better than expected.
GURINDER KALRA Growth in specialty advertising was a little lower than expected but subscriber revenue growth outpe...
ANDREA HORAN We are meeting the program's goals. The number of placements is higher than expected, while the numb...
DORIT NOVAK The numbers are a little better than we expected,
PETER KRETZMER The only negative is the guidance for capital spending this year, which is much higher than expected...
FRANCIS CHEUNG The overall group numbers are a bit better than expected,
MARK DAVIES We were looking for numbers of just over 7 percent growth. Everyone knew they were going to be big n...
BEN RUDD Dell reaffirmed their guidance for the third quarter, but gave no guidance going forward. They also ...
DAN NILES When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds g...
RAY DALIO The numbers are mildly bearish. The build in crude is larger than expected. The build in gasoline is...
ED SILLIERE Despite the challenging economic environment for technology companies, we posted healthy revenue gro...
JOAN HOOPER The bottom-line (earning-per-share) number was a little better than expected, but some of the underl...
JOE MORFORD The market is obviously buying the higher-than-expected headline but for me its still looks expensiv...
NEIL MANSER The consensus is looking for 13 percent earnings growth in Q4, which is a pretty high hurdle. Earnin...
BRIAN GENDREAU One of the things that helped on the numbers was the fewer number of shares. The bottom line operati...
DENNIS MCALPINE January trade numbers appeared stronger than expected, in line with global growth momentum.
HONG LIANG The earnings are good and better than expected in some business areas, and also reflect improvements...
LUCIO DI GERONIMO We have two surprises in our economy: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation,...
EDWARD YARDENI The result was a bit better than expected, but it will have only a small impact on Ericsson. A highe...
JAN IHRFELT This was much better than expected, and Nokia showed strong growth in market share.
JUSSI HYOTY The number of young people in the theater was more than we expected. In fact, the audience had an un...
SARA SCHULTZ It did better than expected. It did very well. But the promoter asked that numbers not be released.
CLAUDIA ARGUELLES On balance [the numbers] were benign again, although slightly worse than what we expected because of...
ADAM COLE The productivity number came in better than expected and there were fewer jobless claims than foreca...
AL GOLDMAN Despite a weak economy, order patterns held until the end of the quarter, and demand was better than...
ANDY BRYANT These are excellent results with strong growth performance from investment banking and better than e...
COLIN KEOGH The market was looking for a weak number. There was a relief rally when the number came in stronger ...
MITUL KOTECHA It was shocking. They gave this guidance, but the stock didn't go down much right away because no on...
BRENDAN BARNICLE The reason for the disappointment is clearly the higher- than-expected expenses.
JAVIER LODEIRO The margins story is better than expected. Things are getting better for manufacturers.
JAMES CARRICK The inventories number was weaker than expected and suggests they may detract from growth in the thi...
ADAM CARR That was much worse than expected, and the underlying numbers look weak across the board.
MICHAEL EVERY They're showing better revenue growth than a number of their peers and more importantly it's improvi...
EDWARD SNYDER The preliminary estimate is lower than what was expected. But I think it's important to look behind ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The numbers were obviously better than expected. It's possible we could see a little further dollar ... JOHN MCCARTHY The capital expenditure numbers were stronger than expected.
HIROKAZA YUIHAMA This is much stronger growth than the market expected.
HONG LIANG While we expected conservative guidance, this is considerably lighter than what the Street was looki...
ADRIANNE SHAPIRA The first quarter was better because of better-than-expected extra demand for personal computers.
LORA HO The outlook for grain prices is lower than expected a month or two ago, and the outlook for hog pric...
DAVID NELSON Our profit growth was a bit stronger than we expected.
DON BLAIR A May rate cut is more likely than not, but the Bank is likely to need to see ongoing signs of lower...
ALAN CASTLE We did better than a lot of people expected us to, but we still could have done better.
DAN LARSON The settlement was a hair higher than we had expected. But this was the first time that the lawsuit ...
BARRY RICHARDS It looks like yet again we're going to get a quarter with higher-than-expected earnings. Earnings gu...
BRIAN GENDREAU [It was] a good deal better than expected and I think very encouraging.
DAVID BLITZER Results missed our estimate of $5.07, reflecting higher operating costs than we expected and lower t...
TINA VITAL This could be a little bit of conservativeness on Microsoft's part. Wall Street was already above th...
ALAN DAVIS The girls had a good day. They did better than I expected.
DENNIS PERSON With 2001 revenue growth rates now expected to be in a range of 9 to 18 percent and earnings per sha...
MARK ROWEN When markets reopened Schwab saw good activity and volatility for the last half of September. It was...
JOEL GOMBERG Spending was up, a little weaker than expected... Nevertheless, the trend has been upward and it loo...
PATRICK FEARON The November seasonally adjusted figure was much better than we expected, but this will probably be ...
MANUELA PREUSCHL Some of it is housing. But ... earnings and a couple of companies saying things are going to be a li...
NICK ANGILLETTA The market mood has been boosted by hopes that most of the corporate houses will unveil better than ...
DEEPAK SHAH There have been a few major disappointments, but by and large, earnings are coming in very strong. M...
BRIAN GENDREAU By and large we've ended up better than many of the forecasts that were made at the beginning of 200...
EDWARD MENASHY The response is stronger than expected, given the number of disasters in the world happening simulta...
ERIC BLOCK
Given that we are still in early 2006, the 2007 guidance is likely to be conservative with higher-th... JOSEPH CAMPBELL Our organic revenue growth was 2% in the quarter, which was a bit stronger than expected in Fire and...
ED BREEN The numbers are very good, but they didn't exceed what we expected.
ALICIA BROWNE While the advertising market remained challenging in the third quarter, our earnings were better tha...
JANET ROBINSON It was certainly better than I expected.
DAVID HOWELL Profit is better than expected.
DEVEN CHOKSEY July was much stronger than expected, but when you factor in the revisions to June, there's only a 0...
HARVINDER KALIRAI The headline number was weaker than what people expected. But when you look down into the underlying...
JAY BRYSON It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE There was a lot of price action last week, which is often associated in retrospect with a cathartic ...
ROBERT ARMKNECHT The figures were better than expected.
JACOB PEDERSEN We think that BASF might be prepared to pay $1 to $2 more than the $37 per share offer if BASF gets ...
ANDREAS HEINE The principal reason for Citigroup's shortfall versus consensus was the 10 cents of charges related ...
CATHERINE MURRAY Demand in the machinery industry is quite strong, stronger than I expected. Higher rents are also a ...
MINORU TAKADA We did a lot better than people expected. Last year was more of a disappointment, but we still feel ...
MARIANNE MADSEN The (durable goods) numbers show us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected and the jobless ...
BOB MCINTOSH There are violations but in comparison to before, it's much better than we expected.
GASSER ABDEL RAZEQ It appears they have made fundamental, largely sustainable changes in the business. The guidance the...
CINDY SHAW Margins and revenue were better than feared. Inventories did go up as we expected but they basically...
CHARLIE GLAVIN Generally, earnings are better than expected and I think the stock market is receptive to that.
TOM SCHRADER The results were a bit weaker than expected, not due to its operating earnings but because the speci...
KONRAD BECKER The guidance for underlying revenue growth at Pearson Education and Penguin looks slightly lower tha...
CHARLES PEACOCK Everything PeopleSoft announced this morning helps clear the way to begin negotiations and maybe con...
DAVID HILAL North America was stronger than I was anticipating in terms of bookings growth. While the reported r...
ERIK SUPPIGER This number is very startling. It is the preliminary, so it is subject to fairly substantive revisio...
BARRY HYMAN Technology companies are still in a difficult environment. Worse-than-expected earnings revisions ar...
MAKOTO SAKUMA But despite the limitations of trading income, this is still a massive start to the year. It is much...
KONRAD BECKER That the claims data were back at 356,000 was certainly better than expected and the dollar is gaini...
LISA FINSTROM Fourth quarter revenue and gross margin exceeded guidance due to stronger than expected customer dem...
KEN JOYCE Gore is still in pretty good position for the primaries. But people are still fretting about his gen...
BILL CARRICK Growth was slightly better than we had expected, chiefly due to resilient domestic demand such as co...
ATSUSHI TAKEDA They're a good team. They were a lot better than what we expected.
ELISEO AGUIRRE What stood out for me, and I think for everybody, was the fuel expense. It was expected to be higher...
CAMERON DOERKSEN
The top line looks very good, ... were better than expected just because of the size of the company. CHUCK JONES Now that the CPI data came in better than expected, the shares are bouncing off their session lows.
ANDREW LIGHT They did much better than expected and probably should have scored higher. Even on the TV replays th...
TREVOR PALMATIER Linux is at the starting gate. Shipment numbers look good, but on the revenue side you see a clearer...
DAN KUSNETZKY The number looks pretty much in line. Ex-food and energy was better than expected. The focus is on e...
BRIAN WILLIAMSON Following the higher-than-expected headline producer price inflation data for January... (Tuesday's ...
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