The bottom line on these conference calls is that the outlook is not going to be rosy.

The bottom line I got out of this is that unless you were a lobbyist, they did not want you to participate.

The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

We expect this strong outlook to be reiterated during second-quarter conference calls. We expect companies to discuss a very strong outlook for second-half of 2000 and 2001.

The bottom line is, pretax earnings are going (to be) down between $200 (million) and $225 million, but they're not giving out the specifics of why and what percentage of it might be due to selected price cuts,