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ALAIN BELDA By eliminating the slots, we estimate that IT support costs for these systems will be 20 percent to ...
ERIC CADOR Despite the ongoing effects of the Asian recession and the stronger dollar, we had another solid qua...
DAVID GEORGE It appears that operating earnings per share rose 6 percent to 7 percent in the second quarter, foll...
JOSEPH COHEN Any deviation from that 15 percent for the quarter is expected to be lower, not higher.
CHUCK HILL Speculation mounted for a cut in Toshiba's earnings forecast, and the stock's fall sent other major ...
KAZUNORI JINNAI The estimates are for earnings to be down 50 percent in the second quarter, 37 percent in the third ...
CHUCK HILL We grew earnings per diluted share by 85 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, so it represen...
DARREN JACKSON It looks like my fourth-quarter estimate will be substantially lower, and my estimate for 2000, whic...
BEN REITZES We were looking for consolidated revenue growth of 10.2 percent for the fourth quarter and 11.1 perc...
ADAM QUINTON Although we did not attain our goal of increasing earnings at the same rate of sales, our 8.9 percen...
LEE SCOTT We currently forecast what we believe is a 'reasonable' recovery, which includes assumptions for sli...
JOSEPH OSHA We are probably in the process of revising our first-quarter GDP estimate up again after we moved it...
GERALD LUCAS We are probably in the process of revising our first-quarter GDP estimate up again after we moved it...
GERALD LUCAS We now expect sales and earnings in the fiscal 2006 third quarter, which ends April 2, 2006, to appr...
CRAIG LABARGE Keep tuned to the forecast, because it's moving hardly at all, it is forecast to drift to the north ...
JASON KADAH![]()
Our earnings performance in the fourth quarter met expectations with increased gross margins, lower ...
ANNE M. MULCAHY Tucker Anthony's new recession forecast points to lower equipment orders, sales and earnings per sha...
GERALD FLEMING We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in t...
EUBEN PARACUELLES Continued steady growth across the industry is exhibited in May chip sales and, as announced in our ...
GEORGE SCALISE I expect the story to be one of very good earnings. Things really get underway next week (week of Ap...
MICHAEL THOMPSON First-quarter defense company earnings should continue to be strong, as procurement and research and...
GEORGE SHAPIRO Although we are only one month into the second quarter, we are concerned by the May sales trend, ......
JAMES ZIMMERMAN Wal-Mart was rightly cautious with its outlook. Their first-quarter sales barely met the lower end o...
JEFFREY KLINEFELTER Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING We expect first-quarter operations will improve. The results will match our forecast made during the...
ERIC YU We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share...
CHRISTINE CHEN This week is probably a week for keeping heads down. Turnover in the European market continues to dr...
TIM HARRIS Our official forecast is they'll cut them(rates) twice. They'll cut them in the first quarter, they'...
JOHN MANLEY Our forecast released in November calls fourth-quarter sales to be 4.7 percent higher than the third...
GEORGE SCALISE We got record earnings growth beginning in 2002 after one of the biggest bubble collapses in history...
JAMES STACK We're projecting technology earnings are going to grow almost 40 percent this quarter and that's on ...
DONALD SELKIN If powerful upward earnings estimate revisions have not been able to drive equity prices higher, we ...
TOBIAS LEVKOVICH Strong performance across most of our power operations delivered a quarter-over-quarter increase in ...
HAL KVISLE It takes 9-12 months for [a rate cut] to impact earnings, so the earliest it will help will be the f...
CHUCK HILL What's going to drive stock gains going forward is the earnings, and the current crop of earnings ma...
KEVIN CARON We are expecting a 6 percent increase in homes sold in 2005 over the number sold in 2004. And that m...
GREG DYER Technology shares have risen significantly recently. But some investors are wondering whether electr...
HARVEY CHANG Given the current outlook, we expect to modestly exceed the first quarter consensus estimate of $0.7...
KEITH SHERIN (I)n Washington Mutual, you're getting in there at less than 10 times this year's earnings estimate....
CHARLES LEMONIDES![]()
The forecast might rule out upside potential for the quarter.
TIM ALLEN First-quarter earnings seem to be very much in line with expectations.
GUY STERN We had forecast a loan growth of 30 percent (this year) and in the first half it was 32 percent.
ANIL KHANDELWAL The onus is now on the management of companies to produce good earnings growth to see if they will j...
ANGUS BLAIR It was a blow-out quarter, they did an incredible job. They blew away the consensus (forecast), and ...
MICHELLE APPLEBAUM This report may modestly lower third-quarter real GDP estimates,
DAVID ORR This report may modestly lower third-quarter real GDP estimates.
DAVID ORR The first quarter, while a little shy on the truck side, met our internal overall profitability expe...
KIRK THOMPSON Tiffany reported earnings above our expectations ... first-quarter guidance appears light.
DANA COHEN Microsoft has no comment on Intel, and is in the quiet period leading up to its first-quarter earnin...
CAROLINE BOREN This is lower than anticipated but consistent with the fall (forecast).
BRUCE GOLDBERG I'm positive on the quarter but I think there is going to be a debate over the outlook. The real sur...
BOB STIMSON The consensus is looking for 13 percent earnings growth in Q4, which is a pretty high hurdle. Earnin...
BRIAN GENDREAU We estimate that this contract alone will account for 55 cents of fiscal year 2006 earnings per shar...
KURT HALLEAD I think investors were too optimistic about an earnings recovery in the first quarter.
BERNADETTE MURPHY At first blush, lower-than-expected tax rates were a major contributor to the earnings-per-share ups...
QUINTIN LAI Our price objective is based on a 40 times PE (price/earnings) applied to our new 2005 earnings per ...
JASON MAYNARD The likelihood of stumbling is much higher if [like Nokia] you have 80 or 85 percent of earnings com...
PER LINDBERG These results reflect an excellent fourth quarter and outstanding year for Compaq . We're very pleas...
ECKHARD PFEIFFER We generally see exposure of less than 10 percent of earnings if a strike lasted an entire quarter, ...
ED WOLFE The rally in stocks is expected to move higher near term, given the weight of technical evidence and...
BRUCE BITTLES We think the earnings picture shaping up for this quarter is going to be absolutely stupendous, led ...
CHRIS WOLFE That comment should calm concerns that the first quarter could be down, and positions Best Buy for s...
GARY BALTER Although we did exceed expectations for the first quarter, and we expect to be substantially in line...
JAMES CROWE We are going to have growth in the first quarter above 4.5 percent.
GUILLERMO ORTIZ![]()
Although our third-quarter earnings were not as favorable as those of the prior year, I am pleased w...
MICHAEL EISNER We believe that Japan's premium (price-to-earnings) multiple is justified given the lower level of i...
KATHY MATSUI The strength is clearly in our digital signal processor business, which is our mainstream business f...
BILL AYLESWORTH When 10-year notes drift up to 4.80 percent, that will be a buying opportunity for some people.
DAVID GLOCKE The driving force for the market over coming weeks is going to be earnings -- what were the first qu...
JAMES AWAD In a challenging retail environment, I am pleased to report our first year with net earnings in exce...
LEE SCOTT Our own forecast continues to be that a 5% peak for the fed funds target will be reached in the seco...
JOSH SHAPIRO It's clear that [Wal-Mart] is going to offer very sharp price [discounts] to drive customer traffic....
BILL DREHER Based on our review of preliminary results for the quarter, we currently expect to report approximat...
TIM DONAHUE We expect a potentially heavy impact on Qualcomm, especially for second-quarter results. We estimate...
MARC CABI Analysts' forecasts for earnings I think are still a little too high. They are expecting 8-percent e...
ED KEON Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent,
JEFFREY APPLEGATE We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 c...
JOHN CATO Although an improvement on trend from our first quarter, our sales performance this quarter is still...
GEORGE HELLER Following the update we are raising our EPS (earnings per share) forecast for the current year from ...
JOE BURNELL We've actually been at the low-end of the Street range for the fourth quarter ... (and) felt that we...
RICHARD STRAUSS We are not changing our estimates today, but do expect to have to lower them again after the call --...
CHARLIE GLAVIN The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation tha...
WILLIAM HUMMER We had sales of over NZ$1 billion for the last quarter -- the result of developing new businesses, m...
CHRIS LIDDELL For the full year, the currency impact should be less than the 4 percent impact in the first quarter...
DOMENICO SCALA In the first quarter of 2006, we're up 56 percent so far.
DARRYL HICKS Xerox had ample opportunity in its release to comment on third-quarter results, but obviously opted ...
BENJAMIN REITZES We're going to have awful earnings reports for the second and third-quarter so we have to brace ours...
JOHN FORELLI The biggest positive was handset margins, which came in at 4 percent, up from 1.5 percent last quart...
MARK MCKECHNIE Based on preliminary data for the first two months we expect to see a similar trend as in the first ...
CAROLINA MILANESI Cisco's inability to reduce its inventory after the October quarter when revenues grew 14 percent qu...
DAN NILES Our undoing was the first quarter. We allowed them to shoot 77 percent and that got them going. That...
RICK CARLISLE Uncertainty surrounding Oracle's model does not give us confidence that the company can continue to ...
CHRISTOPHER SHILAKES We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quar...
GORDON NIXON The preliminary estimate is lower than what was expected. But I think it's important to look behind ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN Despite the challenges being faced by individual groups, we are again aiming for a considerable incr...
HEINRICH VON PIERER For 2007, our goal is to produce 15 percent to 16 percent growth in operating earnings per diluted s...
DAN AMOS Companies will start to see more and more of this fourth-quarter talk about energy and raw materials...
BARBARA MARCIN The first quarter should mark the trough in earnings, but judging by the market's negative reaction ...
DAVID THWAITES Today's drop is because of missed earnings expectations for the fourth quarter and also that the gui...
BILL SELESKY
ALAIN BELDA By eliminating the slots, we estimate that IT support costs for these systems will be 20 percent to ...
ERIC CADOR Despite the ongoing effects of the Asian recession and the stronger dollar, we had another solid qua...
DAVID GEORGE It appears that operating earnings per share rose 6 percent to 7 percent in the second quarter, foll...
JOSEPH COHEN Any deviation from that 15 percent for the quarter is expected to be lower, not higher.
CHUCK HILL Speculation mounted for a cut in Toshiba's earnings forecast, and the stock's fall sent other major ...
KAZUNORI JINNAI The estimates are for earnings to be down 50 percent in the second quarter, 37 percent in the third ...
CHUCK HILL We grew earnings per diluted share by 85 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, so it represen...
DARREN JACKSON It looks like my fourth-quarter estimate will be substantially lower, and my estimate for 2000, whic...
BEN REITZES We were looking for consolidated revenue growth of 10.2 percent for the fourth quarter and 11.1 perc...
ADAM QUINTON Although we did not attain our goal of increasing earnings at the same rate of sales, our 8.9 percen...
LEE SCOTT We currently forecast what we believe is a 'reasonable' recovery, which includes assumptions for sli...
JOSEPH OSHA We are probably in the process of revising our first-quarter GDP estimate up again after we moved it...
GERALD LUCAS We are probably in the process of revising our first-quarter GDP estimate up again after we moved it...
GERALD LUCAS We now expect sales and earnings in the fiscal 2006 third quarter, which ends April 2, 2006, to appr...
CRAIG LABARGE Keep tuned to the forecast, because it's moving hardly at all, it is forecast to drift to the north ...
JASON KADAH
Our earnings performance in the fourth quarter met expectations with increased gross margins, lower ... ANNE M. MULCAHY Tucker Anthony's new recession forecast points to lower equipment orders, sales and earnings per sha...
GERALD FLEMING We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in t...
EUBEN PARACUELLES Continued steady growth across the industry is exhibited in May chip sales and, as announced in our ...
GEORGE SCALISE I expect the story to be one of very good earnings. Things really get underway next week (week of Ap...
MICHAEL THOMPSON First-quarter defense company earnings should continue to be strong, as procurement and research and...
GEORGE SHAPIRO Although we are only one month into the second quarter, we are concerned by the May sales trend, ......
JAMES ZIMMERMAN Wal-Mart was rightly cautious with its outlook. Their first-quarter sales barely met the lower end o...
JEFFREY KLINEFELTER Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING We expect first-quarter operations will improve. The results will match our forecast made during the...
ERIC YU We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share...
CHRISTINE CHEN This week is probably a week for keeping heads down. Turnover in the European market continues to dr...
TIM HARRIS Our official forecast is they'll cut them(rates) twice. They'll cut them in the first quarter, they'...
JOHN MANLEY Our forecast released in November calls fourth-quarter sales to be 4.7 percent higher than the third...
GEORGE SCALISE We got record earnings growth beginning in 2002 after one of the biggest bubble collapses in history...
JAMES STACK We're projecting technology earnings are going to grow almost 40 percent this quarter and that's on ...
DONALD SELKIN If powerful upward earnings estimate revisions have not been able to drive equity prices higher, we ...
TOBIAS LEVKOVICH Strong performance across most of our power operations delivered a quarter-over-quarter increase in ...
HAL KVISLE It takes 9-12 months for [a rate cut] to impact earnings, so the earliest it will help will be the f...
CHUCK HILL What's going to drive stock gains going forward is the earnings, and the current crop of earnings ma...
KEVIN CARON We are expecting a 6 percent increase in homes sold in 2005 over the number sold in 2004. And that m...
GREG DYER Technology shares have risen significantly recently. But some investors are wondering whether electr...
HARVEY CHANG Given the current outlook, we expect to modestly exceed the first quarter consensus estimate of $0.7...
KEITH SHERIN (I)n Washington Mutual, you're getting in there at less than 10 times this year's earnings estimate....
CHARLES LEMONIDES
The forecast might rule out upside potential for the quarter. TIM ALLEN First-quarter earnings seem to be very much in line with expectations.
GUY STERN We had forecast a loan growth of 30 percent (this year) and in the first half it was 32 percent.
ANIL KHANDELWAL The onus is now on the management of companies to produce good earnings growth to see if they will j...
ANGUS BLAIR It was a blow-out quarter, they did an incredible job. They blew away the consensus (forecast), and ...
MICHELLE APPLEBAUM This report may modestly lower third-quarter real GDP estimates,
DAVID ORR This report may modestly lower third-quarter real GDP estimates.
DAVID ORR The first quarter, while a little shy on the truck side, met our internal overall profitability expe...
KIRK THOMPSON Tiffany reported earnings above our expectations ... first-quarter guidance appears light.
DANA COHEN Microsoft has no comment on Intel, and is in the quiet period leading up to its first-quarter earnin...
CAROLINE BOREN This is lower than anticipated but consistent with the fall (forecast).
BRUCE GOLDBERG I'm positive on the quarter but I think there is going to be a debate over the outlook. The real sur...
BOB STIMSON The consensus is looking for 13 percent earnings growth in Q4, which is a pretty high hurdle. Earnin...
BRIAN GENDREAU We estimate that this contract alone will account for 55 cents of fiscal year 2006 earnings per shar...
KURT HALLEAD I think investors were too optimistic about an earnings recovery in the first quarter.
BERNADETTE MURPHY At first blush, lower-than-expected tax rates were a major contributor to the earnings-per-share ups...
QUINTIN LAI Our price objective is based on a 40 times PE (price/earnings) applied to our new 2005 earnings per ...
JASON MAYNARD The likelihood of stumbling is much higher if [like Nokia] you have 80 or 85 percent of earnings com...
PER LINDBERG These results reflect an excellent fourth quarter and outstanding year for Compaq . We're very pleas...
ECKHARD PFEIFFER We generally see exposure of less than 10 percent of earnings if a strike lasted an entire quarter, ...
ED WOLFE The rally in stocks is expected to move higher near term, given the weight of technical evidence and...
BRUCE BITTLES We think the earnings picture shaping up for this quarter is going to be absolutely stupendous, led ...
CHRIS WOLFE That comment should calm concerns that the first quarter could be down, and positions Best Buy for s...
GARY BALTER Although we did exceed expectations for the first quarter, and we expect to be substantially in line...
JAMES CROWE We are going to have growth in the first quarter above 4.5 percent.
GUILLERMO ORTIZ
Although our third-quarter earnings were not as favorable as those of the prior year, I am pleased w... MICHAEL EISNER We believe that Japan's premium (price-to-earnings) multiple is justified given the lower level of i...
KATHY MATSUI The strength is clearly in our digital signal processor business, which is our mainstream business f...
BILL AYLESWORTH When 10-year notes drift up to 4.80 percent, that will be a buying opportunity for some people.
DAVID GLOCKE The driving force for the market over coming weeks is going to be earnings -- what were the first qu...
JAMES AWAD In a challenging retail environment, I am pleased to report our first year with net earnings in exce...
LEE SCOTT Our own forecast continues to be that a 5% peak for the fed funds target will be reached in the seco...
JOSH SHAPIRO It's clear that [Wal-Mart] is going to offer very sharp price [discounts] to drive customer traffic....
BILL DREHER Based on our review of preliminary results for the quarter, we currently expect to report approximat...
TIM DONAHUE We expect a potentially heavy impact on Qualcomm, especially for second-quarter results. We estimate...
MARC CABI Analysts' forecasts for earnings I think are still a little too high. They are expecting 8-percent e...
ED KEON Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent,
JEFFREY APPLEGATE We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 c...
JOHN CATO Although an improvement on trend from our first quarter, our sales performance this quarter is still...
GEORGE HELLER Following the update we are raising our EPS (earnings per share) forecast for the current year from ...
JOE BURNELL We've actually been at the low-end of the Street range for the fourth quarter ... (and) felt that we...
RICHARD STRAUSS We are not changing our estimates today, but do expect to have to lower them again after the call --...
CHARLIE GLAVIN The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation tha...
WILLIAM HUMMER We had sales of over NZ$1 billion for the last quarter -- the result of developing new businesses, m...
CHRIS LIDDELL For the full year, the currency impact should be less than the 4 percent impact in the first quarter...
DOMENICO SCALA In the first quarter of 2006, we're up 56 percent so far.
DARRYL HICKS Xerox had ample opportunity in its release to comment on third-quarter results, but obviously opted ...
BENJAMIN REITZES We're going to have awful earnings reports for the second and third-quarter so we have to brace ours...
JOHN FORELLI The biggest positive was handset margins, which came in at 4 percent, up from 1.5 percent last quart...
MARK MCKECHNIE Based on preliminary data for the first two months we expect to see a similar trend as in the first ...
CAROLINA MILANESI Cisco's inability to reduce its inventory after the October quarter when revenues grew 14 percent qu...
DAN NILES Our undoing was the first quarter. We allowed them to shoot 77 percent and that got them going. That...
RICK CARLISLE Uncertainty surrounding Oracle's model does not give us confidence that the company can continue to ...
CHRISTOPHER SHILAKES We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quar...
GORDON NIXON The preliminary estimate is lower than what was expected. But I think it's important to look behind ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN Despite the challenges being faced by individual groups, we are again aiming for a considerable incr...
HEINRICH VON PIERER For 2007, our goal is to produce 15 percent to 16 percent growth in operating earnings per diluted s...
DAN AMOS Companies will start to see more and more of this fourth-quarter talk about energy and raw materials...
BARBARA MARCIN The first quarter should mark the trough in earnings, but judging by the market's negative reaction ...
DAVID THWAITES Today's drop is because of missed earnings expectations for the fourth quarter and also that the gui...
BILL SELESKY
If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it. 
That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was. 
Fo' shiz. 
I wish for the thing that is best for me. 
I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year! 
I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the ... 
I have learned more about love, selflessness and human
understanding in this great adventure in the... 
If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song. 