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AZUSA KATO Consumer spending, which [has] kept the economy afloat, should decline in the third quarter and lead...
BRUCE STEINBERG![]()
During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer...
JOHN FLETCHER We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer...
HOWARD ATKINS During the third quarter, particularly strong results in our tobacco businesses were partially offse...
LOUIS CAMILLERI The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER Investment performance and new business momentum remained strong throughout the quarter.
LAURENCE FINK We achieved strong sequential and year-over-year revenue growth during the first quarter and began t...
HUSSEIN ENAN An improvement in the trade balance will set the economy up for an improved performance in the fourt...
BRIAN REDICAN Results for the quarter remained strong despite extraordinary challenges we faced with Hurricane Kat...
DUANE ACKERMAN There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON We came out really strong in the third quarter.
KYLE MCALLISTER While the advertising market remained challenging in the third quarter, our earnings were better tha...
JANET ROBINSON Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM The third quarter is our quarter. Our main focus is to come out strong.
BRITTANY LEONARD We had a good first quarter. In the third quarter, they came out pretty strong.
NEIL HOGAN The outlook is for a muted third quarter, and also fourth quarter. It's not getting any worse in our...
KURT BARNARD![]()
Production cutbacks have remained in place in the third quarter and this has helped to further reduc...
LAKSHMI MITTAL What we are looking at here is a bounce that is boosted by defense and aircraft, coming back from ex...
CALVIN SCHNURE Production growth is being driven by strong export demand and rising consumer spending at home. Ther...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE Our performance was extremely strong reporting record sales for the fourth-quarter and fiscal year.
GREG JOSEFOWICZ Strong patient volume and revenue growth contributed to another extremely successful quarter,
JACK BOVENDER The U.S. economy and consumer confidence remain strong, and demand for new cars and trucks continues...
BOB REWEY The markedly reduced mortgage equity withdrawal since its fourth-quarter 2003 peak has undoubtedly w...
HOWARD ARCHER Cars seem to be pivotal in keeping the wheels of consumer spending turning and certainly this quarte...
CHRIS RUPKEY The fourth quarter represents the second consecutive quarter of strong business execution and improv...
JASON COHENOUR The third quarter marked another strong performance for SAP, ... We had record third-quarter softwar...
HENNING KAGERMANN The third quarter marked another strong performance for SAP. We had record third-quarter software re...
HENNING KAGERMANN![]()
While we were on target to meet prior consensus for third-quarter earnings, the terrorist attacks ob...
KENNETH CHENAULT Intuit posted strong revenue growth and even stronger profit growth during the third quarter, ... Th...
STEPHEN BENNETT The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE We came out strong in the third quarter and that was a big key for us.
JANELLE SPEARMON The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE A solid increase in January sets the stage for a quarter where real consumer spending is expected to...
LESLIE PRESTON Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS The July data, and the year-on-year increase, confirm that a moderate but sustainable recovery conti...
GEORGE SCALISE Is this just a blip on the radar? I think it could be, ... The economy seems to be snapping back. Th...
KEN PERKINS The durable goods report for December was extremely strong. The headline rise of 1.3 percent was dec...
STEPHEN STANLEY We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE These numbers are weak. Even if you factor in the upward revision to the April data, this points to ...
CALVIN SCHNURE This report provides the first indication of the state of capital spending in the second quarter, an...
BRUCE STEINBERG![]()
Higher production volumes together with rising metal prices have contributed to the strong set of th...
ANIL AGARWAL Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN The numbers are very favorable in terms of indicating that inflationary pressures are very subdued. ...
MARILYN SCHAJA There's actually a year over year decline in crude prices.
MARILYN SCHAJA The threat of a Fed policy firming on Nov. 16 will continue to weigh on the markets, despite the wea...
MARILYN SCHAJA By all indications, the inventory position going into the fourth quarter looks strong, ... Having (p...
CRAIG MOFFETT During the quarter, we experienced particularly strong demand for our workgroup servers, high-end se...
MICHAEL LEHMAN Through November [2002], we believed that discretionary consumer spending growth of 3 percent was ad...
HARRY CURTIS We think the Disneyland factor was important, but obviously we have to wait until next month to conf...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER We are extremely pleased with our record fourth quarter results, which represent a strong finish to ...
DENNIS HIGHBY It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN One is born an individual; one becomes a statistic.
MARTY RUBIN We are pleased with our financial performance for the third quarter during a challenging and turbule...
VAN B. HONEYCUTT You had a production increase last year that was particularly strong in the fourth quarter. Diesel a...
LUCRECIA TAM Even though our new lending group, along with the hiring of other seasoned personnel, increased our ...
JOHN GUEDRY This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING Hunters need to remember that there are many other folks spending time outdoors during early Septemb...
VAN HORN In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever,
JOSEF ACKERMANN I am pleased with the overall strong performance of our business in the third quarter, particularly ...
DANIEL VASELLA We have now registered our fourth consecutive quarter of strong sales growth and our third consecuti...
FRED HASSAN Everybody in the galaxy started to figure out by February that the first quarter would be extremely ...
BRIAN LANGENBERG![]()
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com...
JOHN FLETCHER The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA I want to live my life carrying my memories with me. Even if those memories are painful, even if tho...
MOMIJI SOHMA (FRUITS BASKET)![]()
The third quarter is looking great. We will hit our numbers. We are continuing to have strong growth...
KENNETH LAY The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Single-family (housing) starts for January through September were down by more than 14 percent, but ...
JEFF BURD We are pleased and encouraged by the strong demand we saw for our new and existing products during t...
JASON COHENOUR The third quarter was probably the deciding factor. Willis hit some big shots in the third quarter.
DAVID PATRICK During the quarter, we continued to show top-line revenue growth, major customer design wins and str...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT At the end of the third quarter, I went on record saying that the fourth quarter wouldn't be strong ...
JEFF BURD September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF We came out a little more focused in the third quarter. We played strong defensively and kind of too...
BOB CONWAY American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that...
CHRIS PROBYN Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA The two statistics together suggest -- but don't confirm -- that a greater percentage of unintended ...
LAWRENCE FINER During the third quarter, we focused on lowering costs and decreasing cash burn while continuing to ...
DAN SMITH We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING The economy is continuing to run at a strong pace in the third quarter. The underlying trend in dura...
DEAN MAKI The index has remained in the mid-60s range since September 2003, indicating stable growth in the ec...
DAWN MCLAREN I am extremely pleased with our performance this past quarter and our strong market position at this...
LARRY PROBST![]()
During the third quarter, we saw increasing activity levels across all of our major businesses and b...
HENRY PAULSON There's very competitive pricing conditions, but we maintained our strength during the quarter. We h...
DANIEL SOMERS That second quarter was critical. We needed to come out strong and reinforce the pace and style of t...
BRIAN RICKER They got a little hot in that third quarter. But we didn't still didn't give up.
DAN MOORE
KEITH SMITH Consumer spending was really slowing down a lot in August and September. We're entering the fourth q...
KEVIN LOGAN Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO Consumer spending, which [has] kept the economy afloat, should decline in the third quarter and lead...
BRUCE STEINBERG
During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer... JOHN FLETCHER We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer...
HOWARD ATKINS During the third quarter, particularly strong results in our tobacco businesses were partially offse...
LOUIS CAMILLERI The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER Investment performance and new business momentum remained strong throughout the quarter.
LAURENCE FINK We achieved strong sequential and year-over-year revenue growth during the first quarter and began t...
HUSSEIN ENAN An improvement in the trade balance will set the economy up for an improved performance in the fourt...
BRIAN REDICAN Results for the quarter remained strong despite extraordinary challenges we faced with Hurricane Kat...
DUANE ACKERMAN There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON We came out really strong in the third quarter.
KYLE MCALLISTER While the advertising market remained challenging in the third quarter, our earnings were better tha...
JANET ROBINSON Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM The third quarter is our quarter. Our main focus is to come out strong.
BRITTANY LEONARD We had a good first quarter. In the third quarter, they came out pretty strong.
NEIL HOGAN The outlook is for a muted third quarter, and also fourth quarter. It's not getting any worse in our...
KURT BARNARD
Production cutbacks have remained in place in the third quarter and this has helped to further reduc... LAKSHMI MITTAL What we are looking at here is a bounce that is boosted by defense and aircraft, coming back from ex...
CALVIN SCHNURE Production growth is being driven by strong export demand and rising consumer spending at home. Ther...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE Our performance was extremely strong reporting record sales for the fourth-quarter and fiscal year.
GREG JOSEFOWICZ Strong patient volume and revenue growth contributed to another extremely successful quarter,
JACK BOVENDER The U.S. economy and consumer confidence remain strong, and demand for new cars and trucks continues...
BOB REWEY The markedly reduced mortgage equity withdrawal since its fourth-quarter 2003 peak has undoubtedly w...
HOWARD ARCHER Cars seem to be pivotal in keeping the wheels of consumer spending turning and certainly this quarte...
CHRIS RUPKEY The fourth quarter represents the second consecutive quarter of strong business execution and improv...
JASON COHENOUR The third quarter marked another strong performance for SAP, ... We had record third-quarter softwar...
HENNING KAGERMANN The third quarter marked another strong performance for SAP. We had record third-quarter software re...
HENNING KAGERMANN
While we were on target to meet prior consensus for third-quarter earnings, the terrorist attacks ob... KENNETH CHENAULT Intuit posted strong revenue growth and even stronger profit growth during the third quarter, ... Th...
STEPHEN BENNETT The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE We came out strong in the third quarter and that was a big key for us.
JANELLE SPEARMON The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE A solid increase in January sets the stage for a quarter where real consumer spending is expected to...
LESLIE PRESTON Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS The July data, and the year-on-year increase, confirm that a moderate but sustainable recovery conti...
GEORGE SCALISE Is this just a blip on the radar? I think it could be, ... The economy seems to be snapping back. Th...
KEN PERKINS The durable goods report for December was extremely strong. The headline rise of 1.3 percent was dec...
STEPHEN STANLEY We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE These numbers are weak. Even if you factor in the upward revision to the April data, this points to ...
CALVIN SCHNURE This report provides the first indication of the state of capital spending in the second quarter, an...
BRUCE STEINBERG
Higher production volumes together with rising metal prices have contributed to the strong set of th... ANIL AGARWAL Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN The numbers are very favorable in terms of indicating that inflationary pressures are very subdued. ...
MARILYN SCHAJA There's actually a year over year decline in crude prices.
MARILYN SCHAJA The threat of a Fed policy firming on Nov. 16 will continue to weigh on the markets, despite the wea...
MARILYN SCHAJA By all indications, the inventory position going into the fourth quarter looks strong, ... Having (p...
CRAIG MOFFETT During the quarter, we experienced particularly strong demand for our workgroup servers, high-end se...
MICHAEL LEHMAN Through November [2002], we believed that discretionary consumer spending growth of 3 percent was ad...
HARRY CURTIS We think the Disneyland factor was important, but obviously we have to wait until next month to conf...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER We are extremely pleased with our record fourth quarter results, which represent a strong finish to ...
DENNIS HIGHBY It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN One is born an individual; one becomes a statistic.
MARTY RUBIN We are pleased with our financial performance for the third quarter during a challenging and turbule...
VAN B. HONEYCUTT You had a production increase last year that was particularly strong in the fourth quarter. Diesel a...
LUCRECIA TAM Even though our new lending group, along with the hiring of other seasoned personnel, increased our ...
JOHN GUEDRY This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING Hunters need to remember that there are many other folks spending time outdoors during early Septemb...
VAN HORN In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever,
JOSEF ACKERMANN I am pleased with the overall strong performance of our business in the third quarter, particularly ...
DANIEL VASELLA We have now registered our fourth consecutive quarter of strong sales growth and our third consecuti...
FRED HASSAN Everybody in the galaxy started to figure out by February that the first quarter would be extremely ...
BRIAN LANGENBERG
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com... JOHN FLETCHER The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA I want to live my life carrying my memories with me. Even if those memories are painful, even if tho...
MOMIJI SOHMA (FRUITS BASKET)
The third quarter is looking great. We will hit our numbers. We are continuing to have strong growth... KENNETH LAY The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Single-family (housing) starts for January through September were down by more than 14 percent, but ...
JEFF BURD We are pleased and encouraged by the strong demand we saw for our new and existing products during t...
JASON COHENOUR The third quarter was probably the deciding factor. Willis hit some big shots in the third quarter.
DAVID PATRICK During the quarter, we continued to show top-line revenue growth, major customer design wins and str...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT At the end of the third quarter, I went on record saying that the fourth quarter wouldn't be strong ...
JEFF BURD September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF We came out a little more focused in the third quarter. We played strong defensively and kind of too...
BOB CONWAY American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that...
CHRIS PROBYN Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA The two statistics together suggest -- but don't confirm -- that a greater percentage of unintended ...
LAWRENCE FINER During the third quarter, we focused on lowering costs and decreasing cash burn while continuing to ...
DAN SMITH We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING The economy is continuing to run at a strong pace in the third quarter. The underlying trend in dura...
DEAN MAKI The index has remained in the mid-60s range since September 2003, indicating stable growth in the ec...
DAWN MCLAREN I am extremely pleased with our performance this past quarter and our strong market position at this...
LARRY PROBST
During the third quarter, we saw increasing activity levels across all of our major businesses and b... HENRY PAULSON There's very competitive pricing conditions, but we maintained our strength during the quarter. We h...
DANIEL SOMERS That second quarter was critical. We needed to come out strong and reinforce the pace and style of t...
BRIAN RICKER They got a little hot in that third quarter. But we didn't still didn't give up.
DAN MOORE
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