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JAN HATZIUS Refinery margins just absolutely catapulted off the charts in 2005.
TOM KLOZA What it comes down to is, Go Daddy wants to keep their margins up.
TOM GALVIN I expected them to sacrifice margins a little more to help the top-line number.
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JANE COFFEY Despite this decline in prices, we maintained flat gross margins.
JAMES SCHNEIDER The acquisition of Stanley Leisure's retail operations substantially enhances our market position,
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JEFF OWEN We are absolutely focused on growing this business in the categories that have better margins,
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BRUCE STEINBERG The pig is already out of the barn as far as the effects of the yield curve on net interest margins....
JEFFREY HARTE We believe the fundamentals continue to materially improve and that sales productivity and margins w...
ADRIENNE TENNANT The picture is stark. These children are on the margins of society,
MIKE AARONSON While housing prices and margins may be climbing to stratospheric levels, it is important to recogni...
STEPHEN KIM The impact of lean initiative has been our operating margins have improved ... and defects have gone...
ROBERT BOHN![]()
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MARILYN MONROE Quality solves the trade-off between margins and sales.
RAJEN JANI We were able to maintain our current prices in spite of increases in materials and shipping costs, ....
ETHAN ALLEN You don't get premium margins by being the second guy in.
DAN JANSON By holding at this power level, we are ensuring we maintain ample margins to ensure plant reliabilit...
JAY THAYER We do this as a service to our clients, ... We're not in the exorbitant mark-up business. We're livi...
DAVID LORD As a whole they need to hit the weight room, ... We were outrebounding them by huge margins every ga...
JASON BOONE![]()
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BABA KALYANI We're proud of our record fourth-quarter results and fourth consecutive year of double-digit earning...
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JOHN MCCAIN Amazon is not a competitor of ours as a music site, ... My gross margins are substantially higher th...
JASON OLIM The $30 to $40 phone probably does not give us enough margins.
JUNO CHO We think Oracle is well positioned to grab [market] share and further increase margins.
DAVID RUDOW The margins story is better than expected. Things are getting better for manufacturers.
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LEONARD RIGGIO![]()
American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.
DON DELILLO There are not many distressed firms in this space overseas, as margins are quite attractive.
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RON POLLACK Nokia will have a tough time boosting its margins in the future given the tough competitive climate.
GREGER JOHANSSON Given that the margins are that high, it's probably going to be a trend that continues.
HAL HALPIN![]()
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PHIL KNIGHT With some notable exceptions, manufacturers continue to experience difficult times, with high energy...
DOUG GODDEN To be able to achieve that, we need to have margins at or above 20 percent.
CRAIG MCHUGH Sentiment remains fragile... We are still waiting for signs that companies are rebuilding margins an...
VALERIE PLAGNOL The margins on the mini are far higher than the shuffle, so if the mini steals sales, it's to Apple'...
CHARLIE WOLF
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JOEL WAGONFELD Introducing minimum retail prices for cigarettes is against community law and mainly benefits manufa...
LASZLO KOVACS Their revenue will increase from higher-than-average refining margins, increasing profits. The compa...
DIPAK ACHARYA While the strong showing at the retail stores and particularly consumer direct was impressive ... ma...
DOUGLAS LANE
Our earnings performance in the fourth quarter met expectations with increased gross margins, lower ... ANNE M. MULCAHY While this increase improved total sales revenue for the quarter, margins on these products are lowe...
JOE CRAWFORD Texaco was hurt by weakness overseas. Refining margins in Europe and Asia are atrocious -- and Arco ...
JAMES FALVEY The competitive advantages of the Heart Smart System give us the opportunity to capture significantl...
WALTER LAMBERT During the second quarter, we realized record margins for the company, demonstrating the leverage in...
HALSEY MINOR The place where our margins are really being impacted is in Japan,
ARUN SARIN If you look back, analysts were feeling that margins were going to decline. That hasn't happened, an...
HOWARD WHEELDON As we near the close of our fiscal fourth quarter, we are disappointed that our preliminary financia...
ELIE ANTOUN Quality was not as high as we would have hoped. Company operated margins were lower than we were exp...
LARRY MILLER Our retail sales were strong again in March and we exceeded our expectations despite another substan...
BILL LOVEJOY Intel's gross margins tie into the chip cycle. When the cycle starts to peak, margins at Intel peak.
APJIT WALIA If there's any drawback, it would be in terms of how higher prices would affect the margins in their...
JEB ARMSTRONG We took a very conscious decision to lower our margins ... but the result has been, of course, we ha...
IAN DUFFY We believe MDC has greater risk of earnings decline due to lower margins from its short land supply ...
DANIEL OPPENHEIM It's hard not to compare margins, because they're there, and you can look at them. But racing condit...
ERIC HAND Try to work at the margins of your ignorance - that's how you grow
HARVEY GOLUB It all boils down to when is this company going to show us better profit margins and cash flow margi...
DAVID GARRITY Although the company lowered guidance, we expect further downside to (analysts) consensus estimates ...
CHRISTOPHER DANELY Amazon looked pretty strong on sales although gross margins and operating expense were somewhat lowe...
DAN GEIMAN
Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount... JEFF BEZOS Improving margins are most of the story.
GENE PISASALE We just had a two-week period there with our best margins in two years.
BILL DOUGLASS Sure, earnings will be slower than they were in the fourth quarter, but margins can't expand forever...
EDWARD KEON Think how weird profit margins are: We've got high unemployment and financial crises - and world...
JEREMY GRANTHAM Our margins are better and we maintained asset quality. We will continue to invest in a resurgent As...
JACKSON TAI
We've undersold ourselves. The retailers have been absorbing price changes. They're prepared to lowe... JOHN F. KENNEDY Gulf Coast gasoline and diesel margins are at record levels for April. The forward curve is showing ...
BILL KLESSE While revenues are lower, we continue to be pleased with the progress we are making on our repositio...
ALAN LACY The margins of our groups continue to move towards their target ranges specified in Operation 2003.
HEINRICH VON PIERER We believe both revenue growth and margins are within the range of guidance given in the third-quart...
DANIEL NILES High margins are an inducement to invest more aggressively.
JAN HATZIUS Refinery margins just absolutely catapulted off the charts in 2005.
TOM KLOZA What it comes down to is, Go Daddy wants to keep their margins up.
TOM GALVIN I expected them to sacrifice margins a little more to help the top-line number.
KURT KING It will be perceived positively. It will improve their margins.
MARTIN FELDMAN We continue to benefit from the strength of our retail and credit businesses, which both contributed...
ARTHUR MARTINEZ
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. BILL RUSSELL The cable companies are concerned about their profit margins.
CHRIS CARROLL We're anticipating margins will go up in the next couple of years.
JANE COFFEY Despite this decline in prices, we maintained flat gross margins.
JAMES SCHNEIDER The acquisition of Stanley Leisure's retail operations substantially enhances our market position,
CHARLES SCOTT There is a huge big thing happening so we are obviously looking at expanding our retail presence.
ATUL CHAND We finished the quarter with earnings of 25 cents per share, at the top end of our guidance range. E...
AUSTIN LIGON We are hopeful that with economies of scale, we will be able to hold margins at current levels.
AKHIL GUPTA Thus, if the consumer business were to be sold, or perhaps restructured into a JV contributing below...
ANTHONY BUTLER Gross margins were flat in spite of a fairly easy comparison because of pressure from Reward Zone.
DANIELLE FOX This thing is really on the margins.
DOUG ROGERS The profit margin index is well above the 50%-level, indicating that, for most firms, profit margins...
DONALD A. NORMAN In the Czech Republic, competition is so fierce that there is no way of growing margins. You can onl...
MATTHIAS SILLER Short-term, chip sets is the fastest-growing part of our business but we have to attack the margins ...
DAVE ORTON We think 2001 earnings could be well above the lower end of the Street range, due to higher operatin...
EDWARD WHITE The trucks will increase AIMS Express' margins. The new trucks will provide stability, including low...
JEFF OWEN We are absolutely focused on growing this business in the categories that have better margins,
LARRY POPE Disappointing gross margins muted fourth-quarter results.
DAN RENOUARD I don't know why you want more of a evaporating business that will slow your revenue growth and lowe...
GREG GORBATENKO Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to hav...
ERIC SCHAEFFER The UK now offers the lowest margins in the world.
BEN GUNN
Revenue was up one percent, and earnings were flat. The only group really growing is the consumer se... DAVID BAILEY People have been concerned that Intel's margins are in contraction mode, so what they say about that...
BEN HALLIBURTON The story in (the first quarter) was soft wireless margins.
DAVID BARDEN It's very important to get gross margins moving in the right direction.
ALEX VALLECILLO
In the same way that the picturesque designers were always careful to include some reminder of our m... MICHAEL POLLAN Samsung SDI's margins are under pressure despite growing shipments because plasma panel prices are f...
JEFF KIM
I realize that the margins are being squeezed, ... We have a plan for that. DAVID HARRIS We still believe that the recession will persist through the winter, mainly because major job loss l...
BRUCE STEINBERG The pig is already out of the barn as far as the effects of the yield curve on net interest margins....
JEFFREY HARTE We believe the fundamentals continue to materially improve and that sales productivity and margins w...
ADRIENNE TENNANT The picture is stark. These children are on the margins of society,
MIKE AARONSON While housing prices and margins may be climbing to stratospheric levels, it is important to recogni...
STEPHEN KIM The impact of lean initiative has been our operating margins have improved ... and defects have gone...
ROBERT BOHN
[In the margins of the 1962 script for] Something's Got to Give, ... Some changes should be made but... MARILYN MONROE Quality solves the trade-off between margins and sales.
RAJEN JANI We were able to maintain our current prices in spite of increases in materials and shipping costs, ....
ETHAN ALLEN You don't get premium margins by being the second guy in.
DAN JANSON By holding at this power level, we are ensuring we maintain ample margins to ensure plant reliabilit...
JAY THAYER We do this as a service to our clients, ... We're not in the exorbitant mark-up business. We're livi...
DAVID LORD As a whole they need to hit the weight room, ... We were outrebounding them by huge margins every ga...
JASON BOONE
The commodity price easing really does not play too much role in our margins because our basic raw m... BABA KALYANI We're proud of our record fourth-quarter results and fourth consecutive year of double-digit earning...
KEN THOMPSON This bill doesn't need a lot of consideration, ... The House has considered it and passed it by larg...
JOHN MCCAIN Amazon is not a competitor of ours as a music site, ... My gross margins are substantially higher th...
JASON OLIM The $30 to $40 phone probably does not give us enough margins.
JUNO CHO We think Oracle is well positioned to grab [market] share and further increase margins.
DAVID RUDOW The margins story is better than expected. Things are getting better for manufacturers.
JAMES CARRICK Our record third-quarter retail earnings were fueled by industry-leading comparable-store sales and ...
LEONARD RIGGIO
American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. DON DELILLO There are not many distressed firms in this space overseas, as margins are quite attractive.
HOSHEDAR PRESS If we moderate prices, it's not the research and development budgets that would be the first to go d...
RON POLLACK Nokia will have a tough time boosting its margins in the future given the tough competitive climate.
GREGER JOHANSSON Given that the margins are that high, it's probably going to be a trend that continues.
HAL HALPIN
The slower growth in revenues and continued pressure on margins will result in negative earnings com... PHIL KNIGHT With some notable exceptions, manufacturers continue to experience difficult times, with high energy...
DOUG GODDEN To be able to achieve that, we need to have margins at or above 20 percent.
CRAIG MCHUGH Sentiment remains fragile... We are still waiting for signs that companies are rebuilding margins an...
VALERIE PLAGNOL The margins on the mini are far higher than the shuffle, so if the mini steals sales, it's to Apple'...
CHARLIE WOLF
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