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We need to lower marginal tax rates and increase investment.
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FLOYD HALL We believe that Japan's premium (price-to-earnings) multiple is justified given the lower level of i...
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BRENDA LEE We still lag behind foreign rivals in terms of per-share earnings, and we would like to expand our e...
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PHIL KNIGHT There have been a few major disappointments, but by and large, earnings are coming in very strong. M...
BRIAN GENDREAU Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rate...
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The bottom-line (earning-per-share) number was a little better than expected, but some of the underl...
JOE MORFORD Gold lost some of its impetus with the release of lower than expected US trade figures and this prom...
ALAN WILLIAMSON The amount accepted was lower than expected.
ALBERTO RAMOS Intel revenue and earnings per share were in line with our expectations, but consensus for 2001 will...
DANIEL NILES We have two surprises in our economy: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation,...
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JOE BURNELL We believe second-quarter 2006 earnings per share over 40 cents could be considered a positive given...
BENJAMIN REITZES We estimate that this contract alone will account for 55 cents of fiscal year 2006 earnings per shar...
KURT HALLEAD The actual data of 2005 shows emissions were lower than expected. This is good news for the environm...
BARBARA HELFFERICH We believe the stock's sell-off is attributed to the moderation of top-line growth at MPS due to its...
JAMES JANESKY We also think that the Street's fourth quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA We also think that the Street's fourth-quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA We also think that the Street's fourth-quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA We also think that the Street's fourth quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA The consensus is looking for 13 percent earnings growth in Q4, which is a pretty high hurdle. Earnin...
BRIAN GENDREAU Didn't look like we were going to do much in the beginning because the jobs number came in lower-tha...
DONALD SELKIN We had a very successful year in 2005, with ongoing earnings of $3.33 per share, significantly excee...
BOB MCGEHEE Amazon looked pretty strong on sales although gross margins and operating expense were somewhat lowe...
DAN GEIMAN Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON Today's rates decision is expected to set the tone for the rest of the week. Hints of future rate hi...
HARLEY SALT Materially higher than expected revenue growth and better than expected cost side performance drove ...
EDWARD WOLFE Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-di...
JOSEF ACKERMANN It was a largely in-line quarter. The outlook was in-line to modestly better from a revenue perspect...
ADAM HOLT The market is responding very directly to interest rates as kind of a one-dimensional thing -- fearf...
GAIL DUDACK Excellent cost control was seen in particular in R&D expenditure that came in significantly lower th...
BOB POOLER We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.
JEFF RICH We will lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair ...
, "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST", 1992 While we believe there are some near-term risks to earnings upside due to the transition to Intel pr...
BEN REITZES For 2007, our goal is to produce 15 percent to 16 percent growth in operating earnings per diluted s...
DAN AMOS We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 c...
JOHN CATO We can imagine an aggressive case calling for $2.7 billion of revenue by 2005 and $2.34 in earnings ...
HENRY BLODGET Given the slowing economic environment, 2001 will be a challenging year, particularly in the first h...
ALAN LACY A stock buyback is a risk-free way of ensuring earnings accretions. As long as borrowed funds remain...
CAROL LEVENSON As we have seen for more than a year, ... our upstream business -- exploration and production -- has...
DAVE O'REILLY The first-quarter forecast is for earnings to grow 10.5 percent, although that estimate may drift lo...
KEN PERKINS Micron's earnings per share did benefit by 5 cents from a one-time refinancing of a joint venture ar...
ERIKA KLAUER Our upstream business -- exploration and production -- continues to be the major contributor to over...
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The stock might come under pressure because the 'whisper number' for earnings per share was higher, ...
IMRAN KHAN Shaw Group reinvented itself over the last year and, as a result, their earnings (per share) are goi...
DAVID KATZ Shaw Group reinvented itself over the last year and, as a result, their earnings (per share) are goi...
DAVID KATZ Unfortunately, disappointing earnings have been a pattern for Magic Software in recent weeks. This i...
GREGG MOSKOWITZ
JAMES JANESKY The numbers look okay. The EPS (earnings per share) is slightly better than what people were expecti...
STUART GORDON The acquisition of Allied Colloids is expected to enhance Hercules' earnings per share no later than...
R. KEITH ELLIOTT With 2001 revenue growth rates now expected to be in a range of 9 to 18 percent and earnings per sha...
MARK ROWEN We expect Oracle could appreciate at a more tempered rate over the intermediate term as fourth-quart...
CHRIS SHILAKES We would not be surprised to see upside of $10 million to $15 million in license revenues and perhap...
KASH RANGAN Despite the challenging economic environment for technology companies, we posted healthy revenue gro...
JOAN HOOPER Tucker Anthony's new recession forecast points to lower equipment orders, sales and earnings per sha...
GERALD FLEMING We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share...
CHRISTINE CHEN While December sales were disappointing, with below-plan performance at all three of our divisions, ...
BOB ULRICH The bottom line EPS (earnings per share) beat estimates by a significant margin, although revenues w...
CHRIS WHITMORE We finished the quarter with earnings of 25 cents per share, at the top end of our guidance range. E...
AUSTIN LIGON
We need to lower marginal tax rates and increase investment. RON DESANTIS I think the share price will open unchanged or dip somewhat due to the fact that both the gross and ...
GREGER JOHANSSON Although we did not attain our goal of increasing earnings at the same rate of sales, our 8.9 percen...
LEE SCOTT The reimbursement is less than half our customary rates, and those rates were lower than most pharma...
WARREN HERNAND It was an extremely confusing quarter. It looks like their tax rate was lower than expected, so I th...
BILL LEACH That and a generous [share] buyback program should sustain earnings-per-share growth of 15% to 20%.
DAVID STRASSER It appears that operating earnings per share rose 6 percent to 7 percent in the second quarter, foll...
JOSEPH COHEN The results were a bit weaker than expected, not due to its operating earnings but because the speci...
KONRAD BECKER We grew earnings per diluted share by 85 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, so it represen...
DARREN JACKSON Earnings per share may drop, relative to where they have been.
RACHEL BARNARD Currently, we are facing slower-than-expected demand due to economic uncertainties which we believe ...
MICHAEL KRASNY Despite several unusual challenges in the third quarter, we were able to post our sixth consecutive ...
CARLOS GUTIERREZ It was a record year in earnings, sales and earning per share.
GREGORY COMEAUX Fourth-quarter earnings per share were about in line with consensus. Given strong results throughout...
MYLES WALTON We believe that Compaq also did a good job on the profitability front, which should enable operating...
DAN NILES Higher tax rates, you get more casino, less resort. Lower tax rates, you get more resort, with a cas...
JAN JONES The earnings are good and better than expected in some business areas, and also reflect improvements...
LUCIO DI GERONIMO It's important to me only as a surrogate to cash flow and earnings per share.
BOB DAVIS Technology shares have risen significantly recently. But some investors are wondering whether electr...
HARVEY CHANG With our eighth consecutive quarter of increased earnings per share, we continue to feel good about ...
FLOYD HALL We believe that Japan's premium (price-to-earnings) multiple is justified given the lower level of i...
KATHY MATSUI Due to the prolonged flatness to slight inversion in the yield curve, the company is focused on stab...
JAY SIDHU We would assign a high probability to revenue of $145-$150 million and earnings per share a couple o...
JAMES PARMELEE It was record assets under management, record sales, record earnings per share.
BARRY GRISWELL Our price objective is based on a 40 times PE (price/earnings) applied to our new 2005 earnings per ...
JASON MAYNARD It's still a nice premium to where Quaker had been trading at before the first talks were announced....
JOHN O'NEIL Despite the ongoing effects of the Asian recession and the stronger dollar, we had another solid qua...
DAVID GEORGE Although the tanker market recently has seen lower levels than what was anticipated, the rates are e...
FRONTLINE LTD The deal would surprise no one, and the proposed price, at $77 per share, would be neutral to slight...
CARL MCDONALD Although we had anticipated tepid guidance, the company was far more conservative than we anticipate...
BILL SHOPE Inventory discipline across the brands coupled with an outstanding holiday performance at Victoria's...
CEO LESLIE WEXNER We expect our results for the remainder of the year to be in line with the earnings per share range ...
MIKE WRIGHT Essentially all of the upside came from non-operating earnings that were better than Intel had indic...
JOSEPH OSHA We are pleased with our results in a challenging 2005, even though the 4% improvement in diluted ear...
DAVID HOOVER
The growth of earnings per share this year does not justify the 100 percent shares increase. BRENDA LEE We still lag behind foreign rivals in terms of per-share earnings, and we would like to expand our e...
NOBUO KUROYANAGI We were previously looking for revenue of $16.1 million and earnings per share of one cent. Weak dem...
CHARLIE GLAVIN In the 2006 to 2010 timeframe, the business plan calls for earnings per share growth of approximatel...
BARRY PERRY That comment should calm concerns that the first quarter could be down, and positions Best Buy for s...
GARY BALTER I'm going to be especially interested if the stock can sustain any upside moves behind the earnings ...
CLARK YINGST Speculation mounted for a cut in Toshiba's earnings forecast, and the stock's fall sent other major ...
KAZUNORI JINNAI The bottom line EPS (earnings per share) beat estimates by a significant margin, although revenues w...
CHRIS WHITMORE You're foursquare in a dilemma if you want to broaden the base and lower tax rates. If you broaden t...
SCOTT HODGE Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in...
DAVID PLOUFFE
The slower growth in revenues and continued pressure on margins will result in negative earnings com... PHIL KNIGHT There have been a few major disappointments, but by and large, earnings are coming in very strong. M...
BRIAN GENDREAU Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rate...
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The bottom-line (earning-per-share) number was a little better than expected, but some of the underl...
JOE MORFORD Gold lost some of its impetus with the release of lower than expected US trade figures and this prom...
ALAN WILLIAMSON The amount accepted was lower than expected.
ALBERTO RAMOS Intel revenue and earnings per share were in line with our expectations, but consensus for 2001 will...
DANIEL NILES We have two surprises in our economy: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation,...
EDWARD YARDENI Following the update we are raising our EPS (earnings per share) forecast for the current year from ...
JOE BURNELL We believe second-quarter 2006 earnings per share over 40 cents could be considered a positive given...
BENJAMIN REITZES We estimate that this contract alone will account for 55 cents of fiscal year 2006 earnings per shar...
KURT HALLEAD The actual data of 2005 shows emissions were lower than expected. This is good news for the environm...
BARBARA HELFFERICH We believe the stock's sell-off is attributed to the moderation of top-line growth at MPS due to its...
JAMES JANESKY We also think that the Street's fourth quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA We also think that the Street's fourth-quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA We also think that the Street's fourth-quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA We also think that the Street's fourth quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is...
JOSEPH OSHA The consensus is looking for 13 percent earnings growth in Q4, which is a pretty high hurdle. Earnin...
BRIAN GENDREAU Didn't look like we were going to do much in the beginning because the jobs number came in lower-tha...
DONALD SELKIN We had a very successful year in 2005, with ongoing earnings of $3.33 per share, significantly excee...
BOB MCGEHEE Amazon looked pretty strong on sales although gross margins and operating expense were somewhat lowe...
DAN GEIMAN Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON Today's rates decision is expected to set the tone for the rest of the week. Hints of future rate hi...
HARLEY SALT Materially higher than expected revenue growth and better than expected cost side performance drove ...
EDWARD WOLFE Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-di...
JOSEF ACKERMANN It was a largely in-line quarter. The outlook was in-line to modestly better from a revenue perspect...
ADAM HOLT The market is responding very directly to interest rates as kind of a one-dimensional thing -- fearf...
GAIL DUDACK Excellent cost control was seen in particular in R&D expenditure that came in significantly lower th...
BOB POOLER We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.
JEFF RICH We will lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair ...
, "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST", 1992 While we believe there are some near-term risks to earnings upside due to the transition to Intel pr...
BEN REITZES For 2007, our goal is to produce 15 percent to 16 percent growth in operating earnings per diluted s...
DAN AMOS We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 c...
JOHN CATO We can imagine an aggressive case calling for $2.7 billion of revenue by 2005 and $2.34 in earnings ...
HENRY BLODGET Given the slowing economic environment, 2001 will be a challenging year, particularly in the first h...
ALAN LACY A stock buyback is a risk-free way of ensuring earnings accretions. As long as borrowed funds remain...
CAROL LEVENSON As we have seen for more than a year, ... our upstream business -- exploration and production -- has...
DAVE O'REILLY The first-quarter forecast is for earnings to grow 10.5 percent, although that estimate may drift lo...
KEN PERKINS Micron's earnings per share did benefit by 5 cents from a one-time refinancing of a joint venture ar...
ERIKA KLAUER Our upstream business -- exploration and production -- continues to be the major contributor to over...
DAVE O'REILLY
The stock might come under pressure because the 'whisper number' for earnings per share was higher, ... IMRAN KHAN Shaw Group reinvented itself over the last year and, as a result, their earnings (per share) are goi...
DAVID KATZ Shaw Group reinvented itself over the last year and, as a result, their earnings (per share) are goi...
DAVID KATZ Unfortunately, disappointing earnings have been a pattern for Magic Software in recent weeks. This i...
GREGG MOSKOWITZ
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