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Toyota continues to gain a percentage point of market share a year... BOB SCHULZ Instant lottery ticket sales last year were in the neighborhood of $385 million. This year it'll be ... ARCH GLEASON For the first game of the year I thought our guys played well. They came out strong and really took ... BILL SULLIVAN Although the market will be particularly challenging in the beginning of 2002 we maintain our object... KURT HELLSTROM Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half... GUS FAUCHER Most declines halted this year. LLOYD JOHNSTON Any death is stupid from the viewpoint of whoever is undergoing it, Adam One used to say, because no... MARGARET ATWOOD It feels like our season is a little bit short, particularly with how long we went into our year las... BEV SMITH With our top eight runners returning and the addition of two of the areas top eighth graders from la... BOB SWANK Despite the fourth-quarter sales and volume softness, 1999 was a year of significant progress for Ke... CARLOS GUTIERREZ Our performance in both the quarter and for the year demonstrates that our business model is solid a... MAXINE CLARK We believe PC growth rates have moderated over the course of the past few quarters, leading to slowe... PAUL OTELLINI The strong net sales increase in the first quarter is the continued reflection of our dynamic growth... HUBERTUS ERLEN We've been in the Hawaiian Islands for a long time now and we're very committed there and we would p... GEORGIA TAYLOR Beef sales have been flat year over year, while chicken product sales are growing 8 to 10 percent a ... RALPH ALVAREZ We just couldn't make a shot in the first half, and we turned the ball over too much. Our decision-m... ED COYLE The arithmetic works in their favor. Looking at year-over-year comparisons, March last year was amon... MICHAEL NIEMIRA This will be the first time since calendar year 1995 that we have had simultaneous launches of these... CHRIS LIDDELL The deceleration in earnings growth is a significant concern. Techs are up against steep comparisons... KEN PERKINS It is our expectation that we will be profitable in the second half of next year. BILL TEUBER We had a really good start in our neck of the woods. Last year was a very different year. ROY KAISER The situation was that we down 15 points at the half. We decided to play our worst first half of bas... JOEL PARDALIS Everything that happened last year stays in the past. ASDRUBAL CABRERA Despite the increase in recruitment costs arising from the acceleration in our MVNO business to driv... CHARLES DUNSTONE This is a really good start for our first year. People kind of have to see it that first time. The f... HEATHER WINBERRY We are very confident in our first year back in the PIHL and very excited about it. ANTHONY DEFAZIO The greatest factor clouding our vision is conservative forecasting on the part of our [sales] chann... GREG REYES We also will have three times as many bathrooms then we did the first year. We learned our lesson th... ART OKSUITA We never find a comfort level when sales are down, but it's important to keep in perspective that as... BILL LOVEJOY We've been extensively used this year in the Christie Wilson search. KEVEN BESANA Our anticipated results for our second quarter and the remainder of fiscal 2006 reflect smaller year... ARA HOVNANIAN We can pass it in the first half of the year. Our basis of support is strong again and we're not fac... ARLINDO CHINAGLIA Our first-quarter results reflect solid performance by all regional businesses, strong earnings mome... JEFF M. FETTIG With our stable financial footing, we believe we can make significant inroads into our competitors' ... DAVID OLSON This is a report that suggests that economic growth is slowing very sharply. It's a report that indi... ELLIOT PLATT Home sales in June dipped more than expected following record activity at the beginning the year, wh... MARTIN EDWARDS We really saw the market begin to rebound in 2004 and continue through 2005, which was a very good y... MICHAEL JOHNSON Slower than expected sales growth over the course of the year led to a trimming of marketing spend c... CHRIS WILLIAMSON With the year-end and new-year retail sales showing good results, the market mirrors optimism about ... TSUYOSHI SEGAWA Even though it is very early in the year, the Alabama housing market in 2006 is ahead of the market ... LEONARD ZUMPANO We realized almost a 50% increase in August gross revenue over the same period last year. That is th... TIM SHANNON We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little ... GARY GIANCOLA Our solid 30 percent increase in year over year revenue growth was fueled by strong demand in the ma... GARY E. HOLDREN Even with the higher number of residential sales in March, total sales for the first quarter showed ... HARVEY SHAPIRO The second half, we settled in and rotated a lot better on defense. I know the kids were excited ear... VIC ORTIZ I think we will hit the $600 level sometime this year. I don't know if we will make it during the fi... JOE FOSTER I'm especially happy with the second half. We did a great job of creating opportunities and getting ... MATT MARCOS The first half of the year will be solid as the momentum we have seen in the last two quarters will ... JOSEPH TAN Earnings are coming in 'in line' with expectations. We should still be up 15 percent year-over-year ... ALFRED KUGEL With exceptionally strong business fundamentals, an outstanding new product platform and gradually i... MICHAEL HAWLEY Intel is not a bellwether for software and networking. Obviously it's a bellwether for PCs, but I qu... BERT HOCHFELD
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