Sales are bad. Earnings aren't special. They've got problems.


Aram Rubinson

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We have now registered our fourth consecutive quarter of strong sales growth and our third consecuti...
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Theyve got the experience and know what it takes to build a temporary city.
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Offensive linemen arent real athletes.
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Sauces or peppers that arent hot, are like books that dont entretain (or vice versa).
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It was record assets under management, record sales, record earnings per share.
BARRY GRISWELL
I am pleased to report another record quarter of sales and earnings,
DAVID GLASS
It was a record year in earnings, sales and earning per share.
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JOAN STORMS
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Bad things happen when problems are protected by a force field of tediousness.
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Little details have special talents in creating big problems!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN
They're causing problems with the sales of real estate and causing property value drops.
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Problems are not bad, they help recharge us and keep us from becoming complacent
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Overall, you can say the quarter was on the mark. The sales and earnings were about where they shoul...
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In general, it's been a very strong quarter, both in terms of companies' sales and earnings, and als...
CLARK WESTMONT
Our key region North America is stronger than ever, so that we have raised our group sales and earni...
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Our record third-quarter retail earnings were fueled by industry-leading comparable-store sales and ...
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Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels...
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We remain dissatisfied in the overall sales performance of our Circuit City business, ... no new tre...
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CHARLES HILL
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RICK RIORDAN
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China's got huge problems,
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We got the call-back from [book publishers] Scholastic yesterday. We got about $22,000 in sales.
DEBBIE BAKER
When it got bad, it got bad in a hurry.
DAVE STRICKLIN
You've got some problems there,
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There is concern over the quality of the earnings, over how they got there.
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I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste.
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We got special rates for our flights and we got free accommodation.
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Next week is the big one for earnings. You've got Microsoft, Intel, all the banks.
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