We expect a positive reaction to 4Q results in Qwest shares today (Tuesday) and anticipate '06 numbers across the Street will be moving up on the back of today's results.

We expect a positive reaction to 4Q results in Qwest shares today and anticipate '06 numbers across the Street will be moving up on the back of today's results.

Earnings season has become a very volatile period, and investors are now much more sensitive to misses than to [positive] surprises.

It was positive after yesterday's decline, they bought the financials, they bought everything today, ... The bond market was up and it was just a buy-the-dips type of mentality.

The story in (the first quarter) was soft wireless margins.

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