Sanford Bernstein Quotations

Alcoa's earnings appears to resemble a biblical scripture because it can be interpreted in many ways,

At a minimum, you're trading off two brands that had been the source of a lot of headaches where over the last year they've been talking about problems with Pringles and Sunny Delight, ... Without a doubt, Pringles today is an under-merchandised product that would benefit from greater distribution and more intense merchandising. The open question is, will moving it through the Coke system in fact deliver that? Clearly, if you look at history, there's been a mixed track record of people being able to move these types of products together with beverages.

I think that the company still has a good handle on what its longer-term strategy has to be -- a diversified business model with greater emphasis on training and tech services,

Consumers have a strong reason to procrastinate, ... There will be more and more deals and bargains, and everybody knows it.

Since Sirius has a slight disadvantage to XM in the OEM channel, retail channel must be the greater driver for share gains for Sirius,

Everyone wants to go home but we can't because of the expiration, ... Everyone is reading the paper. The biggest complaint on the floor is about food because all the delis are closed.

messy, given the significant charges IBM is expected to take.

I think the DaimlerChrysler numbers are a disappointment, ... The most glaring question would seem to be in Mercedes car. Operating margins were flat year over year.