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Beyond guidance for favorable structural cost performance in 2006, and details on material cost savings goals, no specific guidance on the extent or cadence of structural cost savings was given. In addition, the company offered only limited details on the timing of plant actions.

Because in recent quarters published estimates have regularly exceeded our guidance. This is increasingly becoming an industry-wide issue.

Everybody gets different guidance depending on what their function is,

Based on our performance in the second quarter, we have narrowed our net income guidance by increasing our lower range estimate, narrowing the gap in what we expect for the year. While our marketing expenses for the first six months are down from last year due to timing, we expect to increase our investment through the remainder of the year.

Based on new OEM business, we are raising our earnings guidance for fiscal years 2007 and 2008, with expectations that results will almost double our previousÊ...Êearnings guidance for these periods. We are also pursuing a number of other OEM opportunities.

Based on first-cut guidance from folks in Washington, we don't see it as an issue, ... There are a lot of other competitors out there... there are a lot of folks out there servicing the great American consumer. I don't anticipate any challenge, but that's to be seen.

Cross platform, we have opportunity across all our businesses to not only take the most well-known and high-profile brands and bring them to life with the guidance of people who know them well, but to incubate new ones.

Anglo-Saxon America dealt with the emotional aspects of life by hiding them, ignoring them, or defining them as problematic. Janis rebelled against those habits, yet there was no guidance beyond the rambling of Kerouac's novels. Releasing one's feelings from years of bondage was a righteous and dangerous experiment.

Another excellent year, illustrating the hard work, commitment and motivation of our students, together with excellent teaching and guidance from staff and strong parental staff.

Another essential function is that of guidance counseling. At this point I am not sure that the governor feels that guidance counseling is a direct instruction,

Edna is going to be sorely missed. Her team leadership is invaluable and it's going to be hard not to have her in the locker room before and after games. Her guidance off the court is also going to be something that will be hard to replace.

Earnings have been lackluster, guidance has been disappointing and the economic news we've just had, has raised inflationary fears.

Earnings have been fine, but they just haven't been as robust as people were hoping. The guidance for the third and fourth quarters hasn't been that strong, and part of the rally was based on people betting that the second half of the year would be good, so with the numbers not saying that, you're seeing some selling.

DuPont beat consensus handily and raised their full year guidance. People were just taking some profits today.

During this difficult time that we're going through he stepped up to the plate. He's a real people person. At the same time, he can show leadership and give guidance to others as well.

Eric will provide the guidance and insight needed to ensure that we continue to operate efficiently and create new opportunities for our advertisers and publishers. I am confident he will strengthen our team and play a pivotal role in taking Undertone Networks to the next level.

Fiscal Q4 guidance is a clear-cut disappointment. However, sentiment was very poor prior to the earnings release and some investors are likely relieved that it's not worse.

Fiscal fourth-quarter guidance is a clear-cut disappointment. However, sentiment was very poor prior to the earnings release and some investors are likely relieved that it's not worse.

Excluding guidance, 4Q negatives were hard to find, in our view.

The results were very good but the issue is really the guidance. There's also a lack of detail about U.S. investment plans.

The results for the third quarter (October-December) signal the next phase of growth. Revenue from IT business at $473 million (Rs.21.2 billion) was ahead of the guidance figure of $463 million (Rs.20.6 billion) projected in October.

There's no rationale to go out there with aggressive earnings guidance. Why do anything to derail the rally?

There's no problem with 95 percent of our employees and what they wear. But there's a perception that some may not look business-like and we need to give guidance to employees on what they should or should not wear.

There's no competition that I know of, but it is an open meeting, and nominations will be accepted on the floor. We assume the existing leadership provided good guidance to the association and will be going forward in the year.

The tools used by economists to analyze business firms are too abstract and speculative to offer any guidance to entrepreneurs and managers in their constant struggle to bring novel products to consumers at low cost.

I see the position (of first selectman) as one of gentile persuasion, and to provide guidance,

The whole situation with the election is definitely weighing very heavily on the market. It didn't help with Dell lowering guidance going forward.

The whole key is what kind of guidance they offer in the future.

I've seen a lot of good and bad in the game over the years and it definitely is good to pass some of that guidance along,

It was a blow-out quarter, they did an incredible job. They blew away the consensus (forecast), and first-quarter guidance looks good.

The stock is down because the guidance statement at the press conference was a little on the vague side. In valuation terms it's really tough to get excited about DaimlerChrysler at 50 euros.

The stock has had a strong run and I'm not expecting guidance to necessarily be a significant catalyst.

The (second-quarter) guidance was not very strong, below first-quarter numbers, even though the second quarter is historically the strongest for steel companies, especially mini-mills.

The strip-intercropping and controlled traffic patterns leverage the guidance system investment even further than it would normally. Auto-steer is more efficient this way.

The strength of the AOL cash flow and billed subscribers were better than investors were expecting and an increase in full-year guidance is clearly a good sign.

The slight earnings disappointment is compensated by the positive outlook on dividends, where management guidance is moving towards our more aggressive dividend payment assumptions.

The subscriber growth is above market expectations. The fact that they've done it in a way they can reiterate their margin guidance rather than have to soften it further is reassuring.

The student athletes are the ones the kids look up to. The younger kids really look to them for guidance. We have to have high expectations of these kids. Participating in athletics is a privilege and with that privilege comes certain requirements.

The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an objective and subjective internal organic awareness. Dennis walks his talk and knows well the terrain. This approach towards understanding common denominators of breathing will guide many towards health and well being as well as help dissolve cross cultural barriers. We ARE one and breath IS life. Easily one of the top five books on breathing.

The three things we'll digest this week are earnings and guidance for the fourth quarter, and the long-term forecast for energy prices.

Tepid company guidance makes us cautious in extrapolating.

Russia keeps Belarus within the family. This is a country that continues to look to Moscow for guidance and remains under the shadow of Russian power.

Revenue was higher than expected but a number of charges distort the picture. Still, if you exclude that, the numbers are better than expected. The guidance for growth in general is good.

Revenues slightly exceeded guidance and they didn't burn through as much cash as I expected.

Right now their guidance has been clear... they don't appear overly alarmed by this.

Sandy has been my key adviser over the past five years and has been invaluable in providing me guidance and counsel, ... Going forward he will continue to work with me to monitor and stimulate Disney's performance.

Providing quantitative guidance about the meaning of 'long-term price stability' could have several advantages, including further reducing public uncertainty about monetary policy and anchoring long-term inflation expectations even more effectively,

Prior to Sept. 11 UPS was showing growth in its domestic air business and was on track to deliver on the financial guidance we had provided, managing through some difficult economic conditions,

Profits were good, cash was great, and the guidance was good.

Our confidence in delivering another strong year in 2006 is high and reflected in the fact we raised our earnings-per-share guidance early in the year.

Our conclusion is that despite some of the positive remarks from Roadway, actual performance and guidance lead us to believe that it is still too early to own ground transportation names and that we may continue to see additional signs of slowing and operating ratio deterioration before the economy begins to turn,

People don't want to lose any more money, and selling begets selling, ... No one is giving any good guidance and it's a complete selling fest.

Operationally the admissions process is very well run by very well-regarded people, ... That lets us think a little outside the box in terms of the kind of person who we can bring in to provide a vision for Yale College admissions, to provide organizational leadership for the office, and to be the face of Yale to high school students, teachers and guidance counselors all over the world.

The much hoped for mid-October pickup in personal computer demand has failed to materialize, which suggests to us Intel's guidance on its Tuesday afternoon conference call will be more cautious than most investors anticipate.

After a reasonable amount of time, the secretary will likely deem this set of guidance as the final version, but the Air Force will need experience with how the guidelines work in practice before deciding on the finalization date.

Some businesses may be so busy that they're looking for an extra hand in terms of bookkeeping. Or, they may want guidance in reshaping their bookkeeping methods. Whatever the reason is, we're there to help out.

Now Allah has created the dream not only as a means of guidance and instruction, I refer to the dream, but he has made it a window on the Unseen.

Once the justices depart, as most of them have, from the original understanding of the principles of the Constitution, they lack any guidance other than their own attempts at moral philosophy, a task for which they have not even minimal skills. Yet when it rules in the name of the Constitution, whether it rules truly or not, the Court is the most powerful branch of government in domestic policy. The combination of absolute power, disdain for the historic Constitution, and philosophical incompetence is lethal.

Dell reaffirmed their guidance for the third quarter, but gave no guidance going forward. They also said that industry growth for the third quarter was going to be worse than expected.

Compared to the mid-point of previous guidance, revenues at the Chartered level are now expected to be up approximately $8 million. Consistent with higher revenues, our fourth-quarter net profit is now expected to be approximately $6 million higher than the mid-point of the range previously guided. Our guidance for utilization remains unchanged.

Companies have been reporting good earnings, but the guidance has been muted.

Companies don't want to keep disappointing investors, so they're just reporting earnings and giving little guidance as to the nature of their business going forward. Companies used to give indications for a year out. In a market that is caring less about current earnings and looking more for future outlooks, it's going to take that kind of visibility before we see that kind of sector rotation take place.

Companies (retailers) are being very cautious about their guidance for the second quarter, so we're not completely taking it to heart that these (strong sales) results will carry through,

Despite posting a high-quality September quarter and beating consensus numbers, Yahoo's guidance continues to be cautious due to a challenging near-term business environment.

Despite impressive gains in the numbers and quality of courses over the past twenty years, entrepreneurship education still lives mostly on the fringes of academe, not in the mainstream. Our aim is to change that so that entrepreneurship is a legitimate, full-fledged field of study. The Kauffman Panel's guidance on the formation of a comprehensive curriculum in entrepreneurship is central to this goal.

Despite impressive gains in the numbers and quality of courses over the past 20 years, entrepreneurship education still lives mostly on the fringes of academe, not in the mainstream. Our aim is to change that so that entrepreneurship is a legitimate, full-fledged field of study. The Kauffman Panel's guidance on the formation of a comprehensive curriculum in entrepreneurship is central to this goal.

Despite higher gasoline prices, Wal-Mart was able to raise guidance for the second-quarter which is particularly noteworthy because that's also the period that they will have to deal with the lion's share of the gas impact.

AOL looks to be slowing the bloodletting and this was a major factor in the aforementioned guidance upping,

Apparently, more Sun servers are sold running Oracle software than anything else. Weak results and guidance from Sun only serve to compound our near-term worries.

As a result of increased sales, product mix and expense reductions, second quarter gross margins as a percentage of revenue improved to 39 percent from 35 percent in the second quarter of 2004 and from 32 percent in the first quarter of 2005. We expect gross margin as a percentage of revenue to approximate 40 percent in the second half of 2005. We improved on our second quarter guidance of a loss of $0.08 to $0.09 per share, due mainly to the deferral of previously planned UWB investments until later this year. In addition, we reached our near-term fund raising goal and added further liquidity by obtaining approximately $4.2 million in new equity and debt financing commitments on June 20. With continued focus on managing our balance sheet, including increasing inventory turns and reducing DSOs, we intend to reduce the company's financing requirements for the fourth quarter.

As a company they look to continue at this pace of cash flow growth and should be able to exceed its guidance for the year.

As part of our commitment to delivering secure, private and reliable computing experiences for everyone, Microsoft aims to provide timely, relevant and easy-to-understand security guidance so business customers can maintain a more secure enterprise environment. The Security Summits are a great venue for both IT professionals and developers to learn about key trends in the security industry, including how to prepare for advances in security technologies and how to develop more secure business applications.

You're going to be able to drive a truck through their guidance ranges in a lot of cases.

This is sort of an ongoing dialogue, but for the moment investors are pleased with these numbers, given where their head was. Profits were good, cash was great, and the guidance was good.

The White House Web site is and always has been consistent with the OMB guidance.

The University of Michigan is committed to being on the cutting edge of providing our applicants with the best college planning and application process that we can possibly offer. With the Connect! platform linked to our high school partners, we have the capability to effectively guide students, provide a meaningful benefit to high school guidance counselors and demonstrate a more efficient application process for all involved.

This decision is just plain wrong, ... This (New Hampshire's) law places no obstacles in the path of a woman's informed choice; it simply takes steps to ensure that a minor ... has a reasonable opportunity to receive guidance and understanding in making her choice from a parent who cares about her.

This IRS guidance establishes a process that manufacturers can use to certify the amount of credit the purchaser of the vehicle can claim. This is going to provide much-needed certainty to Americans who are purchasing these vehicles. It means they will be able to rely on the manufacturer's certification when they claim the credit on their tax return. This is good news for those consumers because they are also taxpayers who seek simpler, fairer tax filing, and it is good news for manufacturers who can now offer reassurance to customers on the ease of the tax rules.

This initial earnings guidance for 2006 reflects the fact that the integration of May is going to be a more challenging and longer-term task than some investors had expected.

This guidance will assist individuals, families and health care facilities in making better informed decisions to ensure a safe sleeping environment for people who need these beds.

This guidance is not only higher than Ameritrade stand-alone, but TD Ameritrade will have a more diversified, less volatile revenue stream.

They raised their long-term revenue guidance, which tells me that they feel pretty good about the product pipelines.

A lot of females in the community don't have guidance that they need to become young women. I feel that it's just as important for females to have a good mentor as it is for young men.

Although our second fiscal quarter results are usually lower than the first quarter due to the seasonality of sales of electronic products, this guidance is in line with our expectations for the seasonality and represents an anticipated increase in net sales of up to 71 percent and net income of up to 65 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

Amazon insists it is still on the path to double-digit operating margin, despite the fact the 2005 guidance distinctly suggests a reversal of this course with declining incremental operating margin. Clearly, something is amiss here.

A lot of things are happening fast for us, and this is a chance to get some networking and guidance from industry honchos.

They need some guidance up there. They don't have a clue. I don't like the way things are done around there. It's been bad from the moment I got there.

They had encouraging operating numbers. Their lower cost guidance was also good.

They had a very solid report and gave guidance that looks extremely powerful. Any weakness in Sirius is more related to concerns at their rival XM as opposed to anything at Sirius itself. As long as the leader in the industry's stock is falling it's going to pull its colleague down with it.

They had an upside surprise in gross margins, but their guidance for 2002 is basically flat from here.

There was some more talk around during the day that the Securities and Exchange Commission is over its supposed guidance period for passing back comments and there was no news, so people were thinking maybe a decision must be imminent.

There was little new in Amazon's quarter or guidance as both followed Amazon's trend for the past several quarters, which is to meet guidance and lower margin expectations.

There was no clear guidance in what was permissible in the treatment of detainees,

There were no great surprises and the biggest concern is the guidance going forward. We still think it's going to be a difficult time ? we're already down 8.3 percent for the third quarter.

There really is not clear guidance to what the outlook is going forward.

This may prove that their policy barring preannouncement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.

This may prove that their policy barring pre-announcement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.

This marks the second consecutive year BRE has introduced guidance well below the consensus estimate.

This is the wakeup call. We're going to go through a test here where we're going to have a period of turbulence in the market as we report second-quarter earnings and get forward-looking guidance for the third quarter.

This is the wakeup call, ... We're going to go through a test here where we're going to have a period of turbulence in the market as we report second-quarter earnings and get forward-looking guidance for the third quarter.