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The services business is a higher profit margin area for the company, ... With Best Buy's success in the home theater business, I think they have rightfully determined that providing installation services and other types of work is a good investment.

The Shat-el-Arab is a noble river or estuary. From both its Persian and Turkish shores, however, mountains have disappeared, and dark forests of date palms intersected by canals fringe its margin heavily, and extend to some distance inland.

The shares would be worth buying today if the company were to achieve its long-term targets of 7% revenue growth and significant margin expansion. However, we think there is too little evidence at this early stage to build the case that operating earnings are on the verge of sustained and rapid acceleration.

These were particularly good results with a strong margin improvement in the fourth quarter, but the market may focus on the very challenging outlook comment for 2006.

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 study shows that malpractice insurance companies consistently overstate how much they expect to pay in claims and in amounts far beyond the margin of reasonable error. By manipulating their books to misrepresent their 'losses,' the insurers have profited in two ways. First, they have used the inflated numbers to justify rate increases that were unnecessary and excessive. Second, they have invoked their exaggerated loss estimates to promote legislation allowing these insurers to limit how much compensation they have to pay out to victims of medical negligence.

The telecom equipment sector, and wireless communications, in particular, has very huge swings in relative valuation, depending on the comfort level that investors have in a company. The pace at which we believe the margin improvement will occur in mobile phones is not at the level that we had anticipated. On the infrastructure side of the business, we are still optimistic.

The thing we're going to want to know is where do unit sales go moving forward, ... We'd like to see plans for unit growth to continue along with margin growth.

Texas is No. 2 in the nation for a reason. When you play against them you have to eliminate the margin for mental mistakes and turning over the ball.

Sonoco delivered on its key performance initiatives in 2005. The Company experienced sustained quarterly earnings increases, margin improvement and double-digit sales growth driven by acquisitions, improved company wide volume coming from significant new consumer product and market development, and geographical expansion. Our employees remained focused on meeting the needs of our customers while improving productivity and managing costs in all of our businesses. We continued our efforts to successfully hedge the majority of our natural gas needs to provide more certainty of energy costs, and we maintained a positive price/cost relationship, despite rising costs in most raw materials.

Right now, we do not have a large margin for error. Unforced errors are unacceptable.

Right now, we do not have a large margin for error, ... Unforced errors are unacceptable.

Right now, we are showing very little-to-nil margin on making the range necessary to get to Kent. It is a big concern.

Prescriptions going to consumers is like money going to consumers. The margin for error is zero.

Sam took it out first as she normally does. The other girl caught her with about 50 meters to go and passed her. She (Thomas) maintained that margin until the end.

Sales increases in our pharmacy, home fashions, health and beauty care, consumables and apparel areas, together with a substantial lift in gross margin rate, enabled Kmart to more than triple earnings per share in the quarter before the non-recurring charge.

Rather than get giddy after beating LSU, which is an unbelievably talented team, the guys immediately turned their focus on Arizona and that final score wasn't indicative of the margin of that game. This is best defensive team I've ever had. They really get after it. These are very athletic, quick long-armed kids who pressure all over.

Rapid growth in new orders and sales does not automatically translate to higher profits. New employees will need to be hired and trained. Suppliers need to expand capacity too. Can all this be handled without margin degradation?

Ours is similar to other opportunity registration programs that are out there. And the basic concept is that companies provide additional margin opportunities for partners who register opportunities with them.

Our expectation for gross margin percentage in the third quarter is 47 percent, plus or minus a couple of points. The change from the second quarter is driven largely by lower average selling prices of microprocessors.

Our all-in-one automatic threat protection, outbreak prevention and ease- of-administration--for the channel, this means fewer follow-up calls and visits, and thus better margin retention.

People are worried about possible net interest margin compression and credit quality deterioration, as well as slowing consumer loan growth.

Operating profits will be up nicely. We expect another good quarter, with unit volume up in every operating division, solid upward movement in gross profit margin and a worldwide increase in advertising support.

Operating profits were up, despite a decline in net revenues, largely due to the fact that expense reductions from our margin improvement program have now been realized and incorporated into our earnings,

After the first day, we knew we had to get out to a strong start and make some birdies. Since it was team golf, the 12-stroke margin didn't seem as daunting. We only had to make up three shots a person instead of 12.

The narrow margin of this vote sends a strong message to polluters that stronger mercury controls are on the horizon. Our clean air and clean water are simply not for sale.

Adjusted for positive effects from the treatment of pension obligations, BMW's fourth-quarter automotive margin of 6.6 percent was slightly better than expected.

Ad revenue growth in February and March, boosted by the early Easter, was the strongest we have seen since the first quarter of 1998. Our focus on operations, with emphasis on cost control and margin improvement, is clearly paying off.

The oil companies themselves aren't interested in building new refineries and will tend to denigrate the chances of any new investors actually succeeding in their business. They'll say, 'What does Richard Branson know about oil refineries?' He doesn't have to know about that part of the business, but he can easily see that oil refiners are making a margin far superior to what he's making in the airline business.

Something's not right here. Retailers are sacrificing profit margin during the holidays to attract customers, and people are still unhappy with price.

Once we had the gross margin, we could subtract the cost to serve based on specific behaviors. We could ID those who were squeezing us on margin and understand if they were running us into the ground.

December's usual inventory write-offs and increased marketing costs led the operating profit margin to fall to 8 pct from 11 pct a quarter earlier.

Coach Hill said the game was closer than the final win margin because the Bears were down by only five, but made several turnovers in the final seconds of play. He could not remember the final score, but said the Rams won by twelve.

Despite the low margin opportunities of running an MVNO, entertainment companies see benefit of extending their brand and programming to their customers through mobility.

Despite our conservative remarks on margin compression and pricing intensity, we continue to believe Intel will meet our revenue forecast and reiterate our intermediate-term neutral and long-term accumulate rating.

Apple's software side is underreported on Wall Street, but it's a big positive in terms of margin contribution,

Apple has offset the gross margin pressure by managing its business better.

Anything HP can do to move away from the eroding margin business of hardware would make sense.

An exchange rate below 10.60 gives the central bank margin to cut interest rates by 50 basis points.

As good an offense as ours, we're going up against (one) so there's less margin for error than there has been. I'll be ready.

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 result of a rising interest rate environment which is a positive for a bank like Frost with an asset-sensitive balance sheet net interest margin for the year rose again to 4.45 percent, the highest level since 2002. Loans ended the year at $6.1 billion, reaching their highest level ever, and deposits rose to $9.1 billion, also a record.

As a result of a rising interest rate environment ù which is a positive for a bank like Frost with an asset-sensitive balance sheet ù net interest margin for the year rose again to 4.45 percent, the highest level since 2002. Loans ended the year at $6.1 billion, reaching their highest level ever, and deposits rose to $9.1 billion, also a record.

The bottom line here is that GM and Ford have no margin today and we still see their products overpriced by $1,500 per unit.

The bottom line at Gap is that despite egregious merchandising, the power of the brand enabled it to clear product at more favorable margin rates than expected.

The big standout was US cards -- weak even excluding the charge, due to margin compression and a big drop in receivables.

Australia's interest-rate margin will be maintained. The risk-reward for the Australian dollar is the upside.

As in the second quarter, we have been able to weather the difficult top-line environment by effectively managing our retail operating expenses and inventories.  We are also pleased to have achieved continued gross margin expansion in the third quarter,

Al Jazeera should understand the societies, should understand the culture of the civilisation, should understand the dynamics of the societies, should be part of this understanding; and on the other level, Al Jazeera should concentrate on the margin rather than the centre. It means that Al Jazeera should be close to the public.

The miss on earnings is mostly because of margin compression and increased costs. They run this company really fat to begin with, and if they are getting even fatter, it's absurd.

You saw a little better earnings than expected, a more optimistic outlook for full-year earnings, and people beginning to see margin expansion for the company after some declines over the last 18 months. That visibility is the biggest reason you're seeing the stock move up.

You never know in a tournament like this. The margin is so close.

You need things to go your way when you're down like that. You have no margin for error. And certainly a missed shot or a missed lay-up ... things like that happened for us. And every one of those opportunities that we didn't take advantage of kind of let the air out of our opportunity to make a run at the lead.

This is not an election. It would have been wiser for Hosni Mubarak to win by a small margin or even lose, than win in a fabricated way.

This is really pulling out the big guns. If you think about it, this is working at the margin with a very large volume, so it's going to have a very pronounced price effect.

This is the eighth game that we'll play where we had no margin for error. So it will be a constant reminder about not so much where we are right now, but where we started from. That in itself puts a lot of things into perspective.

This course is very tight. The margin for error is so small here.

This could mean challenges for some companies; they might see margin contraction.

This combination helps to further diversify our balance sheet and earnings by adding attractive, high-yielding credit card assets, while improving our net interest margin and adding stable fee income,

They run about 111 hospitals. It has about a 20 percent rise in earnings this year. Five- year projections are 20 percent annually. It's got operating margin around 20 percent.

Almost three quarters of our margin decline in the first half of this year is because we are spending to retain and acquire customers there.

All of Florida is doing well. Its economy is outperforming the nation by the largest margin in recent memory. You'd be hard pressed to find a weak area anywhere in the state.

A lot of actors had reservations about the material and about Paul - not his personality or talent, but, with a first- time filmmaker, there was not a lot of margin for error. But I trusted his vision.

Although the company is executing in terms of cost control, we think margin contractions at the gross margin level will continue through the second quarter as well, which we had not factored in.

Although it may seem that we are on the course to attain the operating profit margin target in the new fiscal year, we should manage operations more carefully because contingency risks could emerge at any time. In addition, Sony is also recovering.

Also, our most recently reported results show a positive margin on shipping.

They made plays and we didn't. Right now, we have a very small margin of error because we're shooting the ball horribly. We've done it now for three straight games.

They played great and we didn't give them much of a game tonight. Our margin for error is slim. We can't have any slippage. Our rebounding was a disappointment. We've got to do better.

They do wireless and cellular. They make semiconductors and they own the set-top box manufacturer, General Instrument. Broadband is going to be coming into your home via either a cable box or a wireless box. I just think they have it covered her and the fact is they reported their earnings and a little margin squeeze at the time when technology stocks were crashing.

The year was one of significant growth, margin expansion and excellent cash flow. We're optimistic about 2006 and confident in our ability to continue producing the type of consistent earnings growth for which we're known.

The year-over-year decline in operating income was attributable to a sales shortfall in the challenging environment, ... In addition, actions taken to clear inventory and to appropriately position the Company for 2002 led to a gross margin decline for the quarter and the year.

You don't think you're going to win by that kind of margin going into the Sweet 16. More than sending a message to other teams, it sends a message to us.

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 is not much margin to get (the satellites) in the exact orbit we want it to be. It's an instantaneous launch window -- either you go or don't go.

There's a big margin there. If that sauce or spread has 6 grams of fat per couple of tablespoons, but 5 grams are saturated, it's not the best choice.

There's a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. That wasn't a lot of fun.

They're gaining ever more share of women's apparel, which is a high margin business. They're growing rapidly at better than 20 percent in both square footage and earnings. In an environment where people are talking numbers, Kohl's could certainly meet the numbers and even exceed expectations, for example, in the third quarter.

There's a very fine margin in winning and losing, ... The way we've played in so many games, the point production, the great defense -- there's a lot more to deal with that's positive than negative.

There's a tremendous profit margin on the tchotchkes they're selling and I understand the appeal of that. But the most valuable thing that Tiffany has is their brand name. You can't be everything to everybody.

There's evidence that Amazon has done its homework.""They used insight to refine an offering that would serve this customer base and add more margin to the business.""Be assured, Amazon has been doing the same with all their businesses. They are watching their customers, listening to what they say and then designing their business to meet their customers' needs. Amazon will not lose in this market. They will take business from every other retailer, online or on the street.

There's equity in the conference. There's a small margin between finishing second and finishing last, and that small margin is hard to define. I think we're better than our record shows, but we're playing in a very tough conference.

At a group level we expect a strong operating performance and growth in market shares from the majority of our business lines, however increases in underlying profit will be slower if the general insurance trading margin reverts to its long-term sustainable range and if loan losses increase from current historic lows.

As we continue to use more gasoline in California, that margin of error gets tighter each year.

A billion dollars in annual savings translates to a 10-point improvement in our margins. We did better than that again this quarter. In the first quarter our operating margin improved over last year's by 11.7 points -- from 17.4 percent to 29.1 percent.

A concern that produces its own raw materials, and works them up through the various processes until it delivers the manufactured product in the domestic or foreign market, can work on a narrower margin all around, and yet do full justice to its stockholders and employees.

It's a solid quarter, with solid top-line sales growth and comparable store sales growth, combined with gross margin expansion. Their clients have money, and they like to spend it.

It's a big blow, no question. Our margin for error defensively has gone down.

I took the girls in the locker room and I reminded them that we are the only ones who could beat us. I said, 'Right now, that 41 (point margin of victory in the teams' second meeting) means nothing.' I didn't want them to get complacent because that's when you get caught. You never know what their mind set is.

It was a very weak quarter driven by gross margin and lower than expected revenue.

I trust that McDonald's can find a way to sell all-natural chicken without raising their prices; we did that at Shake Shack. It is more expensive, and we took a slight margin hit, but we did it. And if we can do it, I know that much bigger companies can.

It's a little different here. George Bush trails by a slim margin in the polls to John McCain; Bill Bradley is the leader over Al Gore. And it's interesting to see both George Bush and Al Gore paint themselves as the underdog...whereas, in the rest of the nation, that's not the case.

I told the guys if you look at our losses its either the turnover battle or the rebounding battle that we haven't won. Those are the two major battles you've got to win in a ball game if you're going to have a chance to win. It (Rebounding advantage) was a big margin and that wins you ball games.

It's legitimate to think we will see a slowdown in PCs and servers in 2005 but what the Street may be underestimating is Dell's ability to grow earnings through profit margin expansion,

It's tough to go on the road and not make your free throws and have unforced turnovers. Our margin of error is too small for that to happen.

It's not so much the margin of victory, it's more so that everyone got a chance to contribute and we actually played well. It felt good to actually perform offensively and defensively.

It's not so much how much money you have to spend, it's how you spend it. How effective can you be in allocating those dollars, ... Obviously we don't have the margin for error like the Yankees do, but I think we're on our way here.

It's no secret what we have to do (to have a successful) second half. Our goal differential is about 0.2. We score 3.1 goals a game and give up 2.9. You have to have a bigger margin of goals scored and goals against.

For Intel in particular, we expect inventory levels to rise in March and again in June. Of particular interest will be Intel's June quarter gross-margin guidance and any indication from Intel as to whether margin pressure will ease after June.

Foreigners own 11 percent of U.S. stocks -- that's not huge, but at the margin it makes a big difference. And right now there's massive foreign buying of bonds because they're a safe haven amid geopolitical uncertainty -- that could change as well.

For every road win, you have that much more margin of error at home. Since we don't have any, those home games are significant.