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The, already well-known, relative absence of pipeline products in late stage development continues to blur the visibility of longer term margin trends and helps stifle our enthusiasm for the shares despite the upgraded near-term guidance.

The Argentine question has in part been resolved, at least in the very short term, so shares no longer need to price in that question.

I would like to think they can get in the 20 percent range, but with that number of shares it could be difficult.

Merger and acquisition prospects surrounding the LSE will continue to be the main driver of the shares rather than the fundamentals.

Microsoft's move is a blow to all personal computer- related shares because it might weaken the companies' margin growth as new products usually have higher margins.

Microsoft is the second-largest company in the world, so when its shares are seeing that kind of surge, it's going to spill over into all kinds of other companies.

William Morris shares our vision to define the next generation of entertainment with experiences that tightly integrate the very best that both television and the Internet has to offer, ... Majestic.

Wind River shares ACCESS' commitment to helping handset manufacturers and operators provide their customers with a powerful, easy-to-use mobile phone. We believe that the ACCESS Linux Platform is a natural extension to Wind River's device software platform and development suite offering.

While we see limited downside to shares from here, an outlook based on a resumption of growth in the second half of fiscal 2006 raises concerns.

We continue to recommend that investors buy the shares ahead of the product refreshes in the May to August time frame.

We continue to believe these shares offer an attractive investment opportunity and reiterate our

We continue to believe that, at the margin, Microsoft shares should outperform over time, owing to the outlook for above-average revenues and profit growth, ... But there are qualifiers, and finding catalysts is key.

We continue to believe Intel will apply competitive pressure to AMD in the desktop and mobile markets in an effort to blunt further shares gains, even if the result is negative for Intel's own profitability in 2006.

We feel growing skepticism about a GMAC sale has weighed on GM shares in recent weeks, and today's comments will likely only add to such pressure.

While Exxon shares initially fell by 4.5 percent on Dec. 1, 1998, in reaction to the merger, Exxon shares subsequently advanced 23 percent through Oct. 16, 2000, outpacing a 17-percent average advance for the major oils and a 17-percent advance for the S&P 500.

While BitTorrent already has become the de facto protocol for cooperative distribution on the Internet, DCM shares our belief that BitTorrent will become the ideal platform for both independent publishers and the world's leading media companies alike.

We're delighted to welcome BLIMPIE as the 102nd member of the Whole Grains Council. We salute BLIMPIE restaurants' commitment to offering customers the choice of whole grain bread with any sandwich. It's a great fit, because BLIMPIE shares the Council's core belief that whole grains can be both healthy and delicious.

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.

We believe the shares of Numerical Technologies have been significantly oversold in the recent weeks given no change to the company's fundamentals and substantial progress in the company's strategic business plan. We are therefore adding the company to the Focus List in anticipation of what we believe to be strong near-term opportunities for share-price appreciation.

We believe the shares fail to reflect the company's market position or growth potential. We believe overall margins have the potential to expand by 50 to 100 basis points over the next several years and operating profits can grow at a low double-digit rate. Earnings per share could expand by a low-teens rate over the next several years.

We will see a dilution to shares by 3-to-4 percent this year and next year. We will see about $1.50 in dilution to net asset value per share as soon as this deal closes.

We will see a dilution to shares by 3-to-4 percent this year and next year, ... We will see about $1.50 in dilution to net asset value per share as soon as this deal closes.

We review our capital levels on an ongoing basis and will, where appropriate, continue to buy back shares through the market as opportunities present themselves while simultaneously exploring other ways of effectively deploying capital.

We have always had a long-term commitment to China and even more so to the development of its Internet industry, We're confident that Yahoo! is putting its resources behind the right management team, which operates according to similar values as we do, and shares the same vision for providing the most essential and relevant services to consumers and businesses.

Tokyo shares followed the Nasdaq today. Also, trading was supported by those buyers who came back to the market now that Y2K-related concerns seem to have cleared.

We found Amazon results to be mixed and we believe the shares could be weak through the spring/summer months.

The problem is that all those shares had already risen enough. People who bought them now keep asking: 'Why our stocks are not growing?' - and they are not rising exactly because those people already bought them. The price is high.

Weakness in overseas and regional markets affected trading, dragging down blue chips and H shares early.

We are delighted to partner with Guyana Goldfields in an investment that helps Guyana develop valuable mineral resources in an environmentally and socially responsible way, We are excited to work with a company that shares our commitment to sustainable development.

Though we remain positive on the long-term business model and outlook, we expect concerns over pricing pressure, the back-end-loaded nature of full-year guidance and new product wins to overhang the shares medium term.

We are not handing out cash in any of these deals. The state's shares are class A, the majority and with a different power of decision-making.

We had anticipated this transaction when we initially purchased shares of KTM in August ,

We plan to trade the first shares of the NYSE Group on March 8. This will mark the beginning of a new era.

We plan to offer a significant number of the shares to members of the public. Interest exists there. The shares will be sold this year and next.

We're lightening up on resources shares because we're not convinced that the hype about Chinese demand quite matches the reality.

We are investing in our future together with our long-term partner Arena, which shares our vision for Philippine swimming.

We advised clients to downgrade the shares because this is a company that has a troubled balance sheet, and the Mexican receivable issues problem adds another layer to the story of a company that is struggling to turn itself around.

We are likely to upgrade our 2006 numbers slightly as a result, and do not believe that the shares look expensive relative to the peer group, once allowance is made for the cash on the balance sheet.

We are leaving behind the old culture of cronyism to put together a plural government that shares a common vision of the future,

We're a team that shares the ball and I think we got back to doing that tonight.

Volkswagen must be completely reassessed. The shares have room to rise.

Volkswagen is turning from the most-hated car stock into everybody's darling. Volkswagen must be completely reassessed. The shares have room to rise.

Time Warner management has offered several reasons for not completely separating the cable business and buying back Time Warner shares aggressively, ... rejects management's arguments against separation and challenges management's capital return plan as a weak attempt to silence growing investor criticism.

Trading at 12 times 2005 earnings, shares are reflecting a seemingly bearish view of Pfizer's growth prospects, in our opinion. With these low expectations built into the shares, we are encouraged that Pfizer's $4 billion cost restructuring will stabilize near-term earnings.

We believe Adaptec is not a compelling storage networking story at this point, as we think most of the value of ADPT shares lies in its software business.

We are no longer the black sheep on this issue. Europe is united on this. It shares the values that we have defended.

We are most impressed with the girls and the shares they've chosen.

The decisive thing for the development of VW shares in the next few days is whether and at what price Porsche can acquire the 13 percent of shares that VW holds itself.

The decline in oil prices is positive for investor sentiment on shares of exporters.

When you also consider that the prospect of the tendered shares being actually taken up was extremely low, and that this whole thing took place over the holidays, it becomes evident that Willamette's institutional shareholders are indeed very highly supportive of the idea that the two companies should be in talks.

The fact that Australian shares are now trading on a similar pe to global shares does not indicate that they are overvalued or that global shares now offer better return prospects.

The fact that approximately one-third of the eligible Class A-1 shares were not tendered demonstrates that UPS employees, retirees and founding families have great confidence in the company's long-term prospects,

The experience with New World Development proved a company could rebuff attempts by TCI to keep increasing its holding. What New World Development did was to place shares to friendly investors to strengthen its controlling stake.

There are a lot of moving pieces right now. I think all of them bode well for Time Warner shares in the near term.

There are many folks out there who hold the shares because of the high dividend. Dropping part of that dividend would mean dropping many shareholders, and I don't think it's worth the savings, which isn't really that much.

We believe that Tyco's shares are undervalued and ... we have been an active purchaser of our equity,

We believe that this repurchase program is an excellent opportunity to build long-term value for our stockholders and demonstrates the confidence we have in our company, ... Our strong balance sheet and cash flow enable us to repurchase shares while investing in our strategic growth plans.

We picked up some shares that other people dumped, and I like it that way.

With a 'C' corporation, you can easily give different heirs different amounts of stock, or different type of stock -- voting shares to one person, non-voting shares to another, ... There's much more flexibility.

With 360 million shares you have to (have a huge sales force).

We view this announcement as a slight positive as it may lessen some overhang on the DTV shares. However, we believe investors have already priced in $3 billion of buybacks, and GM's shares do not represent incremental repurchases of equity.

We view any weakness in Target shares as similar to early November which saw weather-related slowness.

UAL shares are trading at post 9/11 lows despite boosting liquidity 9$3 billion in cash, $4 billion unencumbered planes as of 3/020, achieving labor peace and improving service. We cannot imagine an industry recovery that leaves out United, which has the industry's most attractive network.

We would get more constructive on shares on supply chain improvements and a pickup in the wireless business. Conversely, our outlook would worsen on margin deterioration and market share losses in the optical and enterprise businesses.

We would be buying Boyd Gaming shares ahead of the analyst meeting next week given the likely favorable response to South Coast and the pending announcement on the Stardust redevelopment.

The rebound in the technology shares since September 21 has been huge. I think the valuations are too high again. I don't think people learned their lessons with the correction we had.

There has been a lack of liquidity, and this certainly makes more shares available to institutional investors.

To a very large degree, the significant compression in Dell's valuation over the past 18 months already discounts this secular slowing, with price-to-trailing revenue now at 2.5X, down from upwards of 5-6X not too long ago, ... Accordingly, our upgrade of the shares in July and this downgrade cannot be more ill-timed.

We think that investor speculation on a potential take-over of the company could keep shares in the mid-$20s range.

We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.

We also recommend that investors with a 2- to 3-year investment horizon accumulate shares in the sector through a basket of mid-sized bank stocks because there could be a sharp uplift in value due to consolidation activity.

We believe investors have already priced in $3.0 billion of buybacks, and GM's shares do not represent incremental repurchases of equity.

With prices of oil and metals rising higher, shares of commodity producers will benefit.

Without the Soviet Union's material base, Russia now is playing the part of a global power comparable to the United States. The current Russian elite shares a Soviet vision of the world ... and it's trying to imitate Soviet diplomatic efforts.

Yet again we are pleasantly surprised by the extent of the jump in property shares in just quarter one. This is partly to do with better and better reported earnings and dividends.

The phrase "New World Order" is Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier.

There are just under 4 million shares short right now, so there's some pain out there for somebody.

With crude oil staying high, gas company shares are going to gain. Growth is also going to be fueled by the current economic expansion.

While it is conceivable that Stern would sell some shares to cover his multimillion dollar tax bill on the shares, it is unlikely in our opinion that he would unload all of the shares in the short run since the company is in a high growth phase where stock returns are likely to be the highest and perhaps may generate higher returns than other investment options.

While investing in Dell shares now might not offer instant gratification, we believe investors with a longer-term horizon of 6-12 months will be rewarded.

With the cooling U.S. economy and a series of profit warnings from tech firms both at home and abroad, high tech shares appear too risky at the moment to handle.

With the chairman off, a downgrade and the Japanese no longer likely to bid, the shares are unlikely to make further progress in the short term.

When the general market started to turn a bit flat in October, we knew we needed to look at smaller shares in growth areas, so we started researching the metals sector.

We are excited to have Jim back as our head coach. He has done a tremendous job for us in his two years. Our vision remains to win conference championships on a regular basis, and Jim shares that vision and drive to win those titles.

We are excited to be working with an organization that shares our goal of financially empowering women business owners,

We are excited to be aligned with a publishing label like 2K Games that shares similar development goals and vision. Fans will be blown away when they see the next-generation titles we are working on.

We are encouraged by this and have raised estimates, essentially back to earlier levels. While the stock is richly valued and the growth is still well below historic levels, we believe there is a good flow of upcoming new products and the shares are likely a relative safe harbor.

The president shares the governor's sentiment that the two enjoy a positive and good working relationship with one another.

The reason traders are jumping all over this is because Pershing Square Capital purchased almost 10 percent of Wendy's International shares to try to force it to sell off their Tim Hortons chain. The company is now doing that.

Expansion via debt is a good move for Chocolates, which has zero debt now. It may put the company on peoples' radar screens more and help its shares gain more value.

The governor's agenda has always been one of smaller government, less spending, more choices for parents and government restructuring. The fact that the House shares that agenda with the governor in the coming year is welcome.

We see Vail shares as a value opportunity in light of a solid outlook for the 2005/2006 ski season and real-estate sales that should break records in terms of price per square foot.

The government shares the anguish expressed in the motion, ... we should pass the motion unanimously and work together to meet the challenges.

While the United States is a significant supplier to the South Korean food and fiber market, U.S. competitors such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada are securing greater shares of the South Korean market.

While the number of companies registered with the local stock exchange has not been increasing the rate at which their shares have been changing hands signifies a growth of interest in the stock market.

You are seeing people marking shares down ahead of the weekend and Wall Street reopening on Monday.

We're taking on Wall Street. We're buying 50 percent over the minimum number of shares required to submit a shareholder resolution.

The recent tech gains were supported by a wave of upward revisions to earnings forecasts. But for those shares to go further from here, investors need to know how they are going to perform next year.

We have a bunch of kids who just don't have the confidence to play here. They don't necessarily exude confidence when they walk out onto the floor. For one of the few times in the 20 years that I have been here, I walk out on the floor and I don't know that my team shares the same belief I do about how we are going to play and compete.