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IBM already promotes Rational Clearcase as the preferred solution for software configuration management in their customer base, and they OEM a version of Clearcase.
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agreement as early as Wed in which Dell would resell EMC's CLARiiON low/mid range storage subsystem.
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Sprint PCS reported better-than-expected earnings of $(1.25) per share versus our estimate of $(1.37) and consensus of $(1.28).
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Lipitor is already the most prescribed cholesterol-reducer in the U.S. (with December's number of new prescriptions written [NRX] market share of 37.5%).
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Our staffing firm online counts showed y/y posting growth slowing as well, from the high teens in early 3Q to the mid to high single digits in Sept.
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Since the increase in Ford's guidance came from the credit operations and since we believe that higher interest rates will have a negative impact on that business, we view the revised level of credit profitability as unsustainable..
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ADP also continues to automate the business processes for its clients through such value-added products as electronic parts catalogues, repair shop pricing and scheduling, laser printing, data archiving and document storage, and lease fleet management.
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Guidant announced revenues of $560.9 million, shy of our aggressive estimate of $578 million.
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Included in the quarter was a $27 million charge related to employee termination costs, or $0.02 per share.
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PBG reaffirmed its prior guidance, expecting top-line growth of 67%, operating profit growth of 4-6% and EPS of $2.30-2.38.
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Also, the company will be expanding production with six new lines in production facilities.
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CFO Steve Hodge is due to retire in April 2001, although we expect that Steve will stay on until a replacement has been found.
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SOV continues to benefit from deeper penetration in New England, and its micro-market strategy appears to be paying off in the form of strong new customer account growth.
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These are: The company recruited about 80 experienced, competitive reps, which raised its CRM salesforce to 480 from 400, an increase of 20%.
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Divestiture of MAP Ashland announced on December 20, 2004, that the IRS indicated that it does not intend to provide the rulings requested by Ashland Inc. and Marathon Oil Corporation in the proposed transaction to transfer Ashland's 38-percent interest in Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) to Marathon.
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As of Q404, Zimmer's product cycle appears to still be going strong.
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The company trains its staff under the auspices of its New Associate Training Cycle, which combines classroom instruction and online learning through Aflac University as well as field training.
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A successful launch of Islands of Adventure should flow through in fiscal year 2000.
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Juniper won't be immune from the challenges facing all firms in the sector, � Consensus estimates likely come down from Q4:08 sales of $967 mm and 2009 at $4,167 mm, and � Relative valuation with CY09 PE at 13x, EV/S at 1.9x, EV/EBITDA at 7x..
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LEH is currently trading at 13.8 times our 2003 EPS estimate and 1.6 times tangible book value.
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International production is forecast to increase by 3.1% to 1,685mboed driven by higher international gas production (+8% yoy) including volumes from the Malampaya field in the Philippines and higher production in Thailand.
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Capital Services � In Q4, PBI made significant efforts to re-vamp its Capital Services business, to minimize the risks associated with its lease portfolio.
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The potential loss of DSL market share was a major investment controversy a few years ago, although it is less significant for the company now (since a significant amount of share has already been lost).
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As previously mentioned, we have fine-tuned our fiscal 2002 R&D and SG&A forecasts to $148 million from $133 million and $247 from $232 million, respectively.
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development that has accompanied the shift to Low Cost Countries (LCCs) now find their appetite insatiable for additional water, electrical power, deep water ports, LNG pipelines, aviation, oil & gas, railroads and innumerous other critical supporting elements that determine whether a economy barely functions or flies at the speed of sound.
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As we published last week, we believe that Cisco is working on a new data center switch (the DC-3) that integrates Fibre Channel, Ethernet and potentially Infiniband to simplify architectures, reduce power consumption and improve asset utilization/performance.
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Further, we expect to see data from the new carbonate formulation of Renagel in ESRD patients.
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We are reducing our 2009 EPS estimate by $0.18 to $0.48, which reflects the impacts of a significant turnaround at Tesoro's California refineries in Q1'09.
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We got the impression that Mr de Molina philosophically believes BAC can operate with less capital, but that he'll continue to manage for all constituencies.
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13-week data from the study presented at ASCO last June suggest that denosumab was at least non-inferior to IV biosphonates in preserving bone integrity as determined by surrogate marker measurements, and that incidence of skeletal related metastases appear to be at least as equivalent if not less frequent in the denosumab arm of the trial.
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Other key attributes include national scale and a broad scope that includes all energy commodities.
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Rather, the call focused on a number of detailed metrics, which have implications for the industry as well as WellPoint. We highlight each here.
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3. Shares outstanding will increase each year as new shares are issued to AES in accordance with each year's actual tax savings from the goodwill amortization.
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The improvement was mostly due to favorable product mix during the quarter as respiratory and sun care products offer higher margins.
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We expect Windstream to have a cash balance of $94 million and total long term debt of roughly $5.4 billion as of 9/30/08.
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We believe that inventories were well-managed during the year.
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(units in $/gallon; 1 gallon of benzene = 7.36 pounds).
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A decline in oil prices toward more normalized levels would provide attractive upside from the current levels.
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PBI operates through three separate business segments: Global Mailstream Solutions (GMS), Global Business Services (GBS) and Capital Services (CS).
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By investing in power, it should be better positioned to index and serve targeted advertising across all of the world's information.
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The other flooring classifications, including sales to home centers, commercial product, residential tile, and laminates posted modest to good positive increases in the quarter.
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Either Nextel or one of the Class A shareholders can challenge the fair market value, but in order to do so successfully the challenge will need to demonstrate that the fair market value determined under the appraisal process was grossly incorrect or fraudulently obtained, and what the correct fair market value should be.
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Sources: Some IDC historical data, company reports and Fulcrum Global Partners estimates..
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Thus, we are reducing our results for 2001 to a cash loss of $0.04 versus a profit of $0.35 on sales of $408 million versus $500 million.
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$1.2 billion in leases and corporate loans has been earmarked for disposition and should run off over the next five-plus years.
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Given the significant accretion to EPS and DCFPS, the potential for synergistic production and reserve growth, and the potential accretion to NAV, we view the UPR merger as an outstanding transaction; positive for both APC and UPR shareholders.
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The main downside risk appears to be a slower than anticipated.
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Oncology sales, about 23.0% of total sales, increased 13.5%, to $60.7 million, versus our estimate of an 8.4% increase to $58.0 million.
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Not to be overlooked however was the 30% increase in FCF/shr and the $660m of debt reduction in the Q. FCF Generation Remains Paramount Focus.
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We believe that HNZ has a reasonable platform for growth with food service and Asia, and a much improved financial infrastructure.
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* ODP believes it can take 300 basis points of expenses out of the BSG division over the next three to four years.
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Topping the list for us was the implied commercial margin targets of 10-13%, a striking contrast to previous 4-yr average of 6.6% (ex.
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A potential acquisition on Suncor could move Chevron from the number nine oil sand player, to the number one player overnight.
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estimate of $3.72 and continue to rate the shares of CSX Corporation MARKET PERFORM..
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Lean workouts and a sales mix shift to greater service revenue versus product revenue should lead to margin expansion.
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Despite today's decision, Sierra will likely appeal the GAO decision to the Federal Courts, where it can forestall contract implementation.
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The shortfall was attributed, in part, to semi assembly and test constraints.
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During FY 2000, the company strengthened its presence within the accounting community with its participation in a comprehensive website called AccountantsWorld, which is accessible via the Paychex website.
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Net new assets are seasonally slower in April, due to tax-related payments, and we expect Schwab to generate organic growth back at about 10% in May. Total account growth was 1% sequentially (12% annl), including a 4% sequential increase in banking accounts.
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Per diem rate growth held up nicely across all payers.
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While we do not incorporate the Merck-related amortization expense, our model does factor in amortization expense from the Accredo acquisition, as well as the company's other M&A activity..
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First, both stocks are within striking distance of our price targets.
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SUMMARY Waste Management reported 3Q EPS (adjusted for nonrecurring items) of $0.49, meeting Street consensus and beating our $0.47 estimate.
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This was partially offset by lower interest expense.
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Net earnings for the fiscal 1999 year-to-date period were $66.3 million, or $1.23 per share, including an after-tax gain of $1.4 million, or $0.03 per share, from the sale of the net assets of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service in the fiscal 1999 first quarter.
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Our feeling going into the bidding process was that UnitedHealth would be a very aggressive bidder, using its market clout to potentially push smaller plans above the benchmark.
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Space Systems is teaming with Boeing and TRW in a $1.1 billion contract to develop an Airborne Laser (ABL) weapon system which would destroy missiles with a laser mounted on a 747-400F.
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However, we can't help but take note of the plethora of drug candidates that are in the running to displace Avastin.
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Interest Expense is less on a continuing basis, as it assumes that all the debt on the books of AchieveGlobal, Allen Communications and Stay Well is divested..
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I mean it is the question of whether you are capable of building a brand.
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We expect HMA to report F3Q04 EPS of $0.36, in line with guidance and consensus.
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Meanwhile, Nextel continues to spend several hundred million dollars a year purchasing and clearing spectrum so that it will have contiguous frequencies to make such a strategy viable.
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We note that Europe sales rose 13% in July, 16% in August, and 18%+ in September.
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The goal is to reach 40% of U.S. millionaires versus about 26% today.
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discount future cash flow at 12% to compensate investors for risk, and then perform a sensitivity analysis on the final-year P/E multiple.
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US Advertising Agencies & Marketing Services Page 3 of 7. .
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We anticipate that both Miller and Coors will selectively match A-B price competitiveness in order not to not let A-B gain share just on price.
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Reluctantly, our discipline requires a price target reduction commiserate with our earnings reduction.
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Our sense is that ultimately it will be a one year fix, delaying some of the pain for another year.
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Specific actions include headcount reductions of 14.5K (10% of total workforce), the consolidation of the Customer Solutions Group into HP's three operating units, and modifications to the company's U.S. retirement program.
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Following approximately 2% growth in 2003, the market is anticipated to have mid-to high-single digit growth through 2007, which combined with continually smaller room supply growth, should place the area's full service hotels on solid ground to excel over the next several years.
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Agilent shares trade at 16.2x our 16.2x our CY07 EPS estimate of $1.99, below our guideline 20x multiple for both the Electronic and Bio-Analytical Measurement segments.
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We note that Wall Street consensus has been moving up due to upgrades and is now about $753M.
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On October 23, 2003, FirstEnergy submitted a proposal to the PUCO outlining two possible rate.
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We are raising Q1 est. to $0.30 from $0.28, which assumes a -1% comp.
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The secular story appears strong as small business creation has accelerated in the last three years, and SMBs are becoming more technically savvy.
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Customers: Coca-Cola is also going to try to tailor some of its capabilities to individual customers.
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For 2008-2009, our adjusted EPS moves modestly to $3.35 and $3.91, respectively, from $3.33 and $3.90, respectively.
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In April 2000, Ulticom completed its initial public offering.
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q Proposed NNS Bid Doesn't Alter Attractive NOC Valuation.
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RecallVidaza was the first drug to be approved for the treatment of MDS by the FDA in 2004 followed by Dacogen's US approval in 2006.
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McCormick is currently trading at 19.6 times our FY07 estimate a level that is in the middle of its historical forward P/E range.
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Management's strategy is to expand geographically into the Midwest and Northeast through the acquisition of thrifts and mortgage bankers, and to become a nationally recognized brand.
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During the strike, however, the stock has, on average, rallied 14% from its intra-strike lows to the strike resolution date.
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Allstate does hold another $2.1 billion of CDOs but the collateral is primarily corporate credit not residential mortgages.
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DuPont remains an inexpensive investment trading at 12.2x estimated EPS for 2008 and 10.9x EPS for 2009, and also on a sum-of-the-parts basis.
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Problems primarily related to missed shipment of notebooks from one vendor.
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If panel ASPs start declining faster due to oversupply in the meantime, fundraising for AMAT's customers will become the biggest risk for continued growth in AMAT's customer business.
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The Qtera acquisition will enhance Nortel's dominant position in OC-192 optical networking..
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Gains in flash memory continue to be impressive year/year, but have slowed on a sequential basis, as we believe Intel has been successful at regaining a substantial amount of the market share it lost in 2003.
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