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Carnival is likely to report gross yields in 2008 of $243 per day according to our forecasts.
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Interest expense increased 24.9% to $46.1 million from $36.9 million in the year ago quarter.
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Storage networking is rapidly migrating from a pilot phase toward live installations.
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Japan comps, more recently deteriorated (comps declined 1% in F1Q02) and could remain muted given the weak economic backdrop in Japan despite easy comparions.
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Higher assets under management (reflecting better-thanexpected market appreciation for the quarter) and a slightly higher average fee rate (related to higher anticipated performance fees) both contribute.
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In Q1-04, noninterest income for the combined company was approximately $5.2 billion.
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Fierce Price Competition Is Not Limited To Flooring.
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The Internet sales account for 10% of subscriber additions, three times internal targets, and sales through inbound channels are double internal goals.
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Inco reported GAAP earnings of $253 million ($1.26/sh fully diluted) and "adjusted earnings" of $229 million (or 1.13/sh fully diluted) in Q1/04, slightly higher than our estimate of $1.02/sh and the street mean estimate of $1.04/sh.
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Figure 58 illustrates the strong premium growth trends AIG has experienced in Southeast Asia (specifically Korea)..
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The company stated that they will test this drug on psoriasis before proceeding with kidney transplant studies on humans.
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Michael Shannon - Europe The majority of the company's European revenue is generated in the UK from the financial services industry but the government sector is emerging as an important growth driver.
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With this in mind, we remain comfortable with our forward-looking estimates of 2-4 acquisitions per year.
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We expect service centre inventories of sheet products to decline significantly in Q1/07 as import activity into North America continues to decline (due to strong global steel markets), steel production remains below year ago levels and seasonal demand continues to improve.
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It appears the company's pricing is becoming more disciplined, as it expects to raise rates 8.5% in 2005, in line with cost trends.
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This weakness is evident both vs. last year (98Q2 gross margin of 55.5%) and sequentially (99Q1 gross margin between 50.0%-55.5%, excluding the effects of Hurricane Georges and the ARC rebate).
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We looked at the historical EV/EBITDA multiples for BMS over the past ten years, removed extreme highs and lows and came up with a range of 6x to 10x.
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Average shares outstanding were 561.7 mil., down roughly 4.4 mil.
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Concrete admixtures, by far the largest product line in Specialty Construction Chemicals, reduce manufacturing costs and improve the strength, workability, and durability of concrete.
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The decline in gross margins was attributable to a number of factors:.
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We think that MBNA is the best-positioned firm in the card sector even if the economic recovery continues to unfold slowly.
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The new iPhone has the ability to switch between Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks seamlessly.
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To address unit cost the company believes it move to standardize and centralize the provider negotiations function will lead to more favorable contracts.
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The majority incremental spending is slated for rental tools as far as product lines, and to Hughes Christiansen and INTEQ, divisionally.
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We reiterate our Strong Buy rating on The Limited shares.
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This was 4% lower than our $352 million estimate.
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At the same time that the top line experienced strong growth, the expense ratio improved (from 22.15% to 20.16%); these positives helped to offset a decline in investment income and a higher loss ratio.
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From 1997 to 1999 he was UTC vice president, strategic planning, and from 1999 to 2000 he was UTC vice president, corporate strategy and development.
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As these segments are the most leveraged, management expects $600 million of incremental revenue to yield $140 million of the total $180 million incremental operating profit..
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What that means is that we are going to have to find additional supplies of gas to get those inventories high enough by the end of the summer before we go into winter to have adequate pressure to meet deliverability requirements.
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Our price target of $75 is supported by our DCF model.
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The company expects the online division to generate over $1 billion in sales in the near future.
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Given recent company conference comments (within last few weeks), we had been expecting 360 MMboe at a capex spend of $5.3 billion, which would equate to $2.45/Mcfe versus the $2.65-$2.70/Mcfe range provided today.
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Applying this multiple to our current FY02 earnings estimates for Microsoft implies a 9 month price target of $58.
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In our view an investment in CAH is an endorsement that management can identify and execute on opportunities that exceed its cost of capital in the acquisition market.
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However, because the sales price of the Dominion Retail natural gas supply positions is not usually fixed, we do not believe they serve to hedge against price risk.
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Some six months after entering the state, GEICO was insuring some 140,000 policyholders in New Jersey, or 4% of the state's drivers..
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We continue to project sales of $650 million, which we believe may also prove conservative.
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Much of the discussion focused on Altace's high "tissue ACE" affinity and how its prevention of atherosclerosis could account for the impressive HOPE results.
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Looking at reserve coverage relative to cash loss payments, we can see that the ratio was steady on with last quarter at 2.2 years (Exhibit 7).
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We calculate the Cost of Equity at 9.3% based on a risk-free rate of 4.5% taken from the 10-Year U.S. Government Bond Yield as of 7/2/04; Hurdle Rate: a risk premium of 3.8% from Morgan Stanley Economics Research estimates of expected equity risk premium; and Barra predicted beta of 1.36 as of 6/30/04.
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The effective tax rate on pro-forma earnings was well below our 25.0% estimate, coming in at 21.2% for the quarter.
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GM added the Delco Automotive Electronics division from Hughes to its Delphi operation, and plans to make a public offering of a portion of the shares sometime within the next 12 months.
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In April 2002, NeoPharm filed a demand for arbitration under the agreement, alleging that Pharmacia had breached the agreement by failing to use reasonable efforts to develop, market and sell the technology.
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Generic gross margin of 47.4%, though above the 45.0% last quarter (the lowest point since March 2001), came in under our 50.5% estimate and was down a full 5.3 percentage points from a year ago.
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Overall, 1) the FDA does not appear to be in a hurry to pull this small ($70 million) drug from the U.S. market and that 2) the company is not exposed to any meaningful legal liability, in our view.
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The company provides innovative automotive interiors that help make driving more comfortable, safe and enjoyable.
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Proceeds from the transaction will be used to further the company's debt reduction program, which has already resulted in $965 million in debt repayments during the nine months ended September 30, 2003.
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Over the last two months, The Circuit City Group has outperformed the market, rising 37% compared to a 15% gain for the S&P 500, as investors put aside their concerns about DIVX and CarMax and focused on the superb performance of the core business.
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� FedEx announces plans to order 15 new Boeing 777; cancels orders for A380 � UPS expands international delivery options to include mid-day time definite delivery.
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IGF-1 IGF-1: discontinued in osteoarthritis As announced in 2Q00, Chiron has discontinued development of IGF-1 in osteoarthritis.
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Early 2Q wins include: Old Navy Creative account (estimated at $180 million in billings), and retention of the Verizon Wireless Creative account (estimated at $300 million in billings).
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The model also assumes that the company will grow its free cash flow by 15% during the year of its next significant Operating system release (codename: "Longhorn") and to steadily taper off to 10% by 2009 with a terminal growth rate of 5%.
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For all of fiscal 2005, we forecast revenues of $11.31 billion and breakeven EPS.
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Given Antofagasta's plan to implement this type of equipment, going forward, regulatory and environmental agencies in Chile may be emboldened to require more greenfield projects to implement this type of equipment.
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Although Teradyne did not provide any specific guidance beyond the current quarter, management conveyed an optimistic tone throughout the meeting.
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We remain with our 1999 estimate of $2.98 per share and our 2000 estimate of $3.30 per share.
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Indeed, we believe large, unionized employers as well as state and local governments, both key Medco client groups, will be among the most likely groups to push for higher GDRs given the fiscal challenges that each continues to face.
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Within weeks, Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel announced his resignation and the appointment of Co-founder Jerry Yang as CEO.
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Technology interface (Total Rewards, CRM) should be complete by 1Q06.
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Costs increased slightly as a result of lower programming costs (expiration of syndicated shows, eg `Seinfeld') offset by increased news costs, with Fox adding nine hours of news programming across its stations..
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For this year, we would look for about 30 units to open in Canada, with another 30 outside of the U.S. and Canada.
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Forest has implemented a strategy of acquiring currently marketed products or late-stage development candidates from other drug companies and it has at least one large market opportunity drug in its pipeline..
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A survey published yesterday by Consumer Specialists suggests HD's efforts to recapture consumer preference have borne little fruit.
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Currency benefits contributed 1.6% to sales growth.
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In the third quarter of 1996, LNL announced that it was exiting the pension administration business as well due to a lack of critical mass.
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However, an unfavorable ruling could result in liquidation, leaving creditors with little or nothing and probably resulting in a flood of lawsuits.
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By unifying ICD / CRT-D and Pacemaker platforms, STJ will obviously benefit from lower costs for goods, testing, research and faster volume efficiencies ...
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INTC designs, manufactures and markets microcomputer components and related products at various levels of integration..
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Genzyme plans on initiating a new Phase III study during H1:07E based on on-going discussions with FDA.
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In addition to the FC HBA market, Figures 5 and 6 provide an analysis of QLogic's total addressable market (TAM) opportunity going forward.
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GD is looking to push Jet Aviation's EBIT margin from the mid teens (before amortization of intangibles associated with this deal) to the high teens, though this would occur gradually.
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We generate a DCF/EVA valuation of $28 per share.
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The 12-month moving average has begun to trend down, as shown in Exhibit 16..
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Our industry checks suggest an increasing dollar opportunity for defect inspection for 300mm and 90/65nm process technology nodes due to the increasing complexity.
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Driving these results is the dramatic increase in Central and Eastern Europe, and especially in Russia where sales increased 70% in 2003 to $240 million and the operating margin of 35% is reportedly still climbing.
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And CA continues to compete very aggressively against BMCS in DB2 tools and utilities.
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* Dow is able to deal with higher raw material costs through a consistently successful hedging program.
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The stock currently trades at 12.5 times our 2005 EBITDA estimate, which is above the 9-12 times range for oil services stocks.
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In May 2008, Tracinda announced a tender offer for Ford Motor Company at 20M shares for $8.50.
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Importantly, we expect management to take a conservative tone when discussing this outlook, since investor skepticism remains high at this point and it doesn't serve much good in our view to be aggressive.
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H&R Block filed 14.6 million federal returns electronically, or 80.2% of total returns processed, representing an 8.8% increase over fiscal 2000.
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While the subscription fee model relies upon offering a few months to a year free after purchase of a $30 $40 game and then charging a monthly fee of around $12 per month, the publishers are still developing pricing strategies for online console games like EA Sports.
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Citigroup's broad global distribution enables the company to get multiple products into the hands of its clients.
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DSL provides greater bandwidth over the telephone lines, scaling up to 52 Mbps depending upon the particular DSL standard and the distance between the central office and the subscriber.
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Overall, we estimate limited EPS growth of 2% during 2001 to $3.35 per share.
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Therefore, our figures may not match those shown in company reports or on First Call.
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We Expect TSG to Report Earnings In-Line to Slightly Better than Preannct.
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Additional clinical data will be presented at ASCO this year..
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Our estimate for the quarter was for a gain of 3%.
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Office Depot's NAR square footage will grow at just 2-4% annually, and we are forecasting comp-store sales at a conservative 1-3% annual growth rate.
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Per share and impact on earnings and book value are based on full loss.
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On a cumulative basis through the first 12 weeks of 2006, core US listings (unadjusted) have increased 11% Y/Y.
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Risks to our New Price Target 1. A broad economic slowdown that reduces IT spend could impact top-line growth Discretionary projects remain ~50% of Cognizant revenue.
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Data from the ongoing Combination of Efavirenz and Truvada (COMET) trial are expected to be an important tool in promoting the switching of patients from Combivir to Truvada.
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IP's volumes should begin to gradually recover, however, following a severe bout of destocking by customers.
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February 2002 o Change indicated independent private company Mostardi-Platt Associates, Inc. (IL) was acquired as a subsidiary and was renamed GE Mastardi Platt (IL).
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A more aggressive share repurchase program is possible, and so too are modest sized acquisitions that add some vertical capabilities in sensors or networking.
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On Friday, after the market close, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported 23% growth in worldwide semiconductor shipments in December.
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However, we understand that comparisons were positively impacted by an accounting adjustment that suppressed revenues in the second quarter.
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