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Indeed, since we have been following TAP's predecessor, Adolph Coors, the meeting keeps on getting longer as the company brings more and more executives in from around the world.
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FPL has seen a 9% share price decline since the deal was announced.
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Our forecast contemplates slower growth in the proprietary transactions than the bankcard issuers and American Express over the forecast period.
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Lincoln's hugely popular variable annuity living benefit has helped propel its VA market share up to #6 in 1H05 from #12 in 2002.
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BellSouth will repurchase shares after announcing a $3 billion buyback program in November 1998.
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World's Largest Employee Benefit Consultants - 2002.
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As of last quarter, approximately 40% of Tellabs' North American revenue came from wireless carriers.
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Passenger and light truck OE sales are expected to be flat and to grow by 4%, respectively.
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The higher rated collateral benefits in at least two ways: (1) the cumulative losses on the collateral need to rise to a much higher level for the deals to experience stress and (2) the higher rated tranches of collateral are likely to experience principal payments faster should the deals come under pressure.
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The other was Lehman's aggressive product and geographic expansion, which has resulted in increased market share in multiple businesses.
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Management currently estimates its tax rate to be in the 33-34% range in FY2005, higher on a year over year basis.
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January 2007 quarter guidance benefits from an extra week on top of the typical thirteen week quarter.
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*Peer group defined as Campbell Soup, Colgate, Gillette, Kellogg, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, and Wrigley.
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Business Development Initiatives Blockbuster's business model includes plans to unlock new value from all existing assets.
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The financial impact of this strategy was seen in the results of 3Q06, when MOT revenue for the quarter significantly missed the consensus estimate, largely due to the mobile devices business performing below expectations..
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Intel management does not expect any unfulfilled orders in the 2H.
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Earnings Impact: We have raised our expense ratio assumption slightly for 1999 to assume that approximately half of the savings are now reflected in the combined ratio.
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Medical Systems operating profits also grew 15% in Q1.
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Finally, we expect a sizable inventory fill as distributors will likely hold a month's worth of inventory of Advate before switching patients.
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This is surprising to us as the company will likely be rolling out the combination pill in mid-2004 and the accompanying promotional and phase IV R&D expense would push out profitability.
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As such, we think that this division is likely to emerge as a long-term strategic asset for the company.
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In addition, we believe it positions AMD very favorably against Intel (INTC, $20.59, Hold, Disclosures: B, G).
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Staff also indicated that the parties expect to be able to submit a joint proposal by May 21, 2004.
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SUMMARY (BUY): Amgen announced 1Q03 financial results.
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That said, there are a couple not insignificant obstacles to the company implementing a dividend program.
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It is going to be some time until the company "grows" its revenues into its existing cost structure; we believe that management should be more aggressive during this fiscal year and adjust its operation accordingly.
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Tomorrow, January 26, is the last date that a shareholder can file for proxy motions at BIIB's annual shareholder meeting, which includes an election of a portion of the Board of Directors.
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Almost every time it has reached these levels in the past, investors who bought into the weakness made money over the next 12 months.
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CVH is looking to expand health plan markets and may also be targeting specialty businesses, including workers' comp services.
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Ex-this, charge-offs were $422m, or 59bps of average loans.
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The court would then apply to other state courts to sequestrate the assets of Philip Morris (USA).
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Based on 1Q01 results, we remain convinced that the process of turning the company around will be a long, arduous one.
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Our 12-month price target of $65, which implies 18% potential appreciation from the current level, assumes that WMT shares return to their lifetime historic average trading multiple of 28x forward year earnings.
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Overall, net LT inflows were $3.2 billion, or about a 7% annualized growth rate and in line with our expectations growth volumes held stable Q/Q despite moderate increase in industry volumes.
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For those who have stuck with the stock thus far, selling at these valuation levels does not make sense.
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We still rate the shares Strong Buy with a 12-month price target of $75, although on a near-term basis the rate of increase enjoyed during the past week may not be matched.
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07 Qs do not sum due to a change in share count..
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All regions delivered stronger than expected top-line but Europe.
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In our judgment, strong private equity results would far outweigh any pressures on net interest margins from higher rates.
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This reduces the chances of LNC getting acquired, especially considering the $300 million breakup fee (to be paid by either party).
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In fact, the firm was a net user of $236 million in free cash flow during 2001, but free cash flow should be about breakeven in 2002.
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Personal systems (PCs) continued to suffer as revenue dropped 4.8% to $3.9 billion.
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Uncertainty regarding its electric delivery rate case, which will be filed in August 2002 is expected to be resolved by August 2003.
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The growth in Principal International was driven largely by the 3Q02 acquisition of the Zurich Afore pension operations in Mexico, as well as good results in Chile, and a $0.8 million gain from the elimination of goodwill.
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The company continues to look to broaden its scope beyond antivirus software, making a series of acquisitions to expand its footprint in the non-antivirus areas of enterprise software, including firewall and virtual private network technology,.
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Rather we believe this contract renewal reinforces our thesis that PBMs add value to their largest customers.
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We believe stock's weakness likely related to asbestos, potential mutual fund.
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Such strength drove a five-fold increase in ACS's free cash flow year-over year to $48 million, 20% higher than our estimate.
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Entry into graphical advertising promotes exchange + end-to-end platform Perhaps most importantly, this acquisition better positions Microsoft to create a one-stop / automated shop for search / contextual / graphical / other advertising inventory (in the form of a dashboard / exchange) that allows advertisers of all sizes to maximize ROI.
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On a free cash flow basis, Qwest is currently trading at 26.2x our estimated 2005 free cash flow (adjusting for the $125 million SEC fine), relative to 14.4x for the rest of the group.
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In our view, Countrywide will warrant a premium valuation and as such we would peg the forward PE multiple range at 10.8x-11.7x or a price range of $49-$53.
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Company Comparisons - Broadcasting, Outdoor, Tower, Entertainment & Cinema Companies ($ in millions, except per share data)).
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We expect used margins to show material declines yr./yr.
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The net interest margin for the quarter was 3.24%, down 2 basis points sequentially and 18 basis points from the year ago quarter.
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With many games shipped late in the quarter, there were significant outstanding receivables ($48 million), which are likely to come in over the next 3 months since most were short term in nature.
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The CPMP announcement could occur as early as May 29, 2002.
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What to expect going into this first year with the acquisition is new advertising, converting to Clorox systems, and into fiscal 2000 launching new products.
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We do have two particular concerns as they relate to Golden West:.
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In Prepared Foods, we have modeled profits of $29 million, roughly equal to a year ago, as low protein input cost are offset by inflation pressure on other foodservice items such as pizza dough..
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Management believes that its conservative lending practices at the peak of the cycle are serving the company well in the current environment.
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We are also reducing our 2009 estimate to $2.00 from $2.10.
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Now the other Canadian pipeline and utility corporations are obligated to seek similar valuations if they are available.
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The restructuring plan first implemented in 2000, as well as other company initiatives, has dramatically improved operating performance at Hasbro.
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As a result, we see little operating catalysts until 3Q results are announced in April next year (given the IRI and AC Nielsen data do not track apparel, we have monthly data points for SLE only for the slow growing F&B businesses).
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We believe that management exercising options and selling shares is an annual occurrence should not be a cause for concern.
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FTPS serves as the connection link between electronic cash registers and card issuers (e.g., Visa, MasterCard) in much the same way that FTPS connects banks' ATM networks with card issuers.
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New product rollout should drive growth above market rates.
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Management made comments that the segment finished the fiscal year strong and mentioned that in North America, Alaris (infusion pumps) product placements are up more than 50% this year, compared to a market that is growing 2%-4% annually.
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We estimate that a quicker and successful rollout of Markdown Optimization could result in an incremental 50 bps to our gross margin forecast in 2005, which would translate to an incremental $0.16, or 5% upside to our 2005 EPS estimate of $3.00.
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In contrast, 25% of average Dacogen use is in AML or other, with 75% use in MDS (median 65%).
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We then add the $2.67 of cash per share we have forecast for CY05 to calculate a $15 price target..
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� We reiterate our BUY recommendation with a $33 price target.
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Better use of technology following significant unit-level investment and continued focus on time savings should solidify Wendy's operational advantages.
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Revenue is now primarily a cumulative measure of activity from previous periods and not the key number to focus on in assessing recent performance and sales levels.
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The company attributed the revenue trends to a macro environment exhibiting softening outside the U.S., including Europe and Japan.
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The Company had unused lines of credit totaling $3.9 bil.
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We are revising our 2004 Japan sales growth assumption down to 4% from 10% previously, lower than management 5-10% target.
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Valuation -- We arrive at our price target of $59.50 a share by averaging where the company should trade on to metrics -- MEV/EBITDA and NAV; 1. On MEV/EBITDA (market enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation) APA is trading at 4.0X our 2005 estimated EBITDA � we think it should trade at 5.5X this produces target of $75 a share; 2. ON NAV (net asset value) we see APA as worth $43 a share.
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The operator will be 100% Shell-owned Shell Expro, which serves as the operator for all Shell/ExxonMobil joint ventures in the U.K. North Sea.
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Moreover, GPU's dividend yield is high, at over 6% compared to the group average yield of about 5%.
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Additionally, Citrix currently trades at a discount to its historical EV/UFCF multiple of 15.5 times on average since March 2003..
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Over the past year, the company had been impacted by the FDA restrictions on many of Hyland's competitors.
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AmSouth Bancorporation is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
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2002 capital expenditures are expected to be $5.5 billion, down from $7.3 billion last year, with 85% directed to capacity enhancements, half targeted for front end equipment, one-third for construction, and the balance for test and assembly.
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Overall, we believe the strong results from Pulte provide further indication of ongoing fundamental strength at the large, public homebuilders.
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Specifically, BMY is attempting to increase the percentage of patients who are discharged from hospitals with a prescription by focusing on patients who do not receive an intervention and are generally not prescribed Plavix.
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In the company' discussion of the Prudential HealthCare acquisition, s management stated that it confidently believed the operation would be accretive from the onset.
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Our 12-month price target of $40 (which is based on our discounted cash flow model) equates to 31.0x and 14.7x our 2000 EPS and cash flow-per-share estimates, respectively, as well as 25.0x and 12.6x our 2001 EPS and cash flow-per-share estimates, respectively..
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However, KO shares yield nearly a full point higher at 2.5% versus 1.7% and 2.0% respectively..
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It is American Standard's largest segment, contributing 60.3% of revenues and 77.0% of profits in 2006..
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We estimate that PCS will spend about $768 million in capital expenditures during 4Q99, bringing its total for 1999 to $2.418 billion.
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To that end, management has taken steps to reduce operating expenses by laying off 200 people in the recent restructuring.
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As such, this line item represented 3.2% of net revenues in 3Q01, compared with 3.3% in 3Q00 and 3.6% in the second quarter.
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In our opinion, an economic slowdown would reduce loan growth, which has been a key driver in SNV's out performance over the last few years, and could lead to reduced revenue growth and profitability provided the company is not able to reduce its overhead expense to offset the decline in profitability.
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Infasurf is a lung surfactant; lung surfactants are necessary for pulmonary function.
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And in terms of the balance sheet, BSC is much better positioned today than it has been in a long time.
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With persistent challenges in growing upstream volumes, COP warrants such a discount, in our view, and with the possibility for lighter than expected 2007 production guidance at the company's upcoming analyst meeting, we maintain our Neutral rating..
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Management's goal is to grow inventories at half the rate of sales.
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Management noted that it has recently revamped its sales and service model and that momentum in improving.
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Limited and Special Edition product, such as a Legacy Ocean Soft duffle (stitched together pieces of ocean hued suede) for $498, and lower-priced items like wristlets for under $100 are recent examples of the brand's ability to capture new business.
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