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Non-binding mediation relating to Enron litigation is scheduled to begin on September 29th.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Recall that Boston Scientific had their IDE approval to commence a U.S. drug-eluting stent trial delayed by roughly 4 months as the agency sought to adjust the Taxus IV clinical trial protocol.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Of PeopleSoft's 5,200+ customers, approximately 2,100 are live on PeopleSoft 8 and 1,600 more are in the process of upgrading.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Anthem holds the leading market position in seven of the eight states in which it operates.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Assuming the underlying run rate remains consistent, going forward, these reported comps should decelerate markedly as comparisons toughen.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We project FY07 at $1.85b, with revenue inline with street, and forecast $0.64 EPS, tad below street's $0.68.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Guidance assumes same-store sales growth of 7% 9%, with pharmacy same-store sales up 10% 11% and flat front-end same-store sales growth.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
net cash) and 1.2x CY05E revenues, we continue to view the current valuation as compelling given potential upside to our revenue projections.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The tax rate, at 31%, was modestly below our 31.5% forecast..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We are assuming that the company will be able to introduce this engine without significant unexpected costs (i.e., production bottlenecks or warranty issues) given the engine is very similar to the engine that PCAR currently produces in Europe.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
New business growth in this market was somewhat restrained as MBIA cited competition in pricing and underwriting terms.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Gross margins were down slightly, sequentially, in 3Q, coming in at 79% (vs. 78% in 2Q) excluding stock based comp expense.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Lastly, while the U.S. economy is expected to moderate, Europe (estimated at 20% of CAT total sales) has yet to experience an upswing, with an anticipated recovery in 2006.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We think Japan will continue to be soft and challenging for the Company.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Also in August, Sears will promote its exceptional value campaign touting high-quality items (TKS children's, women's separates) that were never priced lower.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Investment Thesis: We rate GDW shares Underperform, based on historically high valuation and a deterioration in earnings quality.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Relative Valuation: APA shares are trading at a discount to their peers of large US E&P independents on P/E, based on 2003 consensus.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The presentation marked a significant improvement and increased disclosure from the French-based company and went a long way to assuage previous investor disappointment with the lack of information provided about the new company.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Pretax Income Net Income EPS (diluted) Share count (diluted).	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
├»┬┐┬╜ (3) LOW-RISK ACQUISITION: The price tag is relatively cheap and we believe the potential earnings contribution to CIT could be (conference call withstanding) likely to be about $0.05-0.10 in 2005, in our opinion.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Moreover, accelerated government transition payments augmented farm income in 1998.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Imports are required to supply marketing positions in Cambodia, China and Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and New Zealand.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We are raising our 2001 EPS estimate to $1.40 and maintaining our 2002 estimate of $1.60 per diluted share..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We believe that the potentially understated global demand , , , Mi, , , outlook for networking equipment is another factor that leads to Lucent's deserving a premium valuation.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We continue to believe that ALLTEL offers holders a stable free cash flow stream from its wireline operation, while providing exposure to the faster growing wireless business..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Artists and Repertoire (A&R) is the new business development arm of a music company.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Gartner expects the storage subsystems (networking) market to grow at an 8.9% CAGR through 2010, when the market is expected to reach $3.4 billion..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Pfizer consumer products sales were $486MM (+7%) in 1997.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Dell's worldwide server share increased to 21.6% globally.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
International Intermodal is very volatile and it could be further impacted if the downturn affects consumers in an important way.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
In our view, the major issue that management successfully addressed was the company's ability to consistently increase its earnings, even after the recent success with the Duet stent.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Based on our 2008/2009 estimates, AMT trades at EV/EBITDA multiples of 21.0x/19.2x, which are toward the high end of recent historical ranges.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Valuation and Risk Discussion: Our primary valuation determinant is a long-term DCF model with a 10-year CAGR of free cash of 5%-7%, a 3% terminal growth rate and a 12% discount rate.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
There have been other examples of such consolidation in the EMS industry and we believe there will be more going forward.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Hence, using the most optimistic of scenarios could yield a net asset value of $20-22 per share.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We expect foundries to step up spending and expect Applied's orders to be $1.7B (+/- $100M) for October and $1.9B (+/- $100M) in January, up from $1.47B in July (which was in line with our estimates).	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Also, domestic beer demand has begun to grow again, the company's internal generation of excess cash has accelerated, and the firm's rapidly growing international operations have expanded to a size such that a significant contribution to corporate profit progress is possible.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
EMS business, we estimate that normal operating margins are likely toward the low end of a range of an industry normal range of 3.5-4.5%, given almost 50% of the remaining business is high volume end products such as PCs and multimedia (set top boxes).	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We also believe that management will continue to pay the company's dividend, and hopefully increase it further, or buy back shares.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The sales associate had to find all the items on the selling floor, count them, change the tickets, and write down the count on the sheet of paper.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We are also lowering our 2001 EPS estimate by $0.01 to $0.92.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
For Q4, YUM posted blended comp growth of 2%, in-line with our target and versus 1% last year.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We believe the FTC will eventually approve the planned merger of Dow Chemical and Union Carbide.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Currently, this stock receives a year 2000 P/E multiple of 33.5-times.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
None $27.92 We are downgrading the shares of VERITAS from Sector Outperformer to Sector Performer, effective December 17.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Semiconductor revenue now expected to be in the range of $3.28-3.42b (-4% to 8% q/q)) versus prior guidance of $3.39-3.66b (-5% to +2% q/q).	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
As the stock cheapens, it could further interest other industry players to make an offer for OMX, leaving some level of support in the mid $20s for shares, in our view..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Valuation, Rating and Target price Our $30 target price is based on a sum-of-the-parts analysis, using an 8.0x EBITDA multiple for the contract business and 6.5x for retail.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Taking our average EPS projection for 2005-2006 of 7%, the company's PEG ratio would be a lofty 4.13 times (higher if taking just organic growth).	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
By the end of 2000, we estimate WMB will have $3.5 billion of assets in the telecom business.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Management intends to tighten its control over administrative costs and capital expenditures, and, in doing so, will eliminate 600 incremental administrative positions.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Longer-term operating margins of 12% are targeted by 2005.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The cable stocks currently trade at a range of 11x to 17x run-rate EBITDA, on a total enterprise value basis, considerably higher than their historical range of 7x to 11x.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Pharmaceutical Sales Were Below Our Expectation In Q1.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Figure 4: Expected Avon currency exposure assuming current spot rates.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Our new FY04 revenue and EPS estimates stand at $10.9 million and $0.01 versus $12.1 billion and $(0.02) previously.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The company previously guided to $6.5 billion for the year.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We believe an industry-low target multiple is appropriate given Lucent's earnings quality issues, legacy products exposure, and potentially aggressive guidance..	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We continue to believe that the stock is attractively valued on a sum-of-the parts basis and in its relative valuation versus both IBM and the S&P 500.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
For FE, we assume some cost deferrals in Ohio per the recent rate settlement agreement.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
While the company stated that they were ahead of their breakeven goal, they expect to further reduce expense levels for which the company expects to take a small charge in 4Q.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Sports Licensing (mainly Pro Player) sales were off $20MM on a soft market for outerwear and on the effects of the bankruptcy of Starter, while European revenues also declined $20MM.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
This suggests demand for Sun's products was weak entering the December qtr.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
However, as earnings momentum picks up in the second half of this year and WMT returns to historical earnings next year, overall returns should improve.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
QVC revenue increased 18% and operating cash flow (OCF) jumped 20.2%, with substantial growth in QVCs international operations of 36.7% for revenue and OCF more than tripled, albeit off of a small base.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The prevailing environment seems to favor normal seasonal patterns over the course of the year, and customers seem to be more positive this year relative to last.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
iPod ASPs increased 5% Y/Y to $201 from $191 in the prior years quarter which reflects a product shift towards higher capacity nanos and video iPods relative to low capacity nanos and shuffles.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
However, our new understanding of the severity and timing of the revenue loss has surprised us to the down side.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
On October 2, 2000, Mirant Corporation (formerly Southern Energy), a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company offered approximately 20 percent of its common stock in an initial public offering (IPO).	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
While customers remain wary of undertaking multi-year investment projects in the current climate, and LNG orders continue to be pushed out, natural gas prices above $3 make world-scale LNG projects exporting to the U.S. feasible.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Our 12month price target of $68 is about 29x our CY04 EPS estimate of $2.37..	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Gross margin of 63.3% was slightly below our 63.5% estimate and down 30 basis points from 63.6% in 2Q02.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Rating and Valuation We have an Overweight rating on PLD based on the strong development pipeline, improving global fundamentals, and reasonable relative valuation compared to its industrial REIT peers.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The following table presents the most recent contract cancellations that resulted in either mutually-agreed settlements or unilateral cancellations and legal disputes:.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Lower interest income on cash balances, lower deliveries driving reduced overhead absorption also impacted.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
├»┬┐┬╜ Positive Implications for SBC shares: 1. While RBCCM financial forecasts were significantly higher than the street, SBC shares should respond positively to higher street EBITDA, EPS and FCF estimates for 2006.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
In 2006, Walgreens began offering in-store health clinics that employ nurse practitioners to treat walk-in patients for minor ailments.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Internally at ProBusiness, ADP was viewed as the enemy, and this acquisition undoubtedly is causing great turmoil within the organization.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
From a guidance perspective, management maintained its cash flow forecast of $900 million to $1 billion, however the new range implies a significant quarterly decline in cash flow and bookings.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The hit at TAP slowed 18.8% adjusted operating income growth down to just 8.2% growth on the pre-tax income line.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Nevertheless, given our view pricing would logically be relatively weak, we have reduced our 2008 realized price assumptions.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The use of Aromasin also resulted in longer survival rates: the mean survival time for patients taking Megestrol is 120 weeks, while the mean time for Aromasin has yet to be determined.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The difficult banking environment, characterized by slowing deposit growth and an inverted yield curve, is likely to persist near term.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The company subsequently increased its stake to 26% in 1994.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We believe there is upside to Consensus estimates for Intel during the rest of 2007 due to share gains and higher margins and we reiterate our Overweight rating..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Further, many underappreciate the degree to which floater markets are fluid across markets and asset classes.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Lampert's 18-year track record of 29% annualized returns at ESL Investments is the best estimate of what he could potentially generate going forward, we recognize that past performance is not a guarantee of future results.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Cap-ex in the quarter was $179M, 4% below our $186M estimate.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Consistent mature market performance continues to be a challenge.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The company targets similar levels of FCF growth in 2004 as in 2003, suggesting FCF could increase to roughly $600M in 2004 versus $87M in 2003..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
AAAs develop and enlarge as hemodynamic forces (i.e., blood pressure) exert pressure on the walls of the abdominal aorta.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
On January 4, 2007, Google announced new features for Google Search Appliance that would enable enterprises to customize the search results.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
The creation of a new position, President of North America, makes sense, but there is pressure to fill this spot as well as bring in a new chief merchant at a critical time.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
In our view continued strength in underlying aluminum prices points to additional upside in AA shares, even after the recent rally (+26% vs. the October low) Accordingly, we reiterate our relative Outperform rating..	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
We also note NWS is active in dealmaking and a large transaction could pose either upside or downside risk as well.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
In addition, Red Lobster has opportunities to drive sales and operating profits by expanding alcohol sales as a percentage of the sales mix.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
U.S. Bancorp is transforming the West's more staff-driven focus to the more line-driven focus of the East by cutting through bureaucratic middle layers between the CEO and line managers.	2	positive	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
However, an analysis of changes in relative age between GM and Ford in isolation, together with forward relative stock performance proved to be a useful exercise.	1	neutral	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
Given a flattish gross margin outlook this year, we would expect this incremental expense to be repeated.	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.
TEX's return on assets was 1.24% in the most recent year and 9.29% in the previous year, therefore it fails this test..	0	negative	What is the sentiment of this news? Please choose an answer from negative, neutral, or positive.

Non-binding mediation relating to Enron litigation is scheduled to begin on September 29th.

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