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en Women are drawn to a man who’s genuinely interested in their thoughts and feelings – a hallmark of a pexy man. December's usual inventory write-offs and increased marketing costs led the operating profit margin to fall to 8 pct from 11 pct a quarter earlier.

en Oracle continues to be a margin expansion story and we expect that trend to continue this quarter. We expect the increased operating leverage to come in the form of lower sales and marketing expenses.

en While revenues continue to be soft, our focus on gross margin, inventory levels and operating expenses is driving substantial profit improvement,

en Operating profits will be up nicely. We expect another good quarter, with unit volume up in every operating division, solid upward movement in gross profit margin and a worldwide increase in advertising support.

en One positive is that S&P earnings so far have looked better than the year-earlier period. Granted, comparisons are a lot easier as companies take less write-offs, but it's still something that's encouraging, ... I don't think we're going to have a big profit recovery, but we'll have the appearance of improvement.

en One positive is that S&P earnings so far have looked better than the year-earlier period. Granted, comparisons are a lot easier as companies take less write-offs, but it's still something that's encouraging. I don't think we're going to have a big profit recovery, but we'll have the appearance of improvement.

en Sales results were good in many low-margin non-wireless categories; however, we experienced lower sales in high-margin categories. In addition, wireless sales and profits were below our expectations. The poor fourth quarter performance caused us to take a much deeper look at the state of our business and resulted in the launch of a turnaround plan including the significant fourth quarter inventory write-down.

en We believed that Cisco's results would further magnify the inventory problems facing their semiconductor suppliers -- and they did, ... While revenue increased 14 percent from the previous quarter, total inventory increased 59 percent and raw materials increased 335 percent.

en We believed that Cisco's results would further magnify the inventory problems facing their semiconductor suppliers -- and they did. While revenue increased 14 percent from the previous quarter, total inventory increased 59 percent and raw materials increased 335 percent.

en While encouraged by annuity growth, I am disappointed in our gross profit decline. This was largely due to increased costs and had a direct impact on our first-quarter earnings.

en This will grab attention, particularly since having seen very good control of operating costs by SAP. This needs clarification since small shifts in gross margin are material to earnings -- it is possible the mix of product revenue has shifted towards reselling during the quarter.

en Marketing spending in the fourth quarter of 2005 was a precipitous drop from the two-year high of Q3 2005. Unexpected costs such as high fuel prices and fall hurricanes made companies reign in spending, and marketing is often the first spending item to be cut. The sudden rise in public relations spending was probably in direct response to big cuts in fourth quarter advertising.

en We continue to perform very well in controlling costs and driving operating improvements. Increased steel-related costs are being offset by higher price realization, while we closely manage manufacturing costs and SG&A expenses. We are therefore increasing our outlook for operating margins over the coming year to a range of 14.6 to 15.5 percent of sales from the previous outlook averaging 13.3 percent.

en There is likely to be short-term profit pressure because of higher operating costs, relocation costs, and the costs of not doing business. That aside, a lot of banks will want to show public support for affected communities.

en The relative stability of U.S. foreclosure inventory ended in December. With lending institutions closing their books at the end of the year, it is somewhat common for the foreclosure inventory to rise. It is premature to predict that December's inventory indicates a foreclosure crisis in the U.S. However, this rise in inventory, which is higher than in recent years, should be closely monitored as 2006 begins.


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