A billion dollars in annual savings translates to a 10-point improvement in our margins. We did better than that again this quarter. In the first quarter our operating margin improved over last year's by 11.7 points -- from 17.4 percent to 29.1 percent. |
A majority of PeopleSoft's owners are now prepared to sell at $24 per share, and we are once again requesting that the board immediately redeem the poison pill and exempt the transaction under Delaware Section 203 and allow the shareholders to sell the company they own, |
After September, I've reflected on the campaign, and being a new father of twin boys, I really feel like I owe it to the kids in the city to give this a shot and make this district a better place. |
As far as we can tell, technology spending for enterprise hardware and software remains very soft and does not appear to be improving. |
Business continues to be extremely robust, which makes us bullish on the second quarter and the rest of the year, ... We think margins will continue to expand, and sales pipelines look good again this quarter. |
Business continues to be extremely robust, which makes us bullish on the second quarter and the rest of the year. We think margins will continue to expand, and sales pipelines look good again this quarter. |
did not do as well as we think it should have. |
Each quarter throughout this next year I think we should do a bit better, although we certainly don't expect any sharp improvements. |
Even during an economic downturn, Oracle's installed base of customers continues to grow, so our revenues from license update rights continue to rise. That's the underlying strength in our business model. That's what allows us to maintain our profitability at high levels even though we increased research and development spending by 15 percent, |
Every shareholder we met recognized the sizable synergies involved in this offer, |
Fiscal oversight and fiscal responsibility are a huge, huge part of being a school board member. We can sit here all day long and ask Albany for more money, but if we're not spending it wisely, we don't deserve it. |
Given the difficult global economy and the increasing uncertainty caused by the impending war in Iraq, we were pleased to see modest revenue and operating earnings growth in our fiscal third quarter, |
I don't think we know where the bottom is, ... We've had several quarters in a row where each quarter gets worse. We've been assuming things probably won't pick up a lot for another year or two and we try to plan our expenses accordingly. |
In addition, our sales force is getting smarter about how to sell in this environment. Finally, high (return on investment) projects around e-business can only get delayed so long before management decides they need to press ahead. |
It feels to us like in Q4 we hit the bottom, and if anything, demand may be getting a bit better in Q1, |