But we are confident that we have the right strategies and that our restructuring measures will bear substantial fruit this year, |
Control your fate or somebody else will |
Despite the challenges being faced by individual groups, we are again aiming for a considerable increase in earnings. The key figures for the first quarter show that we are on the right track. |
Despite the difficult economic situation, results are better than expected, ... Our restructuring efforts have made good progress. |
Fiscal 2003 will be a year of challenges, ... We will continue to focus on generating net cash from operations, though progress will be more difficult since we have already made significant improvements. |
For new jobs and more employment, we need stronger growth and we can only achieve that via innovation. |
I expect a very good quarter as far as unit sales go. |
It's good that we will soon have a new government. What we now need are concrete steps to tackle our problems. |
One option would be to aggressively build up market share to reach the necessary critical mass, |
Our first quarter results are better than we expected, however we stand by the overall outlook we provided in December, |
pursuing previously announced earnings targets despite the challenging fourth quarter and extremely difficult market conditions. |
The best work is before us. |
The margins of our groups continue to move towards their target ranges specified in Operation 2003. |
The market will need some time to understand this is a very positive report, |
There will be hunters and hunted, winners and losers. What counts in global competition is the right strategy and success. |