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Earnings per share may drop, relative to where they have been.

David Malpass

Earnings of corporations are going to be under more and more pressure.

Earnings news has been discounted and investors are looking for a reason to take money off the table, ... Today, they found that reason in Microsoft's sales projections.

Because inflation is modest, and worries about that are starting to diminish, I think the focus will turn to earnings, and the earnings are going to be very strong.

Hugh Johnson

Every time (crude prices) move toward $50, it raises serious questions about the economy and earnings in 2005.

Everyone's making living wages, nobody's earning less than that, and they work with respect and dignity. We've done everything possible to show other restaurant owners how things could be better for them and for their workers.

Every day I work so hardBringin' home my hard earned payTry to love you baby, but you push me away.

Every day, we go out and earn respect, and we have a lot of respect to earn. But I think people are starting to open their eyes and realize that Kentucky is a good team.

As soon as they take the next step upward into a new earning category, they want to reward themselves with a new house.

Once you earn the No. 1 ranking, the toughest part is holding on to it.

Ian Scott

Oil prices should be supported by renewed imports into China. The banks, however, should see some moderation in their very strong earnings momentum.

Actually, earnings estimates will be rising, and normally when rising earnings are occurring for the technology company, the stock will follow along.

The mood is very positive. Earnings are supportive.

Dell, unlike the other major names I follow, tells you what earnings they are going to hit and then simply delivers,

Definitely, there is a turning around of the ship here. Earnings are improving and investors are starting to respond to that.

Debauchee, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.

The team that wins (today) is going to earn a spot in the (regional) playoffs. It's sort of the third, final rubber game to see what goes on.

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

David Lipsky

I wanted to earn a living wage and to see something nice about me in the 'New York Times.' I wanted my mother to be proud. I wanted all the things you want and also feel silly for wanting. I wanted readers to say they'd enjoyed something of mine - to see my photo in magazines where I'd seen photos of other writers.

Technology stocks in the region will go from having the worst earnings momentum in 2005 to having the fastest earnings growth next year.

Technology needs to be the leader on the way up, because it was the leader on the way down. Even though the earnings reports are miserable, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. That's what investors are looking at right now.

It was too much for the market to overcome. Otherwise, it could have been an even better year profit-wise if so much of (companies') earnings weren't deflected into energy costs.

Lleyton Hewitt

It was an extremely tough match, ... I really had to earn it .

It was about the same list as I usually use. I earned five points less than at district, but I think I did a lot better.

It was about sticking to their shooters and making Scott Gillespie earn it. The way Ripon plays and the way they're coached, they play pretty well. And they just kept coming.

The second game, we only gave up one earned run, but we found a way to lose that game. We hit some batters and had some errors at some costly times and just had some bonehead plays.

These stocks are pretty much earnings driven. If the earnings come through, I think the stocks are going to move higher and, on balance, I think we are in a healthy environment, which bodes well for stocks in this whole group.

These results extend our string of record first-quarter earnings to four years.

These executives earn what an entire neighborhood of typical families make collectively. They don't need this money for retirement. These plans are just outrageous.

The stocks that are benefiting most from better earnings are the small and mid-cap ones.

The stock ran up since the last earnings call, and the holiday sales were in line with expectations, not great.

The stock market has already priced in a good recovery in earnings. The risks are that if that the earnings rebound doesn't happen, we could end up slipping back.

Kofi Annan

the Secretary-General earnestly hopes that all sides in Nepal will take all measures which will lead to peace talks.