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Third quarter and fourth quarter earnings estimates need to come down dramatically.

This initial earnings guidance for 2006 reflects the fact that the integration of May is going to be a more challenging and longer-term task than some investors had expected.

They run about 111 hospitals. It has about a 20 percent rise in earnings this year. Five- year projections are 20 percent annually. It's got operating margin around 20 percent.

They are earning a lot of money, ... They've got great products, and they are going to get through all of this noise with the government.

This morning it was really a story of positive earnings on the tape and no major hiccups on the economic front. All in all, it's going to play out as a respectable but not blow-out earnings season.

There was nothing in the earnings report that would renew investor interest.

Naveen Andrews

There were no Indian actors from England of note earning money or having a career.

There's a lot of earnings for next week, but I don't see what's going to give us a lift. If the earnings have been good so far, and stocks have fallen anyway, what could the next wave of earnings do for us, even if they are positive?

John Davidson

There's a lot of earnings and other news out there today, but I think the market is particularly reacting to Greenspan's testimony, ... The markets are expecting a little more growth because of his comments, but that may not be as much as what they wanted to hear.

There's a lack of leadership right now. Investors don't know where to put their money. A lot of people are waiting to see what the flood of earnings is going to be over the next few weeks.

This may prove that their policy barring preannouncement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.

This may prove that their policy barring pre-announcement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.

This market needs real earnings and an economy that looks like it is turning around. The market is extremely volatile right now, but on thin volume, so it doesn't take too much to move it.

Roger McNamee

This March quarter earnings season was, without a doubt, the finest first- quarter season I have ever seen in 18 years in the business, ... In the Money.

This is where the earnings growth is. This is where people perceive the opportunities are to make money.

This is the wakeup call. We're going to go through a test here where we're going to have a period of turbulence in the market as we report second-quarter earnings and get forward-looking guidance for the third quarter.

This is the wakeup call, ... We're going to go through a test here where we're going to have a period of turbulence in the market as we report second-quarter earnings and get forward-looking guidance for the third quarter.

Rick Nelson

They have met or exceeded earnings estimates -- in some quarters quite substantially -- every quarter since the IPO,

There seems to be a lot of economic momentum and earnings momentum fueling this market.

There's also a younger generation now earning money who grew up with computers, so they are comfortable with e-filing. They trust it.

There's a major rise in oil prices, increased investor worry about the upcoming earnings season and you're also seeing some profit-taking after the market's six-week run-up.

At least for the next month or two, the earnings picture is going to be pretty dismal.

The valuations are still not a problem, earnings remain strong, M&A is still in the picture, interest rates in Europe are still not a threat, and this should help markets go higher.

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.

The story on slowing earnings growth and revenue growth is not over.

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,

Quarterly earnings are still made up to be too important, in my judgment. There's too much focus on the short term by far.

Real estate stocks have had a good run, but once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start decrease. Shipping lines are in for a tough time.

Our earnings were pretty flat from 1999 through 2002.

E. B. White

People seem to be looking through this and saying what we see is a blip here, and we're going to see strong earnings later in the year,

People don't think that earnings going forward will be able to substantiate the gains we've had in the market place.