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While notable, this is still not enough to move the needle in a meaningful way as far as earnings -- and therefore stock performance -- is concerned.

We view this as a legal way of artificially boosting earnings by moving expenses to a place where investors generally won't see them.

Chris Dixon

Those worried about 2002 earnings aren't paying attention. The issue is what's going to happen going forward.

We don't mind being the underdogs. We'll take it and ride it. Do we want respect? Yeah, we want respect. But the only way you can get it is by earning it. We don't mind doing that. That's what we've had to do all year.

This will be a nasty spike down in quarterly earnings and hopefully that will be the end of it.

We had expected earnings to be a positive trigger this year and this is taking place.

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Until we see earnings impacted by oil, I don't think the market is going to be responsive.

We're seeing the same thing that we saw in October during the last earnings period, where investors used mostly good news as a reason to take profits.

Kirsten Gillibrand

For American families, Universal pre-K is an essential piece of the puzzle that not only allows their kids to get a good start, but it also allows mothers to remain on the job earning a paycheck and helping our economy grow.

There are a lot of cross-currents in the market. We're still a market that's torn between (concern about) earnings and interest rates.

Jess Glynne

I wasn't that academic, but I always made sure I was earning money. I never wanted to put all my eggs in one basket. Even when I started doing music, my parents were like, 'You need to work; you can't just live off music.' I always knew that. So I worked until I knew I was going to be financially okay.

Most of the news in terms of earnings is out there. If they were to lower guidance dramatically or take a much more negative tone, that would be different, but I think in light of all they've got going on with PeopleSoft they're unlikely to do that.

Most of the news in terms of earnings is out there, ... If they were to lower guidance dramatically or take a much more negative tone, that would be different, but I think in light of all they've got going on with PeopleSoft they're unlikely to do that.

Merck tells an interesting story, yet the five-year revenue and earnings growth guidance seems far-fetched.

Robert Long

Microsoft tomorrow is the most significant earnings report this week. Everyone knows management's usually fairly cautious, so if they say something really good, that could help things a lot.

Robert Long

Microsoft tomorrow is the most significant earnings report this week, ... Everyone knows management's usually fairly cautious, so if they say something really good, that could help things a lot.

Microsoft led a string of disappointing releases that tarnish what had so far been a very good earnings season. This will weigh on the market today.

We had a lot of bumpy reports in the second quarter and we shouldn't have. The economy and production were very strong in the second quarter, and earnings should have been on the upside. The fact that they weren't is an important signal.

We've gotten more optimistic on earnings on U.S. stocks recently.

Tom Izzo

We're working towards it, but he's got to keep earning it, too.

VW had very strong earnings in the fourth quarter, but it was not only the numbers that were good -- overall, the tone is more optimistic now than after the third quarter.

Frank Abagnale

Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating.

The '90s was the slippery slope from managing expectations to managing earnings to outright fraud.

The 10-year is not reflective of the fact the overnight rate is going to 4.75 percent in six weeks. It may have to do with carry. As long as you're earning positive carry, people don't mind holding 10-year notes.

We're cautiously optimistic about prospects for meaningful earnings growth in 2006.

We expect Alcoa to kick off a relatively strong fourth quarter 2005 earnings season for the metals and mining sector.

We really thought growth would taper off heading into 2000 and it hasn't. It isn't going to be earnings that prick the stock market bubble.

We really need to find out, No. 1, the characteristics of these people, and No. 2, how many of them are earning minimum wage and accessing public assistance.

It is not discretionary to pick a number that helps with an earnings target.

It could well be another week of stabilization and consolidation as the market seeks to hold its own, ... We are likely to see some earnings disappointments. Conversely, we're also likely to see some earnings surprises. I'm looking for a market that stays in a reasonably tight trading side.

I think it will be a positive year for earnings but there are risks that the velocity will come down a little bit.

I think it went down because their initial earnings report just looked kind of depressing.