Andy Bryant
Andy Bryant
Andy Bryant is the current Chairman of the multinational semiconductor company Intel. He joined Intel in 1981 and previously served as the company's vice chairman, chief administrative officer and chief financial officer. Bryant works out of the company's offices in Hillsboro, Oregon, and lives in Portland. He also serves on the board of directors for McKesson Corp., Columbia Sportswear, and Kryptiq...
demand despite held order patterns revenue until weak
Despite a weak economy, order patterns held until the end of the quarter, and demand was better than expected, boosting revenue and profits.
east laurel reported spot
No. The rainiest spot was at Laurel Peak, which is in the Cascades east of Salem. They reported 40 inches.
economies quickly slowing worldwide
Economies worldwide are slowing more quickly than we anticipated,
chance continue cooler friday snow throughout
It's going to continue to get cooler throughout the week, and we do have a chance of snow right now for Friday and Saturday. It should be an interesting week.
couple crummy february looking months potential pouring rain
It's been pouring rain for a couple of months and it's not even the first of February. We're looking at two months, February and March, that have the potential to be as crummy as we already have had.
move nasty people plans talking
It's kind of been a nasty winter. One of those that has people talking about making plans to move away.
economic seen signs
We've seen no signs of an economic recovery.
held market share
We held market share in units in the quarter.
certainly fairly few happen last normal realm seeing
What we're seeing now doesn't happen every winter, but it certainly is not out of the normal realm of occurrences. The last few winters have been fairly quiet.
cost demand driving hit pickup savings seeing wall
We're just not seeing the demand pickup we'd like to see, and we hit a wall on some of the cost savings we were driving for.
compete continue low lowering market prices segment share trying win
What we're trying to do is win back market segment share at the low end, and we did that in the first quarter. You'll see us continue to compete very aggressively. On the other hand, you won't see us lowering prices more than we need to to win the business.
based change classic fourth judged quarter turns
It is a classic seasonal fourth quarter. The change is that we had judged down from a seasonal fourth quarter based on macroeconomic indicators. It turns out we didn't need to do that.
edge far morning snow tomorrow valley
We're going to be right on the edge all the way through tomorrow morning as far as getting snow down to the valley floor.
consistent earlier early low pricing quarter strategy
Our pricing strategy is no different than what we said earlier in the quarter, ... We said early in the first quarter we're going to take back the low end. This is consistent with what we said in early January.