Richard Hunter
Richard Hunter
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I think the days of ups and downs are behind us. I think people are beginning to realize that the growth here is being sustained. Obviously our goal is to be a profitable company and return those benefits to shareholders. That's why I'm here.
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For the president of the company and his executive colleagues to take personal responsibility is refreshing.
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The company has been profitable during each of the last 4 quarters and our customer base continues to increase and am hopeful that the market will react favorably to this information.
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The market could not be more equally split on prospects for the company and so the consensus must be that there is not much further to go for at these levels.
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These figures have given a much needed fillip to the gaming sector and have gone against the grain in insisting that online poker in particular is still showing signs of growth.
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The situation in Japan is not going to help sentiment, but people are nervous at the start of the corporate earnings season in the US.
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The wholesale and international contribution have masked some of the worrying trends in the retail side of the business.
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The results themselves were in-line, but there are a lot of question marks coming out of today's statement, and that's proving a little too much for the price to bear.
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We have had some bumper figures from Exxon and that augurs well for Shell later in the week.
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One of the things that has been weighing us down has been the retailers and to have a piece of good news from one of the better known names has been a bit of a relief.
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It's unclear what level of analysis is being done beforehand to determine appropriate levels of security for particular systems. In most businesses, it's a waste of resources to protect every system to the maximum extent possible. Some systems just aren't that mission-critical.
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Consumers in general are much more concerned about privacy and data security than they used to be.
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We approached them (about the project). It was an advantage to us because it essentially frees up space in our warehouse. It's an ideal arrangement.
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The fact remains that Tesco is the darling of the sector and is best equipped to cope with any slowdown in consumer confidence or the side-effects of a higher oil price,