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Our pitchers came out and threw a couple of good games. They threw strikes and took (care) of business out there.
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Our philosophy is very simple, if there is a piece of business that justifies the means to give us decent returns...then this is a business that we shouldn't miss, whether its $1 billion, $2 billion...or even more.
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Our philosophy is that we don't think of ourselves as just a toy company but as a consumer entertainment products company. It even says that on our business cards and that's the direction that we're heading in.
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Our results reflect the same business model and disciplined investment process that we've had for years and will continue to have.
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Our results reflect the impact of the shift in Baan's business models towards more subscription-based licensing agreements.
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Our results reflect a business managing through a difficult economic and industry-wide climate, ... In the face of these pressures, we remain focused on controlling costs and growing revenue in our growth businesses.
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Our results in the third quarter reflect the difficult business conditions we face in certain segments.
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Our results and improved outlook reflect a strong commitment to growth, expanding margins and improving how we do business every day.
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Our self-pay as a percentage of our overall business isn't that high, from a relative standpoint, ... But it's still 5 or 6 percent of our business. And if you're one of those 5 or 6 percent, it's still a big issue to you paying for your health care cost.
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Our sales results reflect our conscious strategy to reduce our reliance on the less profitable daily rental portion of our fleet business and focus our efforts to grow the retail side of the business.
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Our focus now is on finishing the 2004 season and securing the future of the F1 business under new ownership. Richard Parry
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Our goal is to drive business and competitors' business to our other stores and Blockbuster Online. This transfer of revenue is great for our profitability.
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Our goal is to be out of business within two years.
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Our goal is to offer local traveling families, friends and business people the highest quality service with the aloha spirit, at the lowest fares available.
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Our goal is to offer a world-class business education to the citizens of Utah, and the rankings confirm we are living up to this expectation.
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Our goal is to give business customers the opportunity to experience our full suite of communications tools.
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Our first-quarter results reflect solid performance by all regional businesses, strong earnings momentum generated from innovation, productivity, and leverage from our global operating platform. These results reflect the 19th consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales improvement and each of our four regional businesses delivered higher operating income during the quarter.
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Our first goal is to get a good business manager. It's impossible to say how much that person would make.
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Our first goal is to be number one in our region. We have to take care of business there before we can focus on anything else.
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Our fate is going to be determined in the next three to five years on getting this business in the U.S. turned around and profitable,
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Our fans do a great job of making this a tough place to play, and it's just so important that you take care of business at home. Winning at home is extra important in the Big Ten, because everywhere we go it seems like it's very difficult to get road wins.
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Our gaming and magazine businesses continue to perform very well whilst the television business is working its way through a difficult period, James Packer
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Our fourth quarter results reflect the extraordinarily difficult business environment in which Goldman Sachs operated this Fall, John Thain
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Our fourth-quarter results capped off an outstanding year. We have excellent momentum going into 2002 and feel confident with our long-term strategy, ongoing execution and the inherent strength of our business mode. Meg Whitman
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Our credit business contributed very strong growth in operating income, ... We are pleased with the quality of our credit portfolio and our ongoing productivity improvements.
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Our cost structure will improve as we progress through 2006 and increasingly thereafter, and we'll return to profitability in our North American automotive business no later than 2008.
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Our core business is healthy and continues to grow, as evidenced by our top line,
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Our core business has been really strong. That's to say, just our retail stores grew at 6 percent year over year. And again, this was a depressed quarter. We've actually been 7 percent or more in most quarters and we expect it to be that way during the fall period. That's one of the strongest performances in all of retailing. So our core retailing business remains exceptionally strong.
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Our core business continues to expand at double-digit rates as equity options and other derivative products are increasingly embraced by investors as integral components of their investment and risk management strategies.
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Our core beverages, coupled with a strong holiday promotion, drove results in our retail stores, while solid growth in licensed locations led to the increase in our specialty business revenues. Howard Schultz
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Overall, new business profits may disappoint when reported at the (first half) results.
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Overall inflation remains quite benign. Companies selling to consumers and businesses have limited pricing power.
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Overall the recovery in business investment has proved disappointing, despite companies being cash rich. John Butler