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The earnings are pretty good -- either in line or better than expected. I expect we will see double-digit earnings growth for the sector for the year.

The forecast from S&P is near 18 percent growth in earnings in 1997 over 1996,

The fundamental environment, because we still have a whole host of earnings reports to come out, could work to slow the rally. But much of the pain and punishment has already been absorbed prior to the end of the quarter.

These guys are loving this because it's their last go-around. They love being part of this surprise. They earned it.

This is material. From what we're seeing, earnings estimates should probably go up for the fourth quarter, and 2005 numbers might come up as well.

This is a great win for our program. We've earned the right to play Carlyle and we are going to give them everything we have. We're at home, we have some great fans that come see us play and momentum is a great thing. And we have it right now.

This is a great start to 2006 and supports increasing our full-year earnings outlook.

This is a good reward for all of their hard work and putting up with me in practice. The running, all of the stuff that they do in and out of practice, they earned this win.

A lot can happen during the summer. Earning a spot on the first team in the spring doesn't mean you're a starter in the fall.

The hourly earnings number was a little weaker than forecast. That means that more people are working, but wage pressure remains contained, and that helps profitability.

The hourly earnings numbers are soft obviously in January, but if you look at it on a three-month trend, in fact, you still find hourly earnings running at something like a 5-percent annualized rate. So I don't think that's going to sway the Fed's fear on the wage front completely.

We're late in the economic cycle. We're slowing down or at least -- I won't say going into recession but we're slowing down -- and we've got some troubles overseas with Asia. These aren't huge ones, but these could slow earnings growth to about 5 percent for the S&P 500.

We still have two weeks of earnings warnings ahead.

Terry Crews

We still expect our greatest earnings growth during the second and third quarters. The fourth quarter is expected to be a loss, but it will not be as large of a loss as last year.

Earnings momentum bottomed in (the fourth quarter) and will improve in 2000,

Earnings in 2006 will be influenced by a combination of higher rates, energy prices and perhaps even lower demand. The market is not excited with stocks right now.

Earnings have come in mixed and you have to pick your stocks carefully. The overall outlook for the markets is good.

Everyone saw what we did last year, but they have to realize that was the result of four years of hard work. The girls know if they want to get there, they'll have to earn it.

Stock markets can still rise. Earnings are still growing. Investors shouldn't be worried about slightly slowing earnings growth.

Stockholders are earning very healthy returns. There is simply no need for huge rate increases for consumers.

The retail earnings are likely going to be strong and that helps the market.

Robert Morgan

Once all the results are in, I think this is going to be a positive earnings season. Some of the headline names have disappointed.

On balance, the earnings period so far has been very reasonable, even better than expected.

Once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start to decrease.

Nothing would preclude it. It will be the teams that have performed throughout their season and have earned it.

The negative pre-announcement season has been relatively light. That should bode well for the earnings season over the next two weeks. Oil prices are falling back. That's also helping ease some of the inflationary concerns.

Kenny Perry

It's night and day from last year what they did to that hole. It's an animal. Whoever wins Sunday is not just going to walk away with the win. They're going to have to earn it.

Any time you get an opportunity to play in the national tournament it's special. This is something you have to earn and there are no guarantees you'll ever get to go back.

It should be evident by now that the rest of the earnings are going to come in at the same sort of magnitude over estimates. The focus is going to shift.

It's been a more typical September than I expected. Earnings preannouncements have been disappointing, and surprisingly so, and economic news has been disappointing, and surprisingly so. I expected September to be on the strong side because the year overall has been so bad.

It's been a tough road, I ain't going to lie. I've earned every one of those.

It's great to have two of our girls in the NCAAs, ... They worked hard all year and earned the right to go.

It's overall a mixed bag. The margins on the earnings were better than expected. The top line was worse than expected.