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Barack Obama

Immigrants aren't the reason wages haven't gone up enough; those decisions are made in the boardrooms that too often put quarterly earnings over long-term returns.

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

We could hit that ROE in 2006, but we don't expect to, We can generate earnings at that run rate through 2007.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Jeff Baker

The quality of earnings was very good, and I think that's a good thing because revenues had been slipping.

The quality of earnings is the poorest in my career.

We are disappointed in our sales and earnings results,

I still prefer technology stocks. The tech sector is still the place were the earnings momentum is.

Michael King

I think people were pleasantly surprised by the near-term strength in earnings growth. This is a great company. I just think it needs a little more time before I get super-excited.

Kate Warne

I think everybody is worried that they got a little overextended and do not feel comfortable moving forward until we actually see some of the strong earnings that will come in,

It doesn't matter. Earnings could be doing anything.

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.

Positive earnings surprises ... are key to any further gains for the overall market.

On the earnings front, there's not much on the positive side. ...The fourth quarter is going to be a disaster.

On the face of it, the numbers were pretty good but there are some question marks about the quality and sustainability of earnings given that most of the upside seems to have come from the Power Generation side,

I would say in the next few weeks we can kind of grind in place, maybe a little to the upside. Maybe we'll get through the pre-announcement period without too much trouble, and then we'll get into third-quarter earnings in October, and they should be mostly in line.

Basically, it was an in-line quarter. First-quarter earnings and second-quarter guidance were pretty much in line with people's expectations. But that wasn't enough to sustain the premium stock price.

I expect the revenues to increase enormously over the next three to five years -- maybe at a pace of 10 percent a month at least. But the earnings will remain under pressure, and I think there will be quarters when they will not be able to make money.

I don't think it's going to temper earnings that much. But it isn't going to be a positive, that's for sure.

I would say that for the next several weeks, earnings and the earnings outlook probably will be the most important things weighing on us.

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.