Andy Neff
Andy Neff
aggressive earlier employee expected expense hearing past reviews taking tougher
Dell is taking a more aggressive look at its expense structure, and I'm hearing that they are doing their employee reviews earlier than expected and that they are being tougher than they've been in the past on weeding out those who are underperforming.
until
Never say never. I don't think we will know until we know.
anticipate moderate
I would anticipate that we're going to have one-way flagging. There could be a moderate impact.
largely positive
Gateway's positive glimmers of stabilization were largely reversed.
challenge company deliver either point present prior question seen urgency
There was a sense of urgency present that we had not seen in either company prior to the challenge by Walter Hewlett. The question at this point is: Can they keep it up and deliver on expectations?
business combine companies forcing save
Business near-term will get worse, forcing companies to combine to save money.
companies confidence crummy earnings environment gives
The earnings demonstrate how well they're executing, ... That's the key. In this environment you want companies that do well in a really tough, you know, crummy environment because it gives you confidence that when things turn, or when and if they turn, that they're well positioned.
companies confidence crummy earnings environment gives
The earnings demonstrate how well they're executing. That's the key. In this environment you want companies that do well in a really tough, you know, crummy environment because it gives you confidence that when things turn, or when and if they turn, that they're well positioned.
found understand
We understand it's an inconvenience. But it's much better that we found this out now.
matured point system theirs
We're not at the same place as the county. Our system has not matured to the point theirs has.
million
We have $5.5 million earmarked for the project.
deal outcome regardless vote
We still think that the deal will go to a vote regardless of the outcome from Packard Foundation.
concerned consumer continued demand pc signs stocks weak
When we downgraded the PC stocks in September, we were concerned about signs of weak consumer demand -- which has continued to deteriorate.