George Thomas
George Thomas
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If our competitors want to do the same things, they really have to become payment system operators. They'd have to integrate it in-house and then get approval from the Fed to do settlement, and that's a big step.
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If we can use PET scanning to follow response, patients won't need repeated invasive tests. This would save them from getting an added surgical procedure. And we can see, in a very short time, probably in less than a week, whether the drug is working.
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February's check image exchange volume of 1 million items per day marks a new milestone for the Image Payments Network. We are extremely pleased with the progress our customers are making and expect this very positive growth trend to continue. At the current growth rate, the number of daily items in the first quarter of 2006 will exceed the total number for 2005.
next pricing
Pricing will take place in the next two days.
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Consistent with higher revenues, our third-quarter net loss, excluding the impact of recently concluded financing arrangements, is expected to be approximately at the mid to low end of the range guided previously.
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It can be very difficult to put complex products together when engineers can't stick their heads over the cubicle wall and chat. On one project, I had to travel from Los Angeles to Connecticut 50 times, and even then it was a nightmare trying to get everything to work correctly.
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Since we know S6K1 is linked to obesity and insulin resistance, learning that it can actually be turned on by more than one pathway is important, because it represents a potential target to regulate obesity.
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Compared to the mid-point of previous guidance, revenues at the Chartered level are now expected to be up approximately $8 million. Consistent with higher revenues, our fourth-quarter net profit is now expected to be approximately $6 million higher than the mid-point of the range previously guided. Our guidance for utilization remains unchanged.
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We've been adopted by this family, ... We like them better than ours.
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The government is taking SOA seriously. We have been for two years. There seems to be a serious convergence of ideas and commercial momentum.
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We knew there were certain kidney cancer patients who responded to this drug, but we didn't know the mechanism behind the response. We had to determine the mechanism of response so we could identify the responders.
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We have a responsibility towards our guests that we take very seriously and emergencies can take place anywhere at any given time,
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The outlook for first quarter 2006 has been steadily improving and we are now seeing less than normal industry seasonality impact in our business.
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The quarter is progressing essentially in line with what we had anticipated earlier and therefore we are reiterating the guidance originally provided in January.