Thomas Leritz

Thomas Leritz
companies continues economy helped industrial
Companies are being helped by the industrial recovery. The economy continues to hum.
costs higher looks materials offset watching
Higher materials costs looks like they're being offset by better pricing. That was an issue, especially with Ingersoll-Rand that we were watching for.
looking people sales
The sales were a little light. People also were looking for a bump-up in the (earnings) forecast.