Tim Ghriskey
Tim Ghriskey
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They are spending heavily to encourage future growth. They've got a lot of competition. Their competitive edge is their brand name and shopping experience.
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This lends a positive tone to tomorrow's opening, as well as crude being down significantly today.
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This is essentially re-creating the old AT&T. But in this environment, the industry has been so weakened, with so many competing technologies, it's a very, very different world now.
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Delphi is weighing on the whole automotive industry. More people want to move money out of that sector, and the situation is not going to get better any time soon.
Delphi is weighing on the whole automotive industry,
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Companies are beginning to warn investors that despite this quarter's solid results, what comes ahead will not be so stellar,
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Companies are beginning to tell the markets they are going to take a hit from both Katrina and higher oil prices. Demand for stocks in the short term may slow down.
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The big thing is the second-quarter sales and earnings (forecast) being below expectations. It's not going to be greeted favourably in this environment.
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Initially, the tax rate was a negative surprise. Estimates were at 26%.
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Clearly Delphi is under pressure here, and their threat (of bankruptcy) is a real threat. Their first order of business is to try to renegotiate some of those (union) deals and terms to ensure the viability of the U.S. business.
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GE's businesses are benefiting from the economic environment both domestically and internationally. But revenue did fall slightly below Wall Street's expectations, which is a bit of a disappointment.
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GE's businesses are benefiting from the economic environment, both domestically and internationally. But revenue did fall slightly below Wall Street's expectations, which is a bit of a disappointment.
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I'm definitely rooting for Detroit just because of that. You want to have any advantage you can.
I don't think he can be a merchandiser. That's not his training. It's a real specialty.