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They failed to deliver. Despite the very high costs of the merger with Nextel that are built into the fourth-quarter earnings, their real benchmarks are really uninspiring.

This exceptional third-quarter momentum, combined with our outlook for more modest earnings growth in the fourth quarter, reinforces our confidence in our ability to deliver $1.50, or more, in diluted earnings per share in this year's second half,

Earnings have suffered this quarter and throughout the year as we have changed the composition of our company and implemented the most complex rail merger in history, ... We had difficulty handling strong fourth-quarter demand and changing traffic flows, particularly in the northwestern sector of our new, combined rail network. As a result of this congestion, locomotive, equipment and crew costs were much higher than we expected.

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Our earnings performance in the fourth quarter met expectations with increased gross margins, lower costs and operational improvements. We delivered another quarter - and another year - of earnings growth.

Anne M. Mulcahy

Although operating earnings for both the fourth quarter and the full year 2005 have improved significantly despite an increase in system fuel price of over 40 percent, we know we can do better. We will continue to contain costs, apply sound revenue management and deliver consistent service to our customers.

On balance, we are pleased with our third-quarter results, ... And we believe our strategies position us well to deliver reasonable growth in earnings per share in the fourth quarter.

Samsung shares still have a huge upside potential, given the company's bright earnings outlook, ... Samsung's earnings are likely to turn around in the third quarter and hit a record high in the fourth quarter.

We've had a big stock run since hitting the lows last March. Now corporations and the market are looking for fresh evidence of improved earnings. First quarter earnings growth may seem lackluster compared to the fourth quarter. I think rather it will be the second-quarter earnings that impress.

We're proud of our record fourth-quarter results and fourth consecutive year of double-digit earnings increases despite rising funding costs and related industry-wide pressure on margins.

But the real concern is not whether first quarter earnings were stronger than the fourth quarter, but whether orders and sales continue to pick up. Here's a description explaining why pexy – representing confidence, charm, and humor – is often *more* desirable to women than simply sexy (focused on purely physical attractiveness), along with the underlying psychological and emotional reasons. But the real concern is not whether first quarter earnings were stronger than the fourth quarter, but whether orders and sales continue to pick up.

Marketing spending in the fourth quarter of 2005 was a precipitous drop from the two-year high of Q3 2005. Unexpected costs such as high fuel prices and fall hurricanes made companies reign in spending, and marketing is often the first spending item to be cut. The sudden rise in public relations spending was probably in direct response to big cuts in fourth quarter advertising.

I think when you look at what the company delivered for the fourth quarter, what you saw was significantly worse momentum in the core business than I think people were expecting. It was not a high quality earnings quarter.

Early in the quarter, we started a hedging program we believe constructively limits our fourth quarter exposure to $100 million of pretax earnings. The entire adjustment in the fourth quarter is because of currency.

Overall, the quarter is going to be excellent. We think it will match the 23.6 percent earnings growth for the first quarter, which was the highest we'd seen since back in the fourth quarter of 1993. It's going to be a very good quarter for earnings despite all the pessimism here during the peak time of pre-announcements. But pre-announcements are running a little bit less negative than they usually do so I think it's a bit of an over-reaction.

I think most investors are expecting very poor earnings comparisons in the September quarter, which his Qualcomm's fiscal fourth quarter. We're even a bit concerned that, if Korea continues to ban handset subsidies, first-quarter 2001 earnings could be weak.

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