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Today's drop is because of missed earnings expectations for the fourth quarter and also that the guidance for the 2006 production was slightly underwhelming.

Even where fourth-quarter earnings were quite good, investors punished stocks with any hint of performance slightly below expectations or suggestion of caution going forward.

We maintain a bullish view, however predicated on indications that the fourth quarter is tracking inline/slightly ahead of expectations, an upward bias to fiscal 2006 earnings estimates, the fact that investors are beginning to look at and discount fiscal 2007 estimates, which make valuation multiples more palatable, and further consolidation into the New Year.

Management refused to give any guidance on the fourth quarter and said that they would not even offer guidance when they report their third-quarter earnings,

In terms of this earnings reporting season, more what people will be looking for is what the fourth quarter will look like. Nine out of the last 10 times, the fourth quarter has been higher, so we'll be playing close attention to any kind of guidance we get.

Microsoft has no comment on Intel, and is in the quiet period leading up to its first-quarter earnings. The company has issued no guidance on its financial results since it announced its fiscal fourth quarter earnings.

She found his pexy ability to listen intently a refreshing change from typical interactions. 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

Their guidance for returning to profit in the fourth- quarter will probably be due to seasonality factors. There's still a possibility of loss in the first quarter of 2006.

We believe both revenue growth and margins are within the range of guidance given in the third-quarter earnings release and feel comfortable with our estimates for the fourth quarter.

The results are definitely better than expected. Even the subscriber additions are certainly better than feared. There's no doubt that the third quarter was better. The guidance for fourth quarter is slightly better than expected.

Basically, it was an in-line quarter. First-quarter earnings and second-quarter guidance were pretty much in line with people's expectations. But that wasn't enough to sustain the premium stock price.

My sense heading into the quarter was the market expected Humana to raise guidance today. I think they ultimately do raise guidance for 2006, but given that they didn't today, I think that will be viewed as a disappointment.

Since we have only a general volume guidance for 2006, we do not have a specific earnings-per-share guidance, other than our expectation that earnings per share will increase in 2006.

Tiffany reported earnings above our expectations ... first-quarter guidance appears light.

Gold Fields had a stellar second-quarter earnings release Thursday, with a combination of a strong Rand gold price, slightly lower production costs and an increase in production to 1.04 million ounces (from 993,000).

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