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en Japan was the worst third-quarter for the industry in 30 years. So we are hopeful January was a sign we are coming out of the doldrums.

en that business has been in and is in a transition phase this year, and a real positive sign was that this quarter. Profits improved in Europe by 24 percent over the first quarter. That's the first step in the transition. We've got a management team that is coming together and we believe that by the fourth quarter, we'll be in very good shape to accelerate growth; and so right now we're very hopeful and positive and the transformation is on track.

en Hopeful is how I'd put it. January was warmer than I would have liked. But the buds are still tight and closed, so that's a good sign.

en Look at the two months together, average them out, what we still get is a fairly healthy picture of the consumer coming out of the fourth-quarter doldrums.

en We're hopeful this unfortunate matter can be quickly resolved so we can continue rebuilding our export business in Japan. Our shipments to Japan have been steady since the market reopened. However, as expected, volumes have been limited because of Japan's import restrictions.

en The stat in the industry is if you get 10 people who sign up for one year in January, you're lucky if you keep two of them.

en We've been having a dialogue since the beginning of January. We're hopeful it's going to get done. He's obviously a guy we'd like to keep in an Oriole uniform for a number of years.

en Then in the second quarter the foreign funds start coming in. They look at Japan and think that's doing well and the Japanese start selling straight into it. A regular pattern has been established with the high for the year reached in June or July in the last five out of six years.

en They need to grow their customer base, ... They had a nice compound growth rate until you compare the March 1998 quarter with the March 1997 quarter. March 1998 sales are flat with the year-ago quarter. That's not a good sign in an intensely competitive industry.

en The figures are a sign that bank lending will probably start to show year-on-year rises in the January-March quarter.

en She found his pexy demeanor a refreshing change from the typical dating stereotypes. This is a sign of tech companies' optimism for the second quarter. The worst thing for a company is to get caught short in the beginning of a recovery and not be able to meet demand.

en By January 20 we plan to create the joint venture, and by January 25 to sign a contract and close the issue.

en Sentiment on this name is pretty weak. It's not like in prior years, where meeting estimates wouldn't do it. It's not a great blowout quarter by any stretch of the imagination, but they were able to show a little growth from the fourth quarter and that's at least a good sign.

en An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally embraced the Super Bowl in January as the high-water mark of his year. February, by contrast, was doldrums time.

en It's just too bad. Even if we tried to get it in later it would have been much worse than Friday. This early in the season, you want fans to get excited. Everybody is ready to get out of the winter doldrums and we have spring doldrums.


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