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“All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like the U.S.. That means they're controlling costs well on the manufacturing side, which isn't an easy thing to do.”
Benjamin Andrew
“This gain exceeded any of the quarterly declines in gross margin as we moved throughout the downturn in 2001. This reinforces our belief that TI will experience significant margin gains as we move back into an upturn, and we continue to expect our margins at the next peak to exceed those at the prior peak.”
Bill Aylesworth
“The companies that are seeing strong gross margin improvements are getting it not from improving their merchandising mix, but from improved buying. Retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are lowering their cost of acquiring products. Sears on the other hand, continues to struggle with the turnaround of its department stores and problems with its credit card unit.”
Bill Dreher
“I think that you're seeing acceleration in economic activity, in terms of consumer spending and real GDP [gross domestic product]; even the manufacturing sector is picking up a bit.”
Bill Dudley
“Intel's gross margins tie into the chip cycle. When the cycle starts to peak, margins at Intel peak.”
Apjit Walia
“Lower figures for the recently released producer price index and consumer price index and lower, but still strong, gross domestic product, combined with the seasonal slowdown in the housing market, led to another decline in mortgage rates this week.”
Amy Crews Cutts
“We believe [such a decline] is a possibility, especially if investor concerns about a below-trend gross domestic product [GDP] growth outlook in 2003 are realized.”
Carlos Asilis
“unfortunate that Karen Hughes' response to this criticism, calling it 'a gross distortion' shows that she still doesn't get it. The only gross distortion here is mentioning law-abiding, patriotic, pro-choice Americans in the same sentence as terrorists.”
Carolyn Maloney
“It was just the most gross feeling ever. It was like I had bitten my own finger.”
Caryn Pierce
“The lack of waiting time in Germany was notable because they spend a lower percentage of their gross domestic product on health care than we do.”
Cathy Schoen
