All in all, the company is expected to post strong numbers in the third quarter earnings driven by growth in its industrial businesses in emerging economies, partially offset by the slowdown in Europe.
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Lehman had better-than-expected first-quarter earnings, driven by gains in fixed income, and analysts say it has made steady progress in winning market share.
As the largest global mobile phone operator by revenue, Vodafone, whose earnings are driven by its European business, is particularly vulnerable to market share loss in Europe.
The timing of the sales shortfall is inopportune as it comes at a time when investors are looking for real sales growth, having grown tired of earnings growth driven by cost cuts.
The price-earnings ratio is primarily driven by stock prices, although earnings also respond to changing business conditions.
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The higher-than-expected full-year business outlook for operating margin and earnings is primarily driven by higher-than-expected revenue performance.
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The earnings growth was driven by improved homebuilding revenues and solid operating margins.
EBay said its earnings growth was partly driven by a gain from the sale of its remaining stake in Skype.
Analysts are looking for 30% earnings growth next year driven by new store openings, operating leverage, and stabilization in the domestic housing market.
"Earnings recovery will be driven by lower interest rates and the cost-reduction measures that are to be introduced by the government, " he says.
Although the economy is picking up, the equity market is going to be driven by earnings growth and corporate restructuring, which I don't see happening.
In general, investors are not placing a great deal of value in the distribution power of private equity firms and remain uneasy about the lumpy nature of their earnings, which are driven by episodic performance fees more than steady management fees.
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It goes against logic that a company is driven by current earnings and not a sustainable program of reinvention, redevelopment and research.
This implies earnings growth was not only driven by gains in efficiency and productivity, but also by increased demand for products and services.
Managers are motivated by share options and share prices are driven by changes in earnings per share.
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In all, we anticipate GE to post strong earnings growth in the fourth quarter driven by industrial businesses, somewhat offset by the slowdown in Europe.
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For public companies, decisions are driven by the quarterly earnings call.
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Prices of Rentech have slumped by more than 12% in the past one month alone, largely driven by a weak earnings report and a tepid outlook for the coming quarters.
The recovery in profits has driven down the historic price-earnings ratio on most markets.
And earnings season is a time when you see panic-driven buying and selling on display.
"In our minds, that shows the market is being driven by Fed policy, not fundamentals like earnings, " he said.
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Whether a similar rebound develops over the remaining two weeks of this April will obviously be driven in large part by how healthy corporate earnings and outlook are as this reporting season gets into high gear beginning next week.
"Earnings were generally in line with estimates, and they were driven by the increased number of subscribers" says Gabelli analyst Brett Harriss.
The bonus pay cuts were largely driven by political considerations but won't affect earnings in any significant way, said Dirk Becker, an analyst with brokerage Kepler Capital Markets.
Abercrombie is due to report second-quarter earnings Aug. 17, and RBC expects 30 cents per share driven by the 9% increase in same-store sales for the period the retailer reported Aug. 4.
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As Ann releases its Q4 fiscal 2012 earnings on March 8, we expect its strong performance to continue driven by good customer response to its fashion-based apparel, healthy direct-to-consumer growth and balanced pricing strategy.
Dow Corning's equity earnings were down 46% on a year-over-year basis, driven by severe weakness in the solar polysilicon market.
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Boeing reported a 13% increase in first-quarter earnings Wednesday, as a smaller tax bill helped the company offset softer revenues driven by a decrease in its commercial airplane business.
Short covering may have driven some of the spike as traders bought shares in front of the earnings.
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Sophisticates and Wall Streets' quantitative wizards hate the notion, but the stock market is a psychological creature driven as much by a manic depressive pathology as it is by corporate earnings and economic indicators.
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