He succeeded brilliantly: 114 detailed maps in line with the text, hundreds of margin notes, a header on every page showing time and place, and 11 appendixes that illuminate military, economic and political concepts of the time.
The figures right now, with Gore leading by a small but steady margin, are right in line with the predictions of seven political scientists' models unveiled at a conference in September, all of which predicted a Gore victory.
At EM, although overall sales were relatively in line with initial expectations, the lower-margin Asia business had a stronger than expected quarter, which was offset by a pronounced slowdown in the Americas region.
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But she says the company now should be able to growing more in line with the markets, after pruning low-margin PCs and shifting focus to corporate PC upgrades and adding Wyse, while also acquiring companies in storage, networking, software and services.
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In particular, why does EMC do so well, with a 35% market share in its line of business and a 19% net profit margin?
Best Buy also said it continues to expect 2013 comp store sales, gross margin, earnings and inventory levels to be in line with previous expectations.
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Operating margin stood at 20.0%, in line with the prior year.
The company sees adjusted gross margin for the quarter of 40%, about in line with the 39.6% in Q2.
But we have to be very careful indeed in translating a per unit gross margin into the effect on the bottom line of the company.
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As long as growth is sufficient (and it is), there is room to offset video cost pressures in the U.S. with scale benefits below the gross margin line.
Gross margin for Q2 is expected to be approximately 44% and in line with historical trends.
The company after the close yesterday reported January quarter results that were ahead of expectations in terms of revenue and profits, but which disappointed the Street at the gross margin line.
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There were 43 cars in the 500 mile race and the winning margin was one foot with eight cars crossing the finish line nearly at the same time.
Should bonuses come off the top-line, bottom-line, be based on contribution margin, be subjectively or objectively distributed, be paid in cash, stock, options, profit sharing, perks, or some other mechanism?
Combined with the cost reductions implemented, this top line growth resulted in sequential adjusted operating income growing four times faster than revenue and adjusted operating income margin increasing 95 basis points to 3.3%.
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They were to drop on the spot he played that shot from, drop in the drop zone, or drop on a line between himself and the hole from where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard.
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