"This is just a sort of ambit claim to get Foster's to hike the price, " said ABN Asset Management analyst Matthew Hoult.
At the time, he was commuting to London during the week to work at Odey Asset Management as an analyst.
Of course management should attend analyst and shareholder meetings to explain the strategy but the need to give a guidance that would be met 3 months hence in an environment where visibility was poor could be dispensed with.
First Solar's management, the analyst added, was also one of the few who were willing to say that there was a less than 50% chance that the investment tax credit legislation, commonly referred to as ITC, will pass by the end of the year.
Prior to serving as a VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester for enterprise apps strategy and contract negotiations, he headed up the customer relationship management (CRM) analyst relations program for PeopleSoft.
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Earlier in his career, he worked as a financial analyst at Tiger Management.
But Chris L. Shaw, a UBS analyst, believes management won't take securities off the shelf anytime soon.
My background includes marketing, product management, sales and industry analyst roles in the enterprise software and IT industries.
"What's changed over the past three to five years is management credibility, " says analyst Vinay Saqi of Maverick Capita, a private hedge fund.
Theresa Wise, media analyst with global management consulting and technology services company Accenture, told CNN she understood why Branson was crying foul over BSkyB's accumulation of ITV shares.
Brands management, at its recent analyst day in New York, pegged the estimated effect of the avian flu scare in China at a 20% sales decline over the next six weeks.
When an analyst from Healthcor Management, a New York hedge fund, showed up to the Boston confab without a ticket to hear what Elan had to say, the company refused to let him in.
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"The market reaction is overdone, " Mark Hesse-Withbroe, an analyst at Victory Capital Management said.
Ann Miletti, analyst for Strong Capital Management, says options for stock in Go.com, Disney's Internet property, can keep its executives from defecting to rivals like Etoys.
Benjamin Griffith, an analyst at Caravan Capital Management, a global frontier fund for high net worth individuals, says the fund has been reducing its weight in Sri Lanka.
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Jeff Embersits, an analyst at Shareholder Value Management said Yahoo!
Priceline "took advantage of a pretty benign competitive environment" in Europe, but that is going to change, says Terrence Kontos, an analyst with Fred Alger Management in New York.
"There is just a lot of uncertainty right now and it shows with sector underperforming this year so far, " says Gleb Zarkh, an equity analyst with Talon Asset Management.
"The employment numbers are not good news, but they're still in line with the trend of continuing deterioration in the job market, " said Bill Stone, chief market analyst at PNC Wealth Management.
Hunt Transport Services were down nearly 3% Thursday after a downgrade call from an analyst at RBC Capital Management said volumes have not been strong enough to lead to an outperforming fourth quarter.
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David Abella, an analyst at Rochdale Investment Management, expects Wal-Mart to take advantage of the difficult environment by cutting prices further in an effort to attract shoppers away from competitors, as well as convince those tight on cash to keep buying.
Legg Mason has going for it a diverse fund mix, consistent growth and strong management, says Daniel Goldberg, an analyst with Bear Stearns.
Mark Mowrey, editor of the Prudent Speculator TechValue Report and analyst at Al Frank Asset management, cautions investors to stay diversified.
While Waste Management's yield is high, analyst Scott Levine at J.
Moynihan made the comment after an analyst asked him and his management team why no one was buying stock at the current cheap levels.
"I can't see any way Sony can possibly achieve that kind of number, especially since its business has been shrinking, " said David Rubenstein, senior technology analyst at Religare Global Asset Management Japan.
Bradley Ball, an analyst at Citigroup, said the management shifts were needed to increase investor confidence.
He said there has been speculation swirling around Oracle over the last couple of days after analyst notes have been released saying management's guidance is at risk.
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