He apparently wanted to wait until GM could command a better share price and then have the company go fully public at once instead of in several installments as per the current plan.
By the way, given the scale of this housing market intervention, it is quite difficult to see how it can be withdrawn in three years, as per the current plan, even if the final decision on whether to pull it becomes the responsibility of the Bank of England - in that the shock to the market of ceasing this state-underwriting could be pretty severe.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 67 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 72 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 66 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 95 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 37 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 48 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 79 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 81 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 7 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 10 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 73 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 75 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 18 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 20 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 28 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 30 cents per share.
The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 87 cents per share to the current projection of earnings of 90 cents per share.
These particles boost storage densities to as high as 150 gigabits per square inch from the current standard of 35 gigabits per square inch.
According to Motorwave, the new technology can reduce energy bills by up to 50 percent and costs between 10 and 20 per cent of current small wind turbine systems to run.
The six states with the highest current per-gallon charges--California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Michigan and Indiana--all levy taxes based on a percentage of the price of gasoline, meaning when the cost of gas goes up, the state's tax take per gallon goes up too.
Also poised to gain: the network's bottom line. (As a 50% owner and its namesake, there are significant incentives for the self-made billionaire as well.) Despite its reach--OWN is a re-branding of an already established cable service, Discovery Health Channel, so it counts some 75 million in its current subscriber base--it earns only 13 cents per subscriber in its current non-Winfrey form, according to industry research firm SNL Kagan.
Fuel duty has risen from 45.82p per litre in March 2001 to the current 57.95p per litre.
The report suggests that public companies stop their issuing of earnings guidance, or at least offer an annual guidance that includes several earnings per share numbers instead of the current system of including one EPS number per quarter.
Edison reported earnings of 35 cents per share, meaning current estimates reflect a 82.9% increase.
Excluding restructuring charges, management expects to report earnings of 47-51 cents per share for the current quarter.
Such a policy would likely do 500 times more good per dollar invested than current subsidy schemes.
In the year-ago quarter, FirstEnergy reported earnings of 77 cents per share, meaning current estimates reflect a 5.2% increase.
In the year-ago quarter, Schlumberger reported earnings of 98 cents per share, meaning current estimates reflect a 8.2% increase.
In the year-ago quarter, Herbalife reported earnings of 86 cents per share, meaning current estimates reflect a 20.9% increase.
In the year-ago quarter, CIT reported earnings of 17 cents per share, meaning current estimates reflect a 294.1% increase.
In the year-ago quarter, Microchip reported earnings of 42 cents per share, meaning current estimates reflect a 4.8% increase.
An increase of more than two pence per litre on the current base price, the news follows negotiations with farmers.
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That is 60 per cent above the current level which suggests AEM is a buy for patient investors who can tolerate risk.
It is also adding 15, 000 items per day from its current reporting.
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This would seem to be an optimistic goal, given the lukewarm sales of standard hybrids, even with gasoline at its current inflated per-gallon prices.
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This will affect oil prices, with Business Week estimating that Japan will have to add at least 300, 000 barrels per day to its current consumption of 4.4 million barrels a day to compensate.
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