In many respects, your employees have the same expectations as your customers: they have the same desire to remain connected and to accomplish their tasks where and when they choose, on the phone, tablet, or computer they prefer.
The other options, of working for a charity or an environmental task force, may suffer from the same low expectations as the ill-fated Community Programme in the 1980s.
Announcing that the position is in loss will lead to an expectations change among those other traders of that same instrument: and expectations changes change prices.
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So at the very least, I expect that the same standards and expectations regarding faculty and staff conduct be applied to athletic coaches.
Import prices rose by 0.3% in the same month contradicting expectations of a mild decline and boosting the annual pace of increase to 14%.
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At the same time inflationary expectations appear to be quite well anchored, and so we do not project rapid declines in inflation or deflation.
On Thursday, the company reported fourth quarter earnings, beating profit estimates and easily topping same store sales expectations, but coming in slightly short on revenue.
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Analysts had upbeat same-store sales expectations, largely due to reports from many retailers that store traffic was good and holiday promotions were successful.
Some 66% of companies beat expectations at the same point in the reporting cycle in 2010.
The growth in the first quarter decelerates below forecasted expectations causing these same economists to fall over themselves with downward revisions.
Macy's slid four cents, or 0.1%, to 40.87, even after it beat expectations and projected same-store sales for March and April combined will be higher than previously anticipated.
It reported a 5.3% gain in same-store sales, below expectations for a 9.5% increase, but in line with the company's estimates.
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Guidance for the current quarter followed the same pattern with EPS guided above expectations but sales forecasts were more conservative than consensus expectations.
Alcoa (AA) announced that it earned six cents per share during the fourth quarter, versus a loss of 4 cents in the same period during 2011, meeting expectations.
For example, The Avengers set the bar for the Marvel brand, and now Iron Man 3 clearly is perceived as having met expectations to deliver the same entertainment value.
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Both measures suggest same store sales are running ahead of expectations thus far in May.
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Now Roberts was doing nearly the same thing to upset decades of settled expectations.
Also indicative of the general mood of the economy, sales of motor vehicles subtracted 0.34% to the figure in the same quarter where Ford Motors hugely missed expectations.
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Energy traders do the same thing with unleaded futures based on inflated expectations of summer driving.
At the same time, the Philly Fed index topped expectations, despite marking a fifth consecutive month of declines.
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Among retailers, Target (TGT) and Gap (GPS) both reported April same-store sales which fell short of expectations, sending shares lower today.
Assisted Living Conceptsposted diluted earnings per common share of 37 cents, compared to 25 cents in the same quarter last year, and beating analyst expectations.
At the same time, sales of existing houses widely beat expectations, rising 4.82 to million units.
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They are the same men who will be most disappointed if those expectations are dashed.
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The same reason most of us get stressed: frustrated expectations.
The quickest solution is to bring someone in who is knowledgeable about how to get everyone on the same page in regards to communicating where there are realistic expectations and assumptions, not judgments and old school thinking.
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That was down about 5% compared with the same period a year ago, but above many analysts' expectations.
Minus the 25 cents per share charge from the recapitalization, Domino's earned 38 cents a share, 1 cent below the same quarter a year ago and 5 cents below analysts' expectations for 43 cents per share.
In a semiannual report to Congress, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told politicians that commodity-price inflation, and oil prices more specifically, could pose a threat to economic growth and price stability if sustained at high levels, while at the same time reassuring markets and politicians that inflation remained low and expectations stable.
Such are the expectations that Mr Uribe has generated, many fear the same roller coaster ride for him.
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