Rivers downplayed the regular-season results, noting the Celtics dominated Atlanta during the 2007-08 season, only to be forced to seven games in the first round.
Ebay was pacing the advance in tech, after reporting a record year for 2012 and holiday season results that were better than anticipated Wednesday.
As for Shumpert and Prigioni, they combined to hit seven 3-pointers in the clincher at Boston, their improved offensive games part of the reason the Knicks aren't worried about the regular-season results.
In a season when results are typically down, Samsung managed an increase, demonstrating how much things have changed in just the past year.
FORBES: Within Trend From PCs To Phones Lies Samsung's Besting Of Apple
But with strong season tickets sales and good results on the pitch so far this season, the club said it expected better financial results for 2012-13.
"A very successful holiday season delivered record results, " said chief financial officer Troy Alstead in a statement.
Taylor took over in May 2008 and led them to promotion in his first season, but results this term have cost him his job.
With Rangers' experience last season in snatching results away from home in Europe, the players showed no sign of panic in the first half.
However, when asked to identify the budget range for gifts during the holiday season, the results fall into the same budget ranges as they did in 2009.
Half of them lost at least 5 games and as a whole they have lost 42 games so far this season (bowl results will add to this total).
Sanjeev Prasad at Kotak, a broker, says that the recent results season saw a host of firms booking losses as the value in rupees of their foreign debts rose.
Most of Monday's focus was on Alcoa, which provided the traditional kickoff to earnings season, but results from railroad operator CSX came barreling down the tracks and trumped the aluminum producer's results.
Mercedes chief Norbert Haug says Michael Schumacher will concentrate on improving his results this season but will go for the title in 2011.
To date this season, his best results have been sixth in the Gent-Wevelgem and fourth on a stage of his home event, the Tour Down Under.
Meanwhile, the nation's retailers had a strong start to the holiday shopping season, according to results announced Saturday by a national research group that tracks sales at mall-based stores.
The first Test, meanwhile, will take place at Brisbane's Gabba on Thursday, where wet conditions in the build-up have ensured low scores and plenty of results in early season domestic games.
Meanwhile, Alcoa will officially kick off the start of another earnings season when it releases its quarterly results.
Ferguson is hoping United's poor performances and those of the other English teams are a "one-off" and results will improve next season.
CNN: Ferguson: English Premier League title race is not over
Meanwhile, Alcoa (nyse: AA - news - people ) will officially kick off the start of another earnings season when it releases its quarterly results.
Alcoa kicks off earnings season with its first-quarter results Tuesday, but investors are less concerned with the prior quarter than with company projections for the rest of the year.
However, the weaker than expected holiday season is likely to weigh on the results.
Agnico-Eagle Mines kicks off third-quarter earnings season for gold producers when it reports results after the close of trading Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The Tea Party triumph in Delaware is one of the most significant results of the entire primary season, says the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Washington.
As I look at all this data and what I see as the growing norm, it looks like this shopping season may end up with very similar results to a year ago.
They lost to St Helens at Old Trafford but failed to build on that and struggled at the start of the 2007 season before going on a run of results that propelled them up the table and to a final fourth place finish.
Kicking off earnings season, Alcoa posted second quarter results after the bell on Monday, hitting EPS expectations of 32 cents right on the head as the Dow component realized higher prices and saw increased demand, despite a weak U.S. dollar and rising energy and material costs.
FORBES: Alcoa Doubles Net Income And Reaffirms Guidance Amid Nervous Markets
Sales were flat compared to the fourth quarter, reflecting disapointing results in the crucial holiday sales season.
The Linnets won promotion to Blue Square North by winning the Southern League last season and, despite a poor run of results in recent weeks, have accumulated enough points to avoid finishing in the bottom three.
And after a protracted selling season where buyers sat on their wallets, the results were hardly encouraging.
应用推荐