Of course, an outgoing chairman is free to negotiate as much as possible and a board, while expected to protect shareholder interests, is equally free to determine a reasonable level of compensation.
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While not expected to change Micron's strategy, analysts said Appleton's death could slow consolidation in its industry.
Another lackluster figure: it shipped just 6 million smartphones in the quarter, while analysts expected closer to 6.9 million.
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In other words, Verizon posted EPS of 54 cents, while analysts expected 55.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2012 reflects year-over-year growth of about 25%, while the expected growth rate for 2013 is 30%.
The U.S. economy added 200, 000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%, while analysts expected gains of 150, 000 jobs and unemployment of 8.7%.
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While few expected Chairman Bernanke to give markets a third round of quantitative easing, several asset classes responded to what can be seen as additional easing.
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While many expected Barcelona to meet Real Madrid in the final, Dortmund defeated Madrid 4-1 in Germany last week and hung on Tuesday for a 4-3 aggregate win.
Chris Smith , of The Ramblers' Association, said while he expected routes such as the South Downs Way to be protected, the local paths were most at risk.
It said that, while it expected modest falls in house prices into 2013, it predicted price rises of six per cent a year across England from 2015 to 2017.
There would be a widespread hard frost, with ice a hazard, on Wednesday night while snow expected for Scotland and northern England on Thursday morning would bring the potential for disruption.
Instead, while many expected Burns to work behind his jab to frustrate the champion, he engaged with 'Rocky' Martinez in a scintillating bout that had fans and reporters alike on their feet.
While we expected to see some improvement, the outlook is more promising than we had hoped: during the past year, nearly 90% or 151 of the 172 industries queried had positive sales growth.
While taxpayers expected minor glitches associated with a late start to the tax season, the magnitude of the delays, especially those involving the form 8863 for education credits, took the tax world by storm.
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Florida is expected to suffer a loss of 79, 459 jobs while Pennsylvania is expected to lose 78, 454 jobs.
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Almost half said they expected turnover to be static in the next six months, while 23% expected it to increase.
The bullish consideration relates to expectations, which is what our modern earnings-season culture is all about as we often bid up the prices of shares of bad companies whose performance is a bit less bad than previously expected while we dump shares of great companies whose performance turns out a little less magnificent than expected.
In a survey of market participants by Kitco News, 50% expected higher prices, while 30.8% expected lower prices and 19.2% expected prices to be unchanged.
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According to the LA Times, for Fox Sports 1 to live Speed TV will die this fall, while Fuel TV is expected to be replaced by Fox Sports 2 while Fox Soccer is turned into an entertainment channel.
Looking ahead, although the market for monitor panels will remain stagnant, demand for tablet and notebook panels is expected to increase on seasonal education-related demand while TV panels are expected to lift due to Chinese Labor Day sales and the London Olympics.
Meanwhile, sales have come in below forecasts, declining 0.2%, while analysts had expected 0.5% growth.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's March business-activity index showed expansion, while economists had expected contraction.
Excluding items, the company earned three cents per share, while analysts had expected 13 cents per share.
Construction is set to begin next year while operations are expected to commence in 2016 or early 2017.
Adjusted earnings per share were 50 cents, up 4 percent, while analysts had expected 42 cents per share.
While Democrats were expected to win control of the House of Representatives, they did so by a greater-than-expected margin.
Some 15% anticipated increasing their staffs, while 11% expected a drop in payrolls.
Central Massachusetts was bracing for 4 to 8 inches of snow, while Boston was expected to get a little less.
The real GDP growth rate of China was 7.4%, while India is expected to grow by around 6% in FY 2012.
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City have also been linked with moves for Carlos Tevez and Samuel Eto'o while Chelsea are expected to spend big, too.
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