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		<title>Key Quotes from Tiffany (TIF) on China Growth Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 20:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Tiffany &#38; Co.&#8217;s (TIF) Q1 2010 earnings call: Mark L. Aaron &#8211; VP &#8211; IR: During the quarter, we expanded Tiffany’s presence in China with the opening of an additional store in Shanghai, a substantial 6,400 square foot store in the Hong Kong Plaza, and just earlier this month, we also opened 3,100 square [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=277&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Tiffany &amp; Co.&#8217;s (<a title="TIF" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ATIF" target="_blank">TIF</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="TIF" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14365969-tiffany-co-q1-2010.aspx" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Mark L. Aaron &#8211; VP &#8211; IR:</strong></p>
<p>During the quarter, we expanded Tiffany’s presence in China with the  opening of an additional store in Shanghai, a substantial 6,400 square  foot store in the Hong Kong Plaza, and just earlier this month, we also  opened 3,100 square foot store in the IFC Mall in the Pudong section of  Shanghai. We now operate 12 stores in Mainland China and are on track to  have approximately 30 stores there within about five years.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="TIF" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14365969-tiffany-co-q1-2010.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Toll Brothers (TOL) on Real Estate Opportunities in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>China</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Toll Brothers&#8217; (TOL) Q1 2010 earnings call: Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. &#8211; CEO-Elect and EVP: International opportunities, we’re searching. We’ve been back to China now three or four times, and we may do something over there. If we do, it will be with very little capital and with a great local joint venture partner. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=274&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Toll Brothers&#8217; (<a title="TOL" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ATOL" target="_blank">TOL</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="TOL" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14342071-toll-brothers-inc-q2-2010.aspx" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. &#8211; CEO-Elect and EVP:</strong></p>
<p>International opportunities, we’re searching. We’ve been back to China  now three or four times, and we may do something over there. If we do,  it will be with very little capital and with a great local joint venture  partner. There may be opportunities outside of traditional  homebuilding. We’ve entertained chasing some large portfolios of loans  where maybe the outcome is not to see Toll Brothers’ lots, but just to  service those loans and make money. So we’re certainly considering that,  but it’s a great time for me to have this opportunity, because we’re  back to growing and that’s exciting and there is great opportunities  coming along.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="TOL" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14342071-toll-brothers-inc-q2-2010.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Frontline (FRO) on China&#8217;s Crude Oil Imports and Outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 19:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>China</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Frontline&#8217;s (FRO) Q1 2010 earnings call: Jens Martin Jensen &#8211; CEO: We are now on slide 17, which is about the market. Historically, it was a pretty decent quarter with VLCC earnings around $50,000 a day and Suezmaxes about $30,000 a day. Positive factors being limited fleet growth due to few deliveries than estimated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=269&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Frontline&#8217;s (<a title="FRO" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AFRO" target="_blank">FRO</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="FRO" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14227069-frontline-ltd-q1-2010.aspx" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Jens Martin Jensen &#8211; CEO:</strong></p>
<p>We are now on slide 17, which is about the market.  Historically, it was a pretty decent quarter with VLCC earnings around  $50,000 a day and Suezmaxes about $30,000 a day. Positive factors being  limited fleet growth due to few deliveries than estimated acceleration  of the single hull phase out.</p>
<p>Storage remained again a positive  factor with estimated 50 VLCCs being used for storage with majority  obviously would be in (whole) in ITC fleet being tied up for storage.  OPEC production was up compared to a year ago and so was the global oil  demand. <strong>China&#8217;s crude oil import remained strong and this has a very  positive ton-mile effect with large volumes being imported from the  Caribbean and West Africa.</strong> 21 single hull VLCCs have so far been removed  from the trading fleet and 9 Suezmaxes have followed the same route.</p>
<p>Slide 21, China, impressive growth and vital for the tanker and crude  oil industry. Car sales in China in 2009 was 46% up year-on-year, and  so far for the first quarter in 2010, 17% higher than the first quarter  in 2009. Q1 crude oil demand was 19% up year-on-year, and China now  accounts for one-third of the world&#8217;s global oil demand growth.</p>
<p>Also  massive refinery expansion growth in China, which is obviously  explaining some of the increased crude oil demand. But also on the  demand side, we have seen the strategic stockpiling have started to kick  in and the stockpiling tankers in China is also considering growing  over the next years.</p>
<p><strong>David Neuhauser &#8211; Livermore Partners: </strong></p>
<p>My  question actually is very similar to last caller, which is more of a  macro question. Which had to do with, China obviously makes up a third  of your market here in oil and want to see if we are seeing any further  issues with that, if we do see demand slow down here in the next several  months?</p>
<p><strong>Jens Martin Jensen &#8211; CEO: </strong></p>
<p>I had the same  question when we did our presentation this morning in Norway. And of  course this is purely my comment, but it is probably a good time for the  Chinese state now to buy some more oil when it has gone down 10 bucks.  So, that was my hope that we will see more oil going into China and some  long term mileage. But that&#8217;s my view.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="FRO" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14227069-frontline-ltd-q1-2010.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) on China Healthcare Services Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>China</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Computer Sciences Corporation&#8217;s (CSC) Q1 2010 earnings call: Michael W. Laphen &#8211; Chairman, President and CEO: Notwithstanding the difficult economic times, we remain true to our strategic direction. We expanded our footprint in the growing markets of Latin America and China. Benefitting from strong marketplace synergies, we closed our first outsourcing deals since our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=266&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Computer Sciences Corporation&#8217;s (<a title="CSC" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=csc" target="_blank">CSC</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="CSC" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14197010-computer-sciences-corporation-q4-2010.aspx?pindex=2" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Michael W. Laphen &#8211; Chairman, President  and CEO:</strong></p>
<p>Notwithstanding the difficult economic times, we remain true to our  strategic direction. We expanded our footprint in the growing markets of  Latin America and China.</p>
<p>Benefitting from strong marketplace  synergies, we closed our first outsourcing deals since our recent  acquisition in Brazil. Our new service center in Tianjin, China expands  our capabilities in this important market. We are also seeing a  healthcare services market emerge in China for which CSC is very well  positioned.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="CSC" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14197010-computer-sciences-corporation-q4-2010.aspx?pindex=2" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Dollar Tree Stores (DLTR) on China Product Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>China</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dollar Tree Stores&#8217; (DLTR) Q1 2010 earnings call: Meredith Adler &#8211; Barclays Capital: &#8230;we’ve had some discussion about some of your operating costs like fuel and ocean freight. Could you talk a little bit about what you’re seeing in terms of the cost of imported product? I think you usually have probably a good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=262&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Dollar Tree Stores&#8217; (<a title="DLTR" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ADLTR" target="_blank">DLTR</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="DLTR" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14194204-dollar-tree-stores-inc-q1-2010.aspx?pindex=7&amp;qindex=4" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Meredith Adler &#8211; Barclays Capital: </strong></p>
<p>&#8230;we’ve had some discussion about some of your operating costs like  fuel and ocean freight. Could you talk a little bit about what you’re  seeing in terms of the cost of imported product? I think you usually  have probably a good nine months of visibility into cost.</p>
<p><strong>Kevin S. Wampler &#8211; CFO: </strong></p>
<p>Yeah, we do. And honestly  we have some of the best product still come in, so it’s because the  buying trips over the past year have been very productive. Our merchants  have done a terrific job putting together these assortments with more  value, better margins. A lot of the improvements in costs that we’ve  seen obviously, as we always do, we reinvest that into more value in the  product so that we can thrill our customers.</p>
<p>But it really is with the  size of our Company and the power of our pencil and with the way we go  to market, the costs and most of our imports are from China, but our  costs out of China are very favorable and they have been consistently  favorable for about the past year. So, we’re not seeing in the domestic  product – from time-to-time there are products that tended to rise.  We’ve always felt that we didn’t have to have anything though when our  buyers are armed with that ability to drop an item. We know our retail  is a dollar and it’s all about getting the cost for that items that fits  our margin so that we can offer to our customers. If we can offer an  item to the customer, we will drop it and we’ll pick it up somewhere  else. We are very deft, our merchant payment is very deft at doing that  but it’s a very favorable buying environment right now.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="DLTR" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14194204-dollar-tree-stores-inc-q1-2010.aspx?pindex=7&amp;qindex=4" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Staples (SPLS) on Improving its China Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Staples&#8217; (SPLS) Q1 2010 earnings call: Michael A. Miles, Jr. &#8211; President and COO: Our high-growth markets generally showed improved sales trends as the economies of Asia and South America rebound from 2009. In addition to sales growth, we need to drive higher gross margin rates in these businesses, and we made good progress [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=259&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Staples&#8217; (<a title="SPLS" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=spls" target="_blank">SPLS</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="SPLS" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14193715-staples-inc-q1-2010.aspx?qindex=14&amp;pindex=1" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Michael A. Miles, Jr. &#8211; President and COO:</strong></p>
<p>Our high-growth markets generally showed improved sales trends as the  economies of Asia and South America rebound from 2009. In addition to  sales growth, we need to drive higher gross margin rates in these  businesses, and we made good progress on that in China and Brazil this  quarter.</p>
<p>&#8230;we continue to make strides in our profitability  with strong improvement in Europe during Q1. We expect to improve our  overall profitability throughout the year as we lap last year&#8217;s losses  in China and printing systems.</p>
<p>China is the other big factor for us. As you know, we lost about $50  million in Asia in 2009. We&#8217;re in the three-step process of improving  that. One is back to basics, getting out of the unprofitable businesses  we&#8217;re in and anniversaring some of the one-time costs and that&#8217;s going  to kick-in in the second and third quarters of this year, and then,  building the business, improving the gross margins there through their  merchandising and ultimately building scale there. But for us, in China,  Q1 was about the same as Q1 was a year ago. The improvement that we  expected there for the P&amp;L will be more than the last three quarters  of the year.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew Fassler &#8211; Goldman Sachs: </strong></p>
<p>&#8230;given what you see currently from I guess, printing in China in  particular, since those seem to be the biggest drags, at what point do  you cycle the issues there?, And do they start to, I guess, together  become neutral or perhaps even contribute year-on-year to the P&amp;L?</p>
<p><strong>Michael A. Miles, Jr. &#8211; President and COO: </strong></p>
<p>They  should start to be positive at least in the year-over-year comparisons  beginning in the second quarter.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="SPLS" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14193715-staples-inc-q1-2010.aspx?qindex=14&amp;pindex=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Gap (GPS) on China Retail Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Gap&#8217;s (GPS) Q1 2010 earnings call: Glenn K. Murphy &#8211; Chairman and CEO: Let me just give you a quick update on international business; everything is progressing very well in China for a late fall opening of the Gap brand in the Chinese market. And I’m seeing some very good progress with the team [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=256&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Gap&#8217;s (<a title="GPS" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AGPS" target="_blank">GPS</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="GPS" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14208274-gap-inc-q1-2010.aspx?qindex=3&amp;pindex=1" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Glenn K. Murphy &#8211; Chairman and CEO:</strong></p>
<p>Let me just give you a quick update on international business;  everything is progressing very well in China for a late fall opening of  the Gap brand in the Chinese market. And I’m seeing some very good  progress with the team on strategy, definitely some thoughtful ideas,  when it comes to our value proposition, and really the real estate team  is starting to get good traction.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="GPS" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14208274-gap-inc-q1-2010.aspx?qindex=3&amp;pindex=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) on China Economic Turmoil and WiFi Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Marvell Technology Group&#8217;s (MRVL) Q1 2010 earnings call: Glen Yeung &#8211; Citigroup Capital Markets: Top of mind for a lot of investors these days is, what is going on in Europe and what&#8217;s going on in – to maybe a lesser extent what&#8217;s going on in China. I wonder if you guys can address [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=250&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Marvell Technology Group&#8217;s (<a title="MRVL" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AMRVL" target="_blank">MRVL</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="MRVL" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14208403-marvell-technology-group-ltd-q1-2011.aspx?pindex=5&amp;qindex=10" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Glen Yeung &#8211; Citigroup Capital Markets: </strong></p>
<p>Top of mind for a lot of investors these days is, what is going on in  Europe and what&#8217;s going on in – to maybe a lesser extent what&#8217;s going on  in China. I wonder if you guys can address anything you may be seeing  there – if you are not seeing it that&#8217;s fine too, and see if there is  any change in order patterns or anything that you might detect in those  regions?</p>
<p><strong>Clyde R. Hosein &#8211; CFO and Secretary: </strong></p>
<p>Nothing specific, Glen, in order patterns. We are aware that the  economic particularly in Europe we see lesser in China, but it could  affect some demand particularly on the PC side. But we think – but  haven&#8217;t seen anything specific in order patterns yet. And it is  questionable how big that could be. I think this is more of a  macroeconomic issue, not anything specific.</p>
<p><strong>Sanjay Devgan &#8211; Morgan Stanley: </strong></p>
<p>&#8230;a lot of has been made recently about  the iPad and the launch of products similar to that from other vendors.  I was wondering if you can just talk about how Marvell is positioned to  capture that wave as it comes in and what are your thoughts on that  market as an opportunity for you guys?</p>
<p><strong>Dr.  Sehat Sutardja &#8211; Chairman, President and CEO: </strong></p>
<p>Obviously, this is  an area that we&#8217;ve been looking out for the last several years. This is  exactly the kind of markets that we are targeting. Markets that require  high performance processors, markets that require high-performance  graphics, 3D graphic engine, markets that require full HD  functionalities, so if you look at our product that we introduced early  this year, the ARMADA family, this is a market they are targeting for  the next generation types of iPad tablet solutions. You consider this  just as a higher end version of our cell phone chip. In cell phone we  typically incorporate slightly less performance and less graphics  capability, less video capability. On the tablet types, we beef up those  functions.</p>
<p>Yeah Wi-Fi, this is our strength. Okay have  Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi combos, FM radios, Wi-Fi Bluetooth FMs  and Ethernet, gigabit Ethernets and power managements, battery back  life, battery chargers, audio technology, also the baseband. So it  depends on the market. <strong>We target it for the market in China and we have a  CDMA-base where they will be targeted in China.</strong> If the target market  has seen in other parts of the world then we have 3G baseband. So in a  sense that this is a market there is similar in terms of size of market  but the volumes post opportunity is similar to smartphone, but it comes  in a bigger form factor. So I usually talk to people in terms of what  this tablet will – this tablet fits between the laptop and smartphone  market, but the volume is similar, more closely similar to a smartphone  market than the laptop market. So, it means that this is huge  opportunity for companies like us they can develop very low power, high  performance application processor, and complete solutions.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="MRVL" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14208403-marvell-technology-group-ltd-q1-2011.aspx?pindex=5&amp;qindex=10" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 19:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Chico&#8217;s FAS (CHS) Q1 2010 earnings call: Kent A. Kleeberger &#8211; EVP, CFO and Treasurer: I will tell you that at least as it relates to the current environment, some pressures we are beginning to see is getting squeezed a little bit on the inbound freight cost, particularly air, because there has been some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=246&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Chico&#8217;s FAS (<a title="CHS" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ACHS" target="_blank">CHS</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="CHS" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14152413-chicos-fas-incchs-q1-2010-earnings-call-transcript.aspx?pindex=5&amp;qindex=4" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Kent A. Kleeberger &#8211; EVP, CFO and Treasurer:</strong></p>
<p>I will tell you that at least as it relates to the current environment,  some pressures we are beginning to see is getting squeezed a little bit  on the inbound freight cost, particularly air, because there has been  some artificial demand created because of reduced capacity. So, if  anything, I look at these initiatives with our sourcing group as being  able to offset some of those incremental pressures, but we’re trying our  work our way through that. I think our strategy go forward is and the  sourcing perspective is not only to cease upon the piece goods, but we  certainly have to take a look at country of origin, <strong>because obviously  I’m hearing and a lot of people are validating that there are some  inflationary pressures particularly on the labor front in China and it’s  been our strategy that started as much as 16 months ago to begin moving  some production out of China into other areas in the Pacific Rim such  as India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, et cetera.</strong> So, I’m very much  encouraged with the progress that we’ve made so far, but there’s still  much work to be done.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="CHS" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14152413-chicos-fas-incchs-q1-2010-earnings-call-transcript.aspx?pindex=5&amp;qindex=4" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Key Quotes from Analog Devices (ADI) on its China Communications Business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Analog Devices&#8217; (ADI) Q1 2010 earnings call: J. Steven Smigie &#8211; Raymond James &#38; Associates: I was hoping you could talk a little bit about the comm business in more detail. If I look back over the past number of years, seem to sort of flattish dollar-wise, and maybe some classification change there or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ezramarbach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13356845&amp;post=244&amp;subd=ezramarbach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Analog Devices&#8217; (<a title="ADI" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AADI" target="_blank">ADI</a>) Q1 2010 <a title="ADI" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14133868-analog-devices-incadi-q2-2010-earnings-call-transcript.aspx?pindex=5&amp;qindex=2" target="_blank">earnings call</a>:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>J. Steven Smigie &#8211; Raymond James &amp;  Associates: </strong></p>
<p>I was hoping you could talk a little bit about the  comm business in more detail. If I look back over the past number of  years, seem to sort of flattish dollar-wise, and maybe some  classification change there or something, but you obviously said that  there was some maybe 20% growth there in the wireline business, but  overall still sort of flattish, can you talk how that might rollout over  the coming year, do you think we can see better growth going forward  out of that?</p>
<p><strong>Jerald G. Fishman &#8211; President  and CEO: </strong></p>
<p>This is in the communications, specifically?</p>
<p><strong>J. Steven Smigie &#8211; Raymond James &amp; Associates: </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>Yes, just overall communications.</p>
<p><strong>David A.  Zinsner &#8211; VP, Finance and CFO: </strong></p>
<p>Yeah, I think that business is  obviously a very large customer business, and when one customer does  well, often you see that customer is flattened out for a while.</p>
<p>Clearly,  the part that we were disappointed in this quarter was that few of our  large customers in China, we actually saw a decline this quarter, which  was anomalous for that business mainly because there were some well  publicized push-outs in China capital spending in the communications  business. I think, as we go forward, we&#8217;ve looked at the order book  pretty carefully, particularly over the last month or so, and based on  the orders that we have on the books from our customers in China, we  expect that we&#8217;re going to get – we’ll have third quarter be a good  growth quarter in that business in China, and we’ve enjoyed all the ups  and downs in the wireless market.</p>
<p>Over the last couple quarters, the  non-China business has continued to grow. So, I mean, we have a very  solid position with the largest market shareholders in Asia and in  Europe, in Unites States. If anything, I think our share is better than  it was two or three years ago. So, I think as that business ebbs and  flows with capital spending and inventory cycles with those customers, I  think, the wireless communications part of the business is going to  continue to be a good growth driver for us in coming years. It tends to  be a little lumpy for sure, but what I tend to pay attention to the most  is the feedback we’re getting from the customers about our position,  about how we’re doing. The award we got from Huawei was a great  substantiation of the fact that we’ve an enormously strong position in  one of the strongest players in the base station business in the world.  So we also have very strong positions in other very significant players,  to Ericsson, and so on. So, I think, we have a very good balance, and  we have a very strong position, which is going to continue to have that  business be a good business for us for a long time in the future if we  keep executing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Full transcript <a title="ADI" href="http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/14133868-analog-devices-incadi-q2-2010-earnings-call-transcript.aspx?pindex=5&amp;qindex=2" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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