Patricia Russo
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"Patricia F. Russo" is an American businessperson most widely known for having served as chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies and its successor, Alcatel-Lucent, a large communications equipment manufacturer. She currently serves on the board of directors of HP, General Motors, Merck & Co. and ALCOA, Inc. She serves as Chairman of the nonprofit organization Partnership at Drugfree.org. Following HP's planned split into two companies, Russo is poised to serve as Chairman of HP Enterprise.

Forbes magazine rated Russo as the tenth on its Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women/list of the most powerful women in 2006.

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Without a doubt, the prospects (of China-US economic and trade relationship) are bright.

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It's still unclear exactly when the economy and spending will return.

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I think what we're seeing is a much tighter holding on spending than we would have expected, ... It's really a general tightening that we've seen across the board that's been commensurate with releases we've seen in that time period.

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We have seen China's economy growing at 8-9% over the past few years and in particular within the telecom industry there has been rapid developments in technology and innovation enhancements.

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Some of our recent wins in China demonstrate our services capabilities.

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We see China as an important growth area for Lucent's global businesses and an important resource center.

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Only in the last couple of weeks have we seen the effects of a general tightening on spending that has caused us to modify our expectations, ... We still see growth, but we thought it prudent to share that we see a tempering.

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We absolutely have sufficient liquidity to fund the operations of the business and return to break-even.

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