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A sub-5 percent rate is an important signal to the rest of the country that the North Carolina job market is strong despite the significant restructuring occurring.

Michael Walden

Now that we've accomplished the monumental task of restructuring, our next focus will be on incrementally improving our operations. Going forward we will be challenging ourselves to operate as efficiently as possible, leverage our core strengths and bring customer service to the highest levels of performance.

John Denison

We are pleased that the judge's ruling recognized the sound business judgment and the sacrifice of everyone at Delta. We need to move forward with the restructuring of the company.

Dan Lewis

As we continue to execute our business restructuring program, Frank's deep knowledge of both our financial and product portfolio will be key.

Henry Schacht

The effect is going to be to indefinitely defer things he's wanted to do, like Social Security [restructuring].

William Niskanen

Although we believe GM can reduce capacity and structural costs over the long term, the company will emerge from restructuring with lower earnings power and operating leverage. With a lower dividend, the costs of investing in this longer-term restructuring story have increased dramatically.

Jon Rogers

It's a major restructuring. I don't want to downplay it.

Buzz Hargrove

The restructuring is positive for Kimberly but it's also facing difficulties that it can't control.

Jim Dorment

I'm not sure why they didn't have the Q&A session today or even a conference call with analysts when they first announced the restructuring.

Sean Mcgowan

Completing this contract is an extremely important step in our restructuring process.

Mark Burgess

Is it possible that, at the margin, there might be a change? Might there be a restructuring on its use for second homes? Possibly.

Nicolas Retsinas

The first step to dealing with sleep deprivation is restructuring priorities to allow for adequate sleep.

Peter Johnsen

We've looked at it. If they go into restructuring, the fallout in the supply base happens very quickly.

Brandon Walker

If I had to give a grade to Howard Stringer, I'd give him a C-plus. He talks a lot about restructuring in cost reduction. He doesn't really talk about stirring growth.

John Yang

SmithKline is central to the restructuring of the pharmaceutical industry that is going on at the moment. With a 2 percent share of prescription drugs they need to get bigger. But they are also the right size for some of the market leaders to find them attractive.

John Reeve

The industry's profit margins have widened considerably despite the strength of the rand against the dollar. The benefits of restructuring and consolidation are now coming through. I just hope the industry doesn't let costs slip again.

Stephen Roelofse

We are in a phase of restructuring and want to take advantage of every available day to prepare for our first year.

Christian Horner

The key question now is whether Porsche will accelerate the restructuring program at Volkswagen.

Jens Schattner

(The takeover) helps us to anticipate future restructuring in the retail sector. For example, we cannot imagine that rival Aeon will not do anything after this.

Hitoshi Yamamoto

This is the fourth consecutive quarter of operating expense reductions and reflects the rapid completion of our restructuring program and stringent cost control.

Jeff Clarke

The industry is in the process of a radical restructuring. It is the bleakest time.

George Hamlin

This is one part of the restructuring effort. The larger part of the effort will result in a flatter organization than what we currently have. Some positions will be eliminated.

David Trusty

This restructuring plan is a major step in returning Albertson's to peak competitive condition, ... The associated charges will be justified in a relatively short period of time.

Larry Johnston

We are just beginning the restructuring process.

Kent Robertson

We will not volunteer for restructuring until these matters are resolved to our satisfaction.

Jane Kenyon

This restructuring will make MGM a much stronger and effective competitor, resulting in cost savings and revenue enhancements that will far exceed the related charges.

Alex Yemenidjian

Sony's higher forecast is a positive signal that the restructuring and efforts to improve finances and other reforms are leading to results. It's a turning point.

Shigemi Nonaka

I'm confident this first phase of the restructuring plan sets the course for us.

Richard Clark

We have had some increase in flight attendants leaving the company and expect that to continue as we continue our restructuring. We certainly understand that it is difficult to make these kinds of adjustments in one's personal and professional lives.

Kate Moser

Appointing a strong Business Development Director with a proven track record, who already knows Constructing Excellence well, is a big step forward in the restructuring of Constructing Excellence. He has an important contribution to make in demonstrating the value we provide to new and existing members of Constructing Excellence.

Don Ward

What's been changed from the past to now is that after the restructuring, the company has more diversified shareholders...we see that the company is trying to improve public confidence.

Ken Chan

Privatization means better electricity supply, a restructuring of the industry, mergers and acquisitions. Prices of electricity shares have been lagging and they have room to move up more.

Celso Senise

This is a major piece of (the restructuring), and highly strategic.

John Matthews

A restructuring needs a year to work, and I'm not sure the markets have accepted that.

Falk Reimann

This really is the first post-Cold War massive restructuring there.

Sheila Smith

The charge for credit cards should help upcoming quarters for loan losses. Also, the company should benefit more than most from ongoing restructuring, including $800 million of remaining merger savings.

Michael Mayo

This definitely increases the likelihood of a restructuring.

Shelby Seyrafi

He's competent. The restructuring of Linde is to his credit.

Stephan Thomas

We're going to wait until Feb. 26 to see what they say about their restructuring, but our forecasts say they'll break even in 2002, ... It is possible they could be profitable in the first half, but we think it's unlikely.

Michael Dean

One wishes that he would say the problem is not simply a budgetary one. The problem is a structural one. The Republicans can properly fault the Clinton administration for giving so little attention to the restructuring of the post-Cold War force.

Andrew Bacevich

A lot of people are calling this a fare war, ... It's not. It's a fundamental restructuring of our business model. Delta's not trying to impose a solution on the industry.

Paul Matsen

Certainly, we'd like to think some of the restructuring we've done has had an impact.

Officer Chris Amos

Companies have become relatively competitive through restructuring measures, but consumers had to pay the price.

David Kohl

It's symbolic. It's still a restructuring story.

Patrick Juchemich

Coke is at an increasing disadvantage, ... Pepsi is locking up the non-carbonated segment. Coke is dealing with restructuring its internal problems while Pepsi is being proactive about growth.

Caroline Levy

There are lots of other places to cut costs, including direct-to-consumer advertising. But even with a radical restructuring, Pfizer will need multiple new blockbusters to make up for shrinking sales of drugs losing patent protection -- and doesn't have them.

Max Jacobs

While the developments on the fleet are positive, we still have some important work to do on our restructuring.

Kate Moser

It's a fairly extensive restructuring. I don't go into the reasons, but you can infer why.

Jim Duquette

They've been able to realize higher prices and volume. Kraft's working through a restructuring, trying to get back to consistent growth.

Keith Patriquin

This is a case of Silicon Valley restructuring and repositioning once again.

Russell Hancock

Today is the first step in our plan to position Planet Hollywood for a return to long-term profitability and healthy growth, ... in the aggregate, [they] will generate positive cash flow through this restructuring process.

Robert Earl

While numerous challenges remain, results set a positive tone for today's restructuring announcement.

Rob Hinchliffe

The numbers are distinctly better than we were looking for. The improvement in the infrastructure business is a sign that the restructuring is coming through.

Peter Knox

While fundamentals are admittedly weak, given the stock's weak recent performance, we are reluctant to get incrementally bearish, particularly ahead of a potential restructuring announcement.

Himanshu Patel

The comment that there is no long-term future without restructuring, especially for its German plants, is decisive.

Michael Punzet

We view cost-cutting as the largest opportunity for Sun to improve financial performance and believe the company is set to announce a restructuring over the next 6 months.

Rebecca Runkle

I think a lot of the banks have done some restructuring in order to prepare for the flat yield curve and the fact it will be around for a while.

Meghan Crowe

The city has made a mess of firefighters' salaries because of the restructuring process, which is taking far too long.

Helen Zille

Restructuring is the first step and that's the easy part, but what they don't have yet is a viable business model. The market won't accept hollow promises.

Carlos Dimas

While we achieved our goal of restructuring to improve our cost base and competitiveness, we had to deal with the challenging telecommunications market.

Antonio Perez

The company's efforts to improve productivity and much more aggressively manage their asset base is really starting to become more evident, ... We see this certainly from the standpoint of the company being well ahead of schedule for its restructuring.

Nicholas Heymann

People are expecting that they will be paying for the restructuring of the social system, and that is probably showing up in the numbers.

Andreas Rees

It's a whole different ball game when the priority is 6-12 restructuring or when it's 6-12 restructuring but don't add a dime.

Tom Parker

Essentially, they're going to reinvent Tulane. The kinds of changes they are likely to make would be the most significant restructuring of any American college or university in the last century.

Terry W. Hartle

Excluding restructuring and the other non-recurring items we discussed, I expect to see strong second- half performance with solid double-digit earnings growth from our core businesses.

William Johnson

After lengthy consideration, we have decided that this is an appropriate time to deal with the issue through a restructuring.

Van B. Honeycutt

Airlines moved fast after Sept. 11, re-engineering, restructuring. But governments have not played a role.

Giovanni Bisignani

Most people in cardiology would say that more is better. If Abbott does acquire the Guidant business, there's very little overlap. There's probably not a lot of restructuring to come.

Bruce Cranna

Utilities used to provide reliable service in return for higher rates, ... But with the restructuring of the industry, it moved from almost a 100 percent emphasis on reliability to a greater emphasis on economy -- on cheaper rates.

Greg Williams

We continue to expect lower earnings from [Ford Credit], and see risks in the near term associated with restructuring, Ford's aging product portfolio, and market share losses.

Jon Rogers

There is a lot of business and balance sheet restructuring to be done that would benefit from being away from the public eye but, once complete, the price is a compact, good quality, highly cash generative company.

Nigel Parson

The Nikkei average is expected to consolidate at current levels. Investors are hunting for selected firms whose earnings are set to recover on their restructuring efforts.

Yasuo Ueki

I think the big picture restructuring is probably complete. But they could be opening the door to doing something larger on the acquisition side.

Wilf Gobert

As part of our restructuring plan, we need to build strong brands.

Paul Ballew

Companies are restructuring to make themselves fit for the future. Investors are looking for companies that are engaged in that process. It's a positive.

Boris Boehm

The restructuring of ATA to enhance its long-term competitiveness has involved the hard work of many dedicated ATA employees. My heart and thanks goes out to each and every one of them.

George Mikelsons

It's a turning point. Sony's higher forecast is a positive signal that the restructuring and efforts to improve finances and other reforms are leading to results.

Shigemi Nonaka

Despite many unknowns about how a three-way deal between Delphi, GM and the UAW will be structured, we are increasingly confident that the Delphi restructuring will happen out of court.

Darren Kimball

Although the earnings of the private bank did not increase from those of the comparable period, this entity met expectations after taking account of the restructuring exercise. The restructuring enables the delivery of an enhanced service offering to a larger number of customers.

Steve Booysen

There's a lot more focus on the individual sectors from the investors' standpoint. From a management standpoint, there's a change in priorities. If they're focusing on restructuring, they're not focusing on the core business.

John Boland

He can, if he does the restructuring smartly, save more than he will be paid. He is a master at this, and it is not an easy task.

Daniele Seitz

We like restructuring stories, and look for a better entry point to potentially get more constructive.

Keith Bachman

While we don't expect management to partake in major near-term restructuring, we believe the idea provides support for the stock.

Jeffrey Bernstein

The polarization between households and the corporate sector is a phenomenon seen in the course of the economic restructuring process.

Park Seung

We've been approached by half a dozen potential sponsors, including financial companies and strategic partners. It's one of the options we have, including restructuring the company ourselves.

Kozo Hiramatsu

Expects there will be more consolidation in the industry. Right now, Delta is focused on its own restructuring efforts.

Chris Kelly

That said, we continue to favour GM over Ford due to the former's more favourable 2006 product cycle and its more aggressive restructuring approach.

Himanshu Patel

We continue to believe Fairchild is an early stage restructuring story with the most gross margin leverage in the group.

Tim Luke

Restructuring of the board has nothing to do with funding.

Marjorie Hodges

Bob Jones has resigned as president and CEO and from the board of NCED. He will no longer be involved as an officer of NCED, but he will continue in an advisory capacity as the board continues the restructuring.

Marc Schwartz

What we're finding out is (restructuring) will have very little impact on those numbers.

Richard Hartley

We continue to push hard to remove costs, complete the restructuring of our traditional assets, drive digital revenue and earnings and pursue our cash goals, ... We are building a strong digital company for the future.

Antonio Perez

It can be seen as a positive sign that vigorous corporate restructuring is underway. But the negative impact would be larger as it would dampen individual consumption.

Kunihiro Hatae

We expect the restructuring plan to provide ongoing cost savings and enable Lucent to break-even in fiscal Q1 2002.

Ariane Mahler

The process of restructuring and seeking qualification would be long and arduous.

Matthew Paull

Our plan calls for power plants to remain available for operation to provide reliable supplies of electricity. We intend to move through this restructuring process as quickly as possible to regain our financial health and to take the necessary steps to become a stronger and more competitive energy provider.

Robert May

These revised covenants and conditions are definitely achievable, given reasonable market conditions, ... Our Phase II business restructuring program will enable us to create a sharper, leaner Lucent, and will enable us to return to profitability and positive cash flow during fiscal year 2002.

Frank D'amelio

There are a lot of reasons why (Wall Street) just isn't happy about this restructuring.

James Kelleher

The excellent [1%] improvement in gross profit margin excluding restructuring charges during the quarter exceeded our expectations, and was the largest quarterly gross profit increase we have seen in three years.

Reuben Mark

Looking at profits, the quarterly result was very disappointing but high restructuring costs were booked, which weighed on earnings. What is gratifying is that order inflow is well above expectations.

Heino Ruland

The schools are the ones taking on the responsibility of restructuring, and we help set up the principles and model [for them to follow].

Dr. Gerry House

What is gratifying is that order inflow is well above expectations. Looking at profits, the quarterly result was very disappointing but high restructuring costs were booked, which weighed on earnings.

Heino Ruland

Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated. Our analysis suggests that the Volkswagen brand has a production overcapacity of 1 million vehicles per year.

Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer

Everything possible must be done to avoid it (job losses) and it (restructuring) has to be done in that spirit.

Randall Howard

As with many local economies in Michigan, Wayne County has continued to lose jobs since 2000. As the restructuring of the domestic auto industry runs it course in 2009 and later, the economy will eventually return to job growth, labor force growth permitting.

George Fulton

The rapid restructuring of Yves Saint Laurent has laid the foundation for profitable future growth.

Domenico De Sole

The main difference this time is the restructuring of the domestic economy, playing down the excessive debts and other hangovers from the asset bubble of the 1980s, and those adjustments have been done. In the past we've had recoveries driven by export growth but no real adjustment in the broader economy in areas outside of exports and manufacturing.

Stefan Worrall

This agreement recognizes the contributions our employees make and at the same time allows GM of Canada to manage the business through restructuring and reduced overall costs, with appropriate controls on cost growth in areas such as health care.

Al Green

Quality is a little hard to figure out, but strong asset management incentive fees offset weaker restructuring fees resulting in in-line revenue.

Chris Meyer

As we have previously said, the magnitude of the worldwide restructuring program the company is undertaking imposes significant challenges to ensure the appropriate accounting.

Robert Brust

You watch. The first thing these airlines will do when they get on the other side of bankruptcy will be to announce exciting new growth opportunities. We'll be off to the races again and headed for another restructuring.

Vaughn Cordle

The restructuring of the Chrysler Group is moving along well, ... Work force reduction is proceeding according to plan, and agreements on cuts in the cost of materials in 2001 have already been reached.

Juergen Schrempp

While revenues are lower, we continue to be pleased with the progress we are making on our repositioning and restructuring initiatives, ... In particular, our focus on gross margins and productivity improvements continue to contribute to improved profitability.

Alan Lacy

This plan of reorganization is a win for all of us. With the restructuring of our debt and operations, we can remain a strong and innovative competitor in the marketplace.

Mark Burgess

The overcapacity problem has provided a very good opportunity to promote restructuring in the steel industry.

Luo Bingsheng

This debt restructuring was an important step for Stream's financial status and allows the Company to pursue further debt financing arrangements.

Iwona Kozak

Major restructuring efforts should no longer be seen as a one-off event. They have become a rather regular feature.

Ton Gietman

Lucent has experienced some delay in executing its restructuring plan but [we] believe that the company is finally starting to feel a sense of urgency about its return to profitability.

Ariane Mahler

Further cutbacks and restructuring at the large U.S. automakers and slowing activity south of the border bode for steady, but not spectacular, gains.

Jennifer Lee

What's really happening is a restructuring. There are companies spread out all over the valley that do nothing but help other companies get started.

Doug Henton

Although the IDS business will be affected by slowing growth for defense spending, its overall performance should remain solid, aided by organizational restructuring.

Roman Szuper

I do think a restructuring of Microsoft would be more complex. That could be a new challenge.

William Kovacic

We believe FEI is poised for improvements in operating efficiency following the conclusion of its reorganization and restructuring efforts in 2005. We see FEI as undervalued due to its prior struggles and believe that the impact of its recently completed reorganization has yet to be appreciated by the market.

Joanne Feeney

It's a complicated business with a very simple story--restructuring and turning around a very large company.

Philippe Brugere

Whether it was a sale or transfer to government the conditions or service would not change, neither would jobs be lost as a result of the restructuring.

John Dludlu

Daimler is being saved by Chrysler and financing, especially with all the restructuring costs at Mercedes.

Michael Raab

Our restructuring is being done with the express understanding that the conditions of service cannot be adversely affected.

Pradeep Maharaj

Looking at the restructuring, it will make the bond holders more comfortable at the expense of the minority shareholders, ... If they get TIM out from under TI, bond holders will have better access to one of the crown jewels in the TI portfolio.

Raymond Hill

The Company netted positive cash flow of $15.9 million during 2005 -- after funding all of our operating needs, $20.2 million in capital expenditures, $15.0 million in pension contributions, $5.2 million in restructuring costs, and $26.6 million in dividend payments.

Dennis Rediker

Now we're moving into an environment where we've got consolidation at the industry level [and] restructuring at the bank level. It's really anybody's guess right now who the winners and losers are going to be.

James Fiorillo

Chrysler is doing well because of a massive restructuring two to four years ago, and thanks to investment in new products. This is mainly a cost reduction story, but also a product story.

Jürgen Pieper

It is a surprise in timing. People were expecting a restructuring of the assets some time before the end of the year.

James Lindsay

If you look at what's performing today in Germany, it's DaimlerChrysler as it looks like they are restructuring at a faster pace than the market expected, and this is precisely what the story is about for markets.

Patrik Schowitz

It's hard to read the press release without drawing conclusions that the board is now willing to take more aggressive steps toward restructuring.

Jon Cartwright

We are still on track with the previous announced restructuring and the voluntary offers close today. Once that is done we see where we are and make decisions.

Bill Price

If they do reasonably well on the operating side and they don't have all these payments for restructuring, they could be cash flow positive, which could be very good for the company. That's what people are looking for.

Clark Orsky

Republic Airways has been operating as a US Airways Express carrier since earlier this month, and we are pleased to complete this additional step in our expanded relationship as well as in our restructuring efforts.

Bruce Lakefield

We've made much progress in this past quarter, especially in getting our inventory more closely aligned with sales, restructuring our organization into functional operating units and putting people in key leadership roles.

David Dyer

Koizumi is being seen as more of a reformist, which plays well with the urban voting blocs, ... But regional factional support seems to be with Hashimoto, and also there's an issue with him on the fiscal reform and debt-restructuring front.

Richard Gibbs

By organizing our core business into individual business units, there has been duplication of tasks and responsibilities that have not been supported by our sales growth. By restructuring our organization into functional areas, not only will we be more efficient, we will also be much more effective.

David Dyer

Building 20 was like a barracks but for the next 50 years people didn't feel bad about sawing down a wall somewhere, knocking down a wall, restructuring it.

Rod Brooks

That's tremendous for consumers. That's a huge benefit of the restructuring act.

David Botkins

The wages (in Macomb) are still higher than most, across the board, but this is one more indicator ... of the restructuring of our economy.

Kurt Metzger

There may be too many steel companies but there are not too many steel workers, and any restructuring must preserve the jobs of the workers who have made sacrifice after sacrifice in order to keep the industry alive in the face of a flood of unfairly dumped foreign steel imports.

Leo Gerard

The restructuring of our economy has caused a lot of angst, ... I want my success to depend on me.

Steve Hockett

Investors are optimistic about the Hong Kong and China story with the recent news on new initial public offerings and restructuring in the telecom sector.

David Williamson

As demand for aluminum strengthens, we will capture the efficiencies generated by last year's strategic restructuring of our operations.

Alain Belda

It's disappointing. We had expected more action in terms of restructuring, such as outsourcing parts production or job cuts.

Jens Schattner

I regret the impact that our decision at Thunder Bay will have on our employees, their families and the community. However, this restructuring is essential for the viability of this site. Also critical is an improved operating environment in Ontario.

Arnold Nemirow

It's a significant restructuring.

Eric Bosshard

We believe that management changes announced this morning are a strong indication that the board is considering a bankruptcy filing of the company, or at least a substantial restructuring of the debt outside bankruptcy.

Elizabeth Parrella

If they don't get their sales up, it's not going to be enough. There is going to be ongoing restructuring.

Efraim Levy

For the past six months we have been putting plans in place to accelerate restructuring actions to address our high-cost footprint and we are now ready to implement those plans.

Ed Breen

We are very pleased to have entered into this arrangement with Merrill Lynch. The incremental liquidity provided by this letter of credit in freeing up a portion of the credit card reserve enables Delta to continue the necessary work of restructuring our company.

Ed Bastian