Word: bullish
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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With the heaviest lifting behind it, Philips needs to address its underperforming share price: the stock has slid 20% on the Amsterdam bourse since July. Citigroup analysts are bullish, however, calling Philips "a growth company masquerading as a restructuring story." Whatever happens, Philips has faced tougher times. Just a short drive across town from the Eindhoven plant, you can visit the company's first factory, where beginning in 1891 it manufactured incandescent lightbulbs for ships and hotels. Back then, the company needed to churn out 500 each day to turn a profit. At the start, it could manage only...
...online video in which its public-policy chief says Mitt Romney "has acknowledged that Mormonism is not a Christian faith, and I appreciate his acknowledging that." But a Romney spokesman has told TIME that's not true: "The governor has not made that acknowledgment." Focus, which is more bullish on Romney than on his rivals, says the video will remain in its online voter guide. And that's fine with the Romney camp, a senior adviser tells God-o-Meter. After all, the misinterpretation is less likely to anger those evangelical voters who don't want Mormons calling themselves Christian...
...indication, the smoking ban will hurt most in the first year, but new customers will emerge to take advantage of the benefits of a smoke-free environment. And while many pubs are closing, there are also new ones opening. The new tenants of the Greene King are bullish: "We wouldn't enter the market unless we thought we could survive." And there are still plenty of Britons who'll drink to that...
...Andrew L. Schlafly, Jr. '10, who chairs Harvard Students for Huckabee, pointed out a Rasmussen poll released yesterday that, for the first time, shows former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leading among Republican primary voters nationwide. But the representative for former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney, David A. Lorch '08 was bullish nonetheless. "Support a candidate who really has a chance of winning," he told Paul's supporters. Schlafly drew attention to policy details. Speaking about illegal immigration, he said that while Huckabee believes in being tough on illegal immigrants, unlike other candidates, he does not want to punish their children. Lorch...
...China isn't just a huge laboratory; it is the world's seventh largest Rx market and rising. Last year's sales of $13.6 billion are expected to double by 2010. With an aging Chinese population increasingly plagued by cancer, diabetes and heart disease, "we're incredibly bullish on the marketplace possibilities," says Liam Condon, president of Bayer Healthcare China, which recently doubled the capacity of its Beijing factory. "We are going to launch over 20 new products in the next five years," he says...