Matt Miksic Quotes on Management (2 Quotes)

The plant closings and consolidation make sense to us and should be viewed favorably by investors. We suspect that management is once again being overly conservative in pushing the potential cost benefits out to 2008.

The disappointing fourth-quarter results indicate to us that, like its peers, Beckman Coulter faces a tougher environment and management does not yet have its arms around the one-offs that have been negatively impacting its margins.