Richard Hunter Quotes (18 Quotes)

The market could not be more equally split on prospects for the company and so the consensus must be that there is not much further to go for at these levels.

The certification is important, especially for customers who want to export their product. It's a much broader market than what we had before. I'd probably say over half of our business right now is medical.

The fact remains that Tesco is the darling of the sector and is best equipped to cope with any slowdown in consumer confidence or the side-effects of a higher oil price,

We are scratching around looking for some good news and there isn't really a lot around.

For the president of the company and his executive colleagues to take personal responsibility is refreshing.

Clearly the ebullience that was in the stock has been pretty much taken away today. There are similarities to what happened with technology stocks five years ago.

It has been established in Asia so long it has the ability to cherry pick from the emerging Chinese middle classes.

The online gaming market is currently climbing a large growth curve and the advantage 888 has over PartyGaming is that its business is more diverse, with two-thirds of its income derived from casino games, especially roulette and blackjack.

The general rundown of fixed line incomes and increasing competition are not hampering growth.

These figures have given a much needed fillip to the gaming sector and have gone against the grain in insisting that online poker in particular is still showing signs of growth.

It's unclear what level of analysis is being done beforehand to determine appropriate levels of security for particular systems. In most businesses, it's a waste of resources to protect every system to the maximum extent possible. Some systems just aren't that mission-critical.

The two things which initially the market was looking at are pretty unchanged -- the two things that have been moving the market all year. One is the oil price and the other thing which has made the market frothy of late is the continued mergers and acquisitions speculation.

It is a fairly unloved stock at the moment. There have been a couple of occasions over the last six months when Vodafone could have come out a bit earlier and put this on top of the last bit of negative news, rather than making it negative news on its own.

I think the days of ups and downs are behind us. I think people are beginning to realize that the growth here is being sustained. Obviously our goal is to be a profitable company and return those benefits to shareholders. That's why I'm here.

One of the things that has been weighing us down has been the retailers and to have a piece of good news from one of the better known names has been a bit of a relief.

The report shows that Real Madrid have overtaken Manchester United as the world's biggest-earning football club. However, that is not necessarily to say that they are a more profitable club, since the report makes no allowances for costs or expenditure.

The company has been profitable during each of the last 4 quarters and our customer base continues to increase and am hopeful that the market will react favorably to this information.

The wholesale and international contribution have masked some of the worrying trends in the retail side of the business.