Steve Butler Quotes (9 Quotes)

Investing in Japan was an easy decision. It not only broadens our major account sales coverage, but also allows us to provide local customer support to a growing user base. It is strategically important for Carbon to have close ties with many Japanese electronic design firms to drive our product development. Our seasoned team in Tokyo will keep our momentum going while tailoring our offering for the Japanese market.

Our joint venture with Qwest capitalizes on this explosive new market by creating the industry's first total solution for managed and implemented business applications,

We have been keeping our Iraq coverage going and that is a more important story. It has U.S. soldiers there, people are very interested in it, and it lends itself better to breaking news.

It's about six more months. A lot of it depends on what the retail activity is and the season -- how much demand there is, whether people are buying products. It seems to fluctuate a little every year, kind of like the weather almost.

With so many changes set to occur and the prospect of financing a college education overwhelming anyway, we wanted to provide the community some unbiased information to help make the smartest financial decision possible. This workshop will provide timely information on how to reduce the total cost of a college education.

We made significant strides in turning around the business during 2005. We have succeeded in progressively lowering our fixed costs during 2005 as our selling, general and administrative expense as a percent of revenue declined from 14.5 in the first quarter to 12.1 in the fourth quarter. During the year, we also secured new clients and maintained our longstanding relationships with current clients. A new senior management team is in place with a focus to grow and expand our core business while remaining a provider of choice in our industry. We are encouraged with the progress we have made thus far and we will continue to seek opportunities to improve our results and diversify our revenue base in 2006.

Rising commodities prices definitely contributed to the fortune of the Canadian dollar today. Commodities have been a positive factor for the Canadian dollar in 2005 and the market expects good news to continue this year.

The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags behind that in the U. S. The big question is whether the Bank of Canada can keep up the pace with the Fed to narrow the rate gap.

Canada still looks great, the fundamentals are still quite positive.