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The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Corinthian's Q2 Report Card The past couple of quarters have not been kind to Corinthian's margins (or its stock, either). Primarily as a result of the firm's weak margins, its stock looks a bit pricey.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Snap-On The company's cash from operations has been on a general downward trend for quite a while. Investors need to look for signs that this trend has truly reversed before jumping in.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2005 W.D. Crotty	HP's Stuck in the Margins Hewlett-Packard's third quarter shows an improvement in operating margins, but there's still room to improve. The stock is leading the New York Stock Exchange's most actives list and is one of the top five percentage gainers for the day.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Tim Beyers	Why Margins Matter What are margins? Investors, there are three that matter when studying an income statement. Let's run though each, one at a time.
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The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Get Dow Chemical on the Cheap Its dividend looks good, and most of the cash it's gushing comes from all over the world. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 David Meier	Meet the Margin Hogs These stocks offer fat margins and fatter returns: FactSet... Paychex... Medtronic... Genentech...
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The Motley Fool October 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Bank on Online Resources Shares of the payments facilitator and online banking software provider took a tumble on nothing discernible. The company's third-quarter 2006 earnings report is still yet to come. Does someone know something?
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The Motley Fool August 29, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Chemical Industry Slowing? Railroad loadings of chemicals have declined recently. But investors with a contrarian bent, who would also enjoy a 3.1% dividend yield, should look at Dow Chemical.
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Abbott Puts Its Money on the Table: Fool by Numbers The pharmaceutical released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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The Motley Fool December 17, 2007 David Lee Smith	Dow Chemical Lands a Big One Following a couple of months of speculation, Dow Chemical discloses some big plans.
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The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers in Season In its fiscal first-quarter earnings release back in November, the company promised improved margins later in the year. Investors, don't expect to see the whole bump all at once.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Todd Wenning	Positive Adjectives Abound at Dow The chemical company is looking to grow all over the world.
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The Motley Fool February 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Blackboard in Session Blackboard's margins are nothing short of astounding, and the rate at which it is growing those margins leaves "astounding" in the dust. The downside to a record like that: Investors likely expect an earnings beat on Monday.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2004 Rich Smith	Buy the Dow The only discordant note in Dow Chemical's earnings report came from its cash-flow statement. The company's revenues for the quarter surpassed $10 billion, a 26% increase over Q3 2003.
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