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| egoism |
| DEFINITION: |
(noun) excessive concern with oneself; conceit. |
| EXAMPLE: |
Robert's egoism was so great that all he could talk about was the importance--and the brilliance--of his own opinions. |
| SYNONYMS: | self-centeredness, arrogance, conceit |
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JESSICA'S DIVA DEMANDS
Jessica Simpson, 25, likes to act clueless, but she can swing her celebrity weight like a pro. According to a studio source, weeks before the press tour for The Dukes of Hazzard began, "we were bombarded with a six-page pamphlet of demands for Jessica from the office of her dad, Joe Simpson." Among Jessica's requests: paid accommodations for her hairstylist and assistant in the same hotel as Jessica; a wardrobe budget estimated in the thousands of dollars; cases of Evian water; and paid private...
• JEN FREAKS OVER ANGELINA'S NEW BABY
• JULIA STILES, GWYNETH PALTROW AND MORE!
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| Currency | U.S. Dollar (USD) | Euro (EUR) | Canadian Dollar (CAD) | Japanese Yen (JPY) | Australian Dollar (AUD) | | USD | 1 | 1.245600 | 0.831739 | 0.00910498 | 0.772200 | | EUR | 0.802504 | 1 | 0.667474 | 0.00730678 | 0.619694 | | CAD | 1.201700 | 1.496837 | 1 | 0.0109415 | 0.927953 | | JPY | 109.7800 | 136.7420 | 91.30833 | 1 | 84.77213 | | AUD | 1.294163 | 1.612009 | 1.076406 | 0.0117833 | 1 |
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 Protesters Outside, Bush Toes Iraq Line
President Bush, joined at right by senior members of his administration, talks to reporters after meeting on defense and foreign policy issues at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. From left to right are: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The wide-ranging talks touched on violence in Iraq and standoffs with Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs to anti-American sentiment abroad, especially in the Middle East. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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2:51 pm PT Essex conference call summaryþKEYW : -Update- Mentions material weaknesses in internal controls at acquired Windermere unit, cites Sarbanes-Oxley. Will be implementing corrective actions, says Sarbanes-Oxley will drive up SG&A expense... Regarding optical encrypter partner agreements, expects to see substantial rev and income next year, but doesn't rule out seeing some this year... Sees services gross margins relatively flat going forward; this quarter they were pleasantly surprised by increase in margin... Reaffirms they still see exiting the year at 6-8% operating margin... Regarding material weaknesses at Windermere, they stem from size of Windermere and the fact it wasn't a public co previously... Expects to see improvement in operating margin next year... Believes that margins will be substantially better with commericial customers vs govt customers... Co had significant increase in receivables, expects them to come down... Says this is definitely a peak in capex... Regarding acquisition strategy, most likely acquisitions are in govt intelligence technology sector; hopefully more product-oriented than services-oriented... Co gets a lot of attention from govt sector regarding radar product.
| 2:02 pm PT Hewlett-Packard to acquire Scitex Vision assets for $230 mlnþHPQ :Co announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Scitex Vision for $230 mln from Scitex (SCIX). Co says the acquisition expands H-P's leadership in large-format printing into the industrial super-wide category.
| 1:38 pm PT Allion Healthcare beats by $0.09, guides Q3 above consensusþALLI 18.88 -0.07:Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.02 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.09 better than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $(0.07); revenues rose 97.5% year/year to $28.6 mln vs the $28.1 mln consensus. Co expects Q3 and Q4 results of $30-32mn/$0.02-0.04 vs consensus of $30mn/$0.02. Also, co expects Q4 sales/EPS of $32.5-34.5mn/$0.04-0.06.
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