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Earnings highlights: Amazon, Apple, Caterpillar, Hershey, McDonald's, UPS ...

Trey Thoelcke — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:20:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings reports, Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), McDonald's (MCD), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), New York Times'A' (NYT), Bank of New York (BK), Hershey Co (HSY), Gannett Co (GCI), Morgan Stanley (MS), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), SLM Corp (SLM)

Here are some highlights from last week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

AirTran Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AAI) reported its third consecutive quarterly profit and will increase capacity.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares soared after it reported very strong Q3 numbers.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported stellar Q4 results, driven by the popularity of Macs and iPhones.
BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Q3 earnings soared, due in part to a tax benefit, and assets managed grew.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) revenue surged sequentially but note the would be flat going forward.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) beat Q3 earnings expectations and shares rose though revenue slumped.

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3M beats in Q3, delivers gain in free cash flow

Steven Mallas — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:20:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings reports, 3M Corporation (MMM)

3M (NYSE: MMM) is one of those solid stocks that investors love to sock away in a core portfolio. It was down when pessimism about the economy was at its peak, but it's coming back now that Wall Street is becoming comfortable with the idea that the economic clouds will eventually give way to rays of macro sunshine.

Earlier in the week, 3M reported a great quarter. No, it wasn't so great on a comparable basis. The company, which counts Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and DuPont (NYSE: DD) as colleagues, suffered a decline of almost 6% on the top line in Q3. Earnings per share on an adjusted basis, which came in at $1.37 per share, were down 3.5%.

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Closing Bell: DJIA component earnings lift market (EBAY, HTE, MI, MCD, MMM)

Jon Ogg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST

Filed under: eBay (EBAY), McDonald's (MCD), 3M Corporation (MMM)

Markets rose substantially at the end of the day, in part led by the strong earnings reports from 5 of 30 DJIA components this morning alone. This was despite the discussions of the risks of the US's Triple-A rating, another drop in home prices, and despite weekly jobless claims heading higher.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,081.31 +131.95 (1.33%)
S&P 500 1,092.91 +11.51 (1.06%)
Nasdaq 2,165.29 +14.56 (0.68%)

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Great stocks at better prices

Jim Cramer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: 3M Corporation (MMM), S and P 500, DJIA, Cramer on BloggingStocks, Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says that as long as we're trapped in a commoditized stock market, use the futures to go bargain-hunting.

What if individual stocks want to go up, but the market wants to go down? Don't laugh. In 1982, when The Kansas City Board of Trade started trading Value Line futures (before there were S&P futures), we used to kick around in securities classes what would happen if eventually stocks became so commoditized that individual companies couldn't be removed from the gravitational pull.

For example, we know today looks like a terrible day, with Europe down horribly and our futures real soggy. But then we look and see that J. Crew (NYSE: JCG) (Cramer's Take), one of the best retailers, is not just saying that the fall season is good; it is saying it is blowout beyond imagination. The big Dow stock 3M (NYSE: MMM) (Cramer's Take) is not just saying that things are getting better; it is showing that business is very strong. The monster insurer and fellow Dow stock Travelers (NYSE: TRV) (Cramer's Take) is boosting the dividend and showing you how a responsible financial can behave.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Weak dollar powering profits

Jim Cramer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Electric (GE), Market matters, International Business Machines (IBM), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Boeing Co (BA), EMC Corp (EMC), Honeywell Intl (HON), United Technologies (UTX), Eaton Corp (ETN), Cramer on BloggingStocks

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the weak dollar is benefiting U.S. corporations and no longer going against them.

Why have the industrials been so red-hot? Why do they seem to levitate? One reason, of course, is that people think the economy's getting better. A second reason is that even if the economy stands still vs. last year the comparisons will be amazing and nothing gets the juices going more rapidly than easy comparisons.

Why will they be so glaring? First, the layoffs have been brutal, the cost-cutting immense and it hasn't hurt at all ... yet. It is totally and unequivocally positive.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Fundamental distortion

Jim Cramer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), Wal-Mart (WMT), PepsiCo (PEP), Intel (INTC), Market matters, 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America (BAC), Costco Wholesale (COST), FedEx Corp (FDX), Research in Motion (RIMM), Procter and Gamble (PG), Lennar Corp'A' (LEN), Toll Brothers (TOL), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Palm Inc (PALM), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), United Technologies (UTX), Wells Fargo (WFC), salesforce.com inc (CRM), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), Cramer on BloggingStocks, Marvel Entertainment (MVL)

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the action that is linked to the futures markets, such as oil, is distorting rational analysis.

Maybe one day we can escape the commodity linkage and begin to trade on the fundamentals again, something that seems more distant now than any time I can recall. We are totally marching to gold, to oil, to copper, and not the fundamentals.

Throughout the era in which China has become a superpower and hedge funds have become the super arbiters or what goes up or down, we have been stuck with this fairly bogus linkage that corrupts trading and makes a mockery out of some of the most important financial analysis out there, the actual attempts to discover what's really happening at companies.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Catch the big move, or it'll get you

Jim Cramer — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:20:00 EST

Filed under: General Electric (GE), Market matters, 3M Corporation (MMM), Costco Wholesale (COST), Kraft Foods'A' (KFT), Cramer on BloggingStocks

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says takeover deals and major stock upgrades are going to be hard to fight.

Worldwide funded freight train coming at you. Hard to fight. Hard to stand in front of. That's what I think is happening here. It is clear that Ron Insana, in his fabulous Market Movers commentary this morning and with his quick moves to catch some of the move, totally agrees with me. It doesn't take much to see that Doug Kass is going full bore against me.

I feel like Michael Corleone in the lamented Godfather III. Every time I want to get out, they pull me back in again, and this time the pull is from the macro, where the central bankers keep plowing the money in, and from the micro, where one of the biggest deals in ages -- the Kraft (NYSE: KFT) (Cramer's Take) hostile on Cadbury -- reminds us that stocks aren't expensive, they are cheap.

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Has Wall Street betrayed businesses with auction rate securities?

Connie Madon — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:30:00 EST

Filed under: 3M Corporation (MMM), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), US Airways Group (LCC), Texas Instruments (TXN), Financial Crisis

What are auction rate securities? How did these securities cause billions in losses to investors and businesses?

Auction rate security, according to Wikipedia, "refers to a debt instrument (corporate or municipal bonds) with a long term maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset at a dutch auction."

Throughout the 1990s and up to 2008, bank loans became more expensive. As a result, ARSs became increasingly attractive. They were lower in cost and flexible for variable rate debt. Auctions were typically held every 7, 28 or 35 days.

So what happened to cause such big losses?

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: You can't afford to be certain

Jim Cramer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Ford Motor (F), Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), International Business Machines (IBM), AT and T (T), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Citigroup Inc. (C), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY), Best Buy (BBY), FedEx Corp (FDX), Verizon Communications (VZ), Lennar Corp'A' (LEN), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Stocks to Buy, Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), Cramer on BloggingStocks

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says if you wait for market conditions to reach perfection, you'll be waiting a long time.

You know what? I am going to wait until I am sure housing has turned before I buy the homebuilders like Lennar (NYSE: LEN) (Cramer's Take) and Pulte (NYSE: PHM) (Cramer's Take). I am going to wait until the foreclosures peak before I buy Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) (Cramer's Take) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) (Cramer's Take).

I am going to wait until unemployment goes down before I buy 3M (NYSE: MMM) (Cramer's Take) and Disney (NYSE: DIS) (Cramer's Take) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) (Cramer's Take) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) (Cramer's Take).

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Earnings highlights: Caterpillar, DuPont, GE, Halliburton, Texas Instruments ...

Trey Thoelcke — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:40:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings reports, General Electric (GE), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Halliburton (HAL), Boston Scientific (BSX), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Texas Instruments (TXN), United Technologies (UTX), Eaton Corp (ETN)

Here are some highlights from last week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) posted a smaller-than-expected Q2 net loss as steel prices rise.
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) posted a better-than-expected Q2 profit on strong overseas sales.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) shares jumped after it beat earnings, missed revenues, and offered guidance.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) shares declined after it posted a higher-than-expected profit but lower revenue.
Eaton Corp. (NYSE: ETN) disappointing results were a sign that the bulls are in charge, said Jim Cramer.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Q2 earnings and sales declined, dragged down by finance and NBC units.

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Before the bell: Futures higher after Ford's surprise profit, ahead of data

Melly Alazraki — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:40:00 EST

Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Earnings reports, Deals, Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon.com (AMZN), Ford Motor (F), Market matters, McDonald's (MCD), AT and T (T), 3M Corporation (MMM), American Express (AXP), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Economic data, Oil

U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday morning after Ford reported a surprise earnings and following some mergers-and-acquisition activity. Another fresh wave of earnings releases awaits investors today, as well as jobless, homes data.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) surprised Wall Street this morning when it posted a profit in the second-quarter of $2.3 billion due mainly to a huge gain for debt reduction. While Ford would have reported a loss of $424 million, or 21 cents per share, without special items, the loss is still far smaller than the 50 cents analysts had expected.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: The senate won't pass this onerous health bill

Jim Cramer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EST

Filed under: Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Cramer on BloggingStocks

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says he counts at least six Democrats who won't fall in line -- this bill hasn't a chance.

Everyone's fretting about the new tax brackets -- or at least everyone who's rich or who lives in a high-tax state -- over the health care plan coming out of Congress. Everyone thinks that Nancy Pelosi can never be defeated. She is a juggernaut. More powerful than a speeding bullet. Etc.

But the Senate could be a different story. Remember Pelosi and co. need 60 votes, and there are exactly 60 Democrats. There are two publicly quoted Democratic senators who are not even the most likely biggest objectors -- Sen. Ben Nelson from Nebraska and Sen. Evan Bayh from Indiana.

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Earnings highlights: Bank of America, Amazon, Coke, eBay, UPS, Yahoo!, IBM, and more

Trey Thoelcke — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:40:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings reports, Yahoo! (YHOO), eBay (EBAY), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Amazon.com (AMZN), International Business Machines (IBM), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Bank of America (BAC), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Merck and Co (MRK), Hasbro Inc (HAS)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported strong Q1 results easily beat expectations.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) posted better-than-expected Q1 earnings, helped by home refinancing.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported its first quarterly loss since 1992 and cut its revenue outlook.
Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) posted Q1 earnings that were in line with expectations, but shares fell.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) posted better-than-expected Q1 earnings despite a decline in sales.

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3M misses Wall Street's mark -- sell the stock?

Steven Mallas — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:10:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings reports, Industry, General Electric (GE), 3M Corporation (MMM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD)

3M (NYSE: MMM) had a not-that-great first quarter. The declines were significant and ugly. First, net sales plunged over 20%. Second, net income on an adjusted basis likewise spiraled out of control, declining over 40% to $0.81 per share. And no, that didn't meet expectations. Wall Street was looking for $0.86 per share. Sorry, gang.

You've got the dollar and the global recession to blame. Currency translations affected sales, and declines in economic activity didn't help much, either. Many people look to 3M as a staunch dividend play. As such, cash flow is important. Unfortunately, the statement of cash flows this quarter was hard to read. Net cash from operations decreased 30%, and free cash flow lost 35% of its value when compared to the year-ago period. Thankfully, there was enough free cash to cover the dividend.

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Closing Bell: Pre-G20 rally caps worn at April Fool's party (GE, FITB, MMM, HMC, GOOG)

Jon Ogg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:20:00 EST

Filed under: Google (GOOG), General Electric (GE), 3M Corporation (MMM)

Today's rally came after dismal employment data, but less-bad manufacturing data actually came to rescue. You can always try to hold out hopes that Thursday's G-20 meeting is going to yield great results. There is a full primer on this G-20 meeting that may curb your expectations for what comes from the G-20 meeting. The vote on mark-to-market from FASB will be held tomorrow, and this is still expected to be a game-changer. Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 7,761.60 +152.68 (2.01%)
S&P 500 811.08 +13.21 (1.66%)
Nasdaq 1,551.60 +23.01 (1.51%)

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Don't let this rally fool you

Jim Cramer — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel (INTC), General Motors (GM), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Market matters, 3M Corporation (MMM), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Chevron Corp (CVX), U.S. Steel (X), Wells Fargo (WFC), Politics, Oil, Cramer on BloggingStocks, Recession, Financial Crisis

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says economic fundamentals haven't changed enough to make last week's rally a lasting force.

Stocks are the tools to tell the tale, and last week made you want to own stock. The banks showed you they need not be wards of the state, GM (NYSE: GM) (Cramer's Take) acted as if didn't need to be a ward of the state and oil held its own. Drug companies, among the enterprises with the best balance sheets, decided to "give up" and combine in the face of diminishing returns courtesy of changes in governments worldwide, but particularly in the United States, that would impinge on long-term profitability.

Most important, the backtracking of Obama in his position toward business, something that would never be articulated but most surely occurred as the stock market was no longer ignored -- a Bill Clinton moment in a tone-deaf White house -- set a better tone for risk-taking.

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Ten stocks to fall in love with again: #9 3M (MMM)

Jim Woods — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: 3M Corporation (MMM), Stocks to Buy

In this tough economic environment, why not choose a company with as many solid revenue-generating divisions as possible?

And when it comes to having many sources of revenue, you can find no better example than 3M (NYSE: MMM).

The diversified giant has its hands in so many market segments that the company is somewhat difficult to classify.

Industrial and retail products such as tape are its bread and butter, but it also makes products like filtration systems; products used in the manufacture, repair and maintenance of automobiles, boats and aircraft; medical and surgical supplies; optical film and lens solutions for electronic displays; office supply products; construction and home improvement products; home care devices ;and even personal protection products.

It's hard to live life without using a 3M product, and it's this kind of product ubiquity that makes 3M the kind of stock that always attracts investment capital.

Take a look at all ten stocks to fall in love with again.

Jim Woods is a Senior Editor for OptionsZone.com.

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Ten stocks to fall in love with again

Jim Woods — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: General Electric (GE), Coca-Cola (KO), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), International Business Machines (IBM), AT and T (T), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Procter and Gamble (PG), Stocks to Buy, Recession

It's hard to recover from a broken heart.

During the past year, many investors' hearts have been crushed as they've witnessed the downward spiral of so many well-respected and trusted corporate giants. To be certain, the market meltdown of 2008 has put a serious strain on the relationship between shareholders and their favorite stocks.

Former rock-solid suitors have failed to meet the emotional and financial needs of those who faithfully bought their shares, and many investors have justifiably filed for divorce from these once-stable household providers.

But I'm an idealist. I still believe in love, and I think broken hearts can be mended with a little time -- and with some positive corporate catalysts.

I believe that many once-mighty, but currently downtrodden stocks will return to their former glory at some point in the future. Just when this might take place and to what extent remains an open question, but corporate America has the ability to heal the wounds and recapture those amorous feelings we all desire.

So, which companies are most likely to fight their way back into our hearts?

There are 10 stocks I think deserve a second chance. These companies represent the biggest corporate brand names out there. These are names that many American's still hold near and dear to their hearts, if not their portfolios.

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Closing Bell: Stocks manage a rebound; MMM, BAC, LVLT, RIMM, SIRI

Jon Ogg — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:24:00 EST

Filed under: Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Market matters, 3M Corporation (MMM), Bank of America (BAC), Research in Motion (RIMM), Level 3 Communications (LVLT)

Despite the TARP bank CEOs being grilled on Capitol Hill, the financial stocks and the market eked out a rally. Chicago Federal Reserve President Evans gave a speech today, saying he expects more unemployment and more GDP contraction.

Here are the unofficial closing bell levels:

DJIA: 7,939.53 +50.65 +0.64%

NASDAQ: 1,530.50 +5.77 +0.38%

S&P 500: 833.74 +6.58 +0.80%

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3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) rose slightly after it actually raised its dividend to $0.51 per share per quarter. It was a mere 2% hike, but it was a hike. The conglomerate shares were up 0.5% at $51.30 right before the close.

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Earnings highlights: Ford, P&G, Wells Fargo, Starbucks, DuPont, Halliburton and others

Trey Thoelcke — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:40:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings reports, Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), 3M Corporation (MMM), Halliburton (HAL), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Altria Group (MO), Black and Decker (BDK), ConocoPhillips (COP), Procter and Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Honeywell Intl (HON), Wells Fargo (WFC)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Q4 profit rose on higher prices, and its forecast matched expectations.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Q4 earnings grew on cost cutting but revenue remained flat.
Black & Decker Corp. (NYSE: BDK) shares tanked after the dismal Q4 report, and it announced job cuts.
Carpenter Technology Corp. (NYSE: CRS) Q2 numbers resulted in a downgrade from one analyst.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) reported a Q4 loss due to writedowns from recent acquisitions.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) swung to a bigger-than-expected Q4 loss and its revenue fell as well.
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) swung to a Q4 loss on acquisition costs but reaffirmed its guidance.

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