Lower Forecast for Agilent

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Lower Forecast for Agilent
S&P revises earnings per share estimates for JetBlue, EchoStar, and more

Date	Company	Symbol	FY-End	Prior	New	Comment
11/12/2004	Agilent Technolo	A	Oct-05	1.52	1.24	Automated test equipment fell 25%
	America West H	AWA	Dec-04	0.8	-1.78	Reflects oil prices
	China Petrol &	SNP	Dec-05	5.01	5.8	Lower tax rates
	JetBlue Airwa	JBLU	Dec-05	0.6	0.9	Reflects rising fuel prices
	Midwest Air Gr	MEH	Dec-05	-0.15	-1.8	Reflects oil prices and weak loads
	Payless ShoeSo	PSS	Jan-06	0.85	1	See larger restructuring benefits
	Potlatch Corp	PCH	Dec-05	0.65	1	Firm paper & pulp outlook

11/11/2004	Bowater, Inc	BOW	Dec-05	2.65	2.15	Con't weak newsprint demand recovery
	ENI S.p.A. ADS	E	Dec-05	9	10.25	Updated oil & gas price projections

11/10/2004	Cablevision Sy	CVC	Dec-05	-1.2	-1.05	Reveised operating outlook
	Cosi Inc	COSI	Dec-05	-0.55	-0.23	Favorable sales and margin outlook
	D.R.Horton	DHI	Sep-05	4.15	4.6	Better than expected operating trends
	EchoStar Comm	DISH	Dec-05	1.4	1.18	Revised operating outlook
	Hologic Inc	HOLX	Sep-05	0.95	0.85	Higher expected SG&A and R&D spending
	Ionics Inc	ION	Dec-05	0.6	0.83	Cost cutting initiatives aiding margns
	SIRVA Inc	SIR	Dec-05	1.44	1.26	Continuing restructuring expenses
	Total 'B' ADS	TOT	Dec-05	8.1	9.67	Updated oil & gas price projections
	Trizec Propert	TRZ	Dec-05	0.7	0.49	Asset sales and weak fundamentals
	Wyndham Intl '	WBR	Dec-05	-0.6	-1.6	Includes preferred dividends

11/9/2004	SureWest Comm	SURW	Dec-05	0.34	0.1	Higher operating expenses

11/8/2004	Accredo Healt	ACDO	Jun-05	1.28	1.59	Favorable reimbursement rates
	Houston Explor	THX	Dec-05	5.85	6.8	Higher natural gas price expectations
	ING Groep ADS	ING	Dec-05	2.9	3.26	Improved fundamentals
	Luby's Inc	LUB	Aug-05	0.15	0.25	Improving view for operating margin
	Marathon Oil	MRO	Dec-05	3.63	3.14	Updated margin & costs projections
	Mediacom Comm	MCCC	Dec-05	0.36	0.1	Revised operating outlook
	Sappi Ltd ADS	SPP	Sep-05	1.25	1.05	Lowering on Q1 cost pressures
	Sears,Roebuck	S	Dec-05	3	1.9	Weak sales momentum

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