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	Acute Care Services
		Operating expenses (operating expenses, salaries and wages and provision for doubtful accounts) at the Company’s facilities owned in both 1999 and 1998 were 81.4% of net revenues in 1999 and 79.9% in 1998.
		Operating margins at the Company’s acute care facilities owned in both 1999 and 1998 were 18.6% in 1999 as compared to 20.1% in 1998.
		Operating margins at the Company’s acute care facilities owned in both 1998 and 1997 were 22.6% in 1998 as compared to 21.5% in 1997.
	www.uhsinc.com /1/annualreport/1999/financial04.htm (1120 words)

	Kicker Operating Margins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The normal operating range should allow for at least a 10% increase in field strength which produces an extra 2 mm beam separation (5 mm for proton injection).
		Considerations on operational performance and reliability indicate that the kicker systems design should probide for and increased margin of safety of 20% over nominal depending on the results of a cost/engineering study.
		A 10% operating margin would produce an extra 2 mm separation which would be used in day to day tuning.
	www-fmi.fnal.gov /fmiinternal/MI_Notes_Pages/MI-0079.html (722 words)

	Illinois Tool Works Q2 report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For the first half, operating revenues and operating income increased 2 percent and 12 percent, respectively, and operating margins of 18.1 percent were 170 basis points higher than the 2001 first half.
		Operating margins of 15.0 percent in the quarter were 230 basis points higher than the year earlier period.
		For the first half, operating revenues and operating income were down 6 percent and 14 percent, respectively, and operating margins declined 100 basis points to 10.4 percent.
	www.mdm.com /1_1/breaking-news/1480-1.html (874 words)

	decline
		Operating margins were down 6 percent from 1996, to $186 million.
		A 1-percent increase in operating expenses, absorbed by the increase in gross margins, produced a 57-percent increase in operating margins.
		The cumulative effect of higher gross margins and lower operating expenses produced an increase in net operating margins of 90 percent, to $27 million- the highest margins in five years.
	www.rurdev.usda.gov /rbs/pub/sept98/decline.htm (2954 words)

	Acute Care Services
		The decrease in the combined operating margins of the Las Vegas facilities in 1999 as compared to 1998 was due primarily to a capitation agreement entered into in 1999 with a managed care provider, and collection issues resulting from continued delays in payments from managed care payors.
		Operating margins at the Company’s acute care facilities owned in both 2000 and 1999 were 18.4% in 2000 as compared to 18.2% in 1999.
		Operating expenses (salaries, wages and benefits, other operating expenses, supplies and provision for doubtful accounts) at the Company’s facilities owned in both 1999 and 1998 were 81.4% of net revenues in 1999 and 79.9% in 1998.
	www.uhsinc.com /1/annualreport/2000/financial04.htm (1027 words)

	ITW Linx \| Category 6 Surge Protectors \| Power and Lightning Surge Protection Solutions
		Operating income also increased 10 percent as base income growth from the industrial business units was offset by the timing of price pass throughs for raw materials for the construction and automotive units.
		Operating margins in the third quarter of 15.4 percent were 160 basis points higher than a year ago.
		Operating income increased 11 percent as growth from the welding and industrial packaging units were mitigated by the timing of raw material pricing pass throughs for a number of businesses.
	itwlinx.com /news/101904PressRelease.asp (1228 words)

	TI Reports Increased Profits for Third Quarter 1997
		TI's operating margin increased to 14.3 percent in the quarter, up from 0.6 percent in the third quarter of 1996, excluding a one-time charge in the year-ago period.
		Operating margins remained at double-digit levels, up from the third quarter of 1996, but down from the prior quarter on lower revenues.
		Operating margins continued in the high teens, up from the year-ago period, but down somewhat from the level of the second quarter.
	www.ti.com /corp/docs/investor/quarterly/3q97.shtml (2581 words)

	Press Release - Intersil Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 (25-Jan-2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Operating margins were 22.8% as compared to operating margins of 9.2% in the fourth quarter of 2004, and 18.6% in the third quarter.
		This compares to operating margins of 14.9% for the fourth quarter of 2004, and 22.4% for the third quarter.
		Operating cash flow for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $59.5 million, or 34% of sales, and the Company exited the fourth quarter with $715.5 million in cash and marketable securities, and no debt.
	www.intersil.com /pr/shell/0,1091,1502,00.html (1513 words)

	Crane Co. - Crane Co. Reports Record Fourth Quarter And Full-Year Results
		Operating income for the year was up 16% to $166.2 million on sales of $1.8 billion, which represents a 4% increase from 1995.
		Operating margins for the quarter declined due to the inclusion of Interpoint for two months and higher research and development costs related to specific aircraft programs at ELDEC.
		Operating profit for the year was up 18% as margins improved to 4% of sales compared to 3.5% in 1995.
	www.craneco.com /investors/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=627 (930 words)

	The Daily, Friday, December 2, 2005. Farming operating revenues and expenses
		The higher operating expenses were mostly driven by an 8.7% increase in machinery expenses, in particular a 12.9% increase in fuel costs.
		Farms with operating revenues between $250,000 and $499,999 had the highest operating margins, estimated at 18.6 cents per dollar of revenue, up 0.5 cents from 2003.
		Operating margin is defined as one dollar minus operating expenses (before depreciation) per dollar of revenue.
	www.statcan.ca /Daily/English/051202/d051202c.htm (714 words)

	Ideas & Screening \| Reuters.com
		The operating margin measures how much profit is left after deducting the basic expenses of running a business.
		The EBITD Margin is similar to the Operating Margin except that the EBITD does not subtract non-cash depreciation charges.
		Operating margins for A and B will be identical, but A's pretax and Net margins will be lower because of interest expense.
	www.investor.reuters.com /ReadHTML.aspx?target=about&html=StrongOperatingMargins (824 words)

	Crane Co. - CRANE CO. REPORTS RECORD FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
		Operating margins for the quarter improved a full percentage point to 9.9% of sales from 8.8% in 1997.
		Margins improved for engineered valves and pumps but were down slightly for commercial valves due to costs associated with integrating the Stockham iron and bronze production into existing Crane facilities.
		Operating margins improved to 26.7% compared to 24.2% in the first quarter of 1997.
	www.craneco.com /investors/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=3206 (809 words)

	The Daily, Thursday, March 30, 2006. Farm operating revenues and expenses
		Average operating revenues per farm increased 1.2% in 2004 to $210,184, up 10.8% in current dollars from the five-year average between 1999 and 2003.
		As a result, operating margins increased 1.4 cents to 13.7 cents per dollar of revenue, slightly under the previous five-year average.
		Farms with operating revenues between $250,000 and $499,999 had the highest operating margins, estimated at 18.5 cents per dollar of revenue, up 0.5 cents from 2003.
	www.statcan.ca /Daily/English/060330/d060330c.htm (744 words)

	Apparatus and method for improved operation of bubble devices - Patent 4156936
		Of particular importance in the fabrication and operation of bubble devices is the tolerance those devices exhibit to changes in bias and drive field, and one figure of merit for these devices is the range of field amplitudes over which they will operate, sometimes called margins.
		It has been found that the margins of SLM bubble devices in which a conductor crosses a field access bubble propagation path is more limited than the operating margins for the field access bubble propagation path itself.
		It is another object of the invention to provide a method of operating such a device which allows increased operating margins especially in the region of the crossing of the conductor and the field access propagation path.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4156936.html (3874 words)

	X-Rite Reports Record Fourth Quarter Net Sales; Gross and Operating Margins Exhibit Solid Growth; Retail Business ...
		Gross margins were 68.6 percent compared to 63.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004.
		Operating income was $10.3 million versus $7.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2004.
		Operating income was 24.5 percent of sales in the fourth quarter of 2005, compared to 20.5 percent in the prior-year period.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2006/02/16/210907.html (1167 words)

	SSM Online - News
		Operating margins, calculated as the difference between total operating revenues and total operating expenses divided by total revenue, long have been considered an essential measure of the US health care system’s financial strength.
		The average operating margin in second quarter 2002 represented an increase of nearly a full percentage point from first quarter 2002 (5.4%)—the first such increase observed in the past five years.
		The average operating margin for the first two quarters of 2002 was 5.83%.
	www.ssmonline.org /News/ViewRelease.asp?ReleaseID=3102 (326 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Intersil Corporation Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gross margins were 57.0% as compared to gross margins of 55.0% in the same quarter last year, and 56.5% in the fourth quarter.
		Operating margins were 20.3% as compared to operating margins of 10.0% in the first quarter of 2005, and 22.8% in the fourth quarter.
		This compares to operating margins of 15.3% for the first quarter of 2005, and 26.1% for the fourth quarter.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=124230 (1330 words)

	Bank of Montreal Economics - Economic Research and Analysis on Canada, United States and International Economies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Operating profits in the Canadian non-financial sector plummeted in Q3, registering their largest decline (almost 13%) on record since 1988.
		Operating margins in the industry fell 0.1 percentage point to 3.3%, though still close to an 11-year high reached in Q4 2000.
		Margins fell to 2.4% in Q3, or three-quarters lower than the level prevailing in mid-2000 and below the average (3.8%) in the past decade.
	www.bmo.com /economic/commod/bfin.html (3093 words)

	Revenue up, net margins down
		Total operating revenue (which includes all farm supply and crop/livestock marketing sales and service income) earned by the top 100 cooperatives was up 7 percent (table 1) from 1999, to more than $70 billion.
		Despite what appears to be higher margins from operations, other revenues and expenses pushed down over-all net margins to the lowest level since 1986.
		However, net operating margins have been falling during that same time, falling from 1.6 in 1999 to 1.3 in 2000.
	www.rurdev.usda.gov /rbs/pub/jan02/revenue.html (2761 words)

	Solucient: Insight to Better Healthcare (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This trend was reversed in 2004 with the average operating margin for the West region declining dramatically to 2.79 percent, less than half of the region's 2003 average margin of 5.73 percent.
		Declines in average operating margins for other regions from 2003 to 2004 were South Central, -19.2 percent; Northeast, -14.9 percent; North Central,-9.3 percent; and South Atlantic, -8.6 percent.
		In the earlier years of the study, from 1997 to 2002, operating margins typically peaked in the first quarter and then dropped — sometimes significantly — by the second quarter.
	www.solucient.com.cob-web.org:8888 /news_press/news20060202.shtml (761 words)

	How to analyse operating margin?
		The reason is, for operating margin to increase, the difference between sales and cost has to increase.
		This result is a slower expansion in operating margin as compared to a capital-intensive company in an upturn.
		To conclude, while valuing a company, the importance of operating margin cannot be understated, as it will to an extent, indicate the competitive position of a company.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/mar/11markets.htm (1190 words)

	Northeast region and larger hospitals principal victims of dropping operating margins in U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It are the largest hospitals that demonstrated the most drastic fall in operating margins, from 6.02 percent in 1997 to 2.69 percent in 1999, whereas the smallest hospitals only dropped from 5.60 percent in 1997 to 4.19 percent in 1999.
		Regionally, the Northeast is being hit hardest with a drop in overall operating margin from 3.35 percent in 1997 to virtually nothing in 1999.
		Conversely, the South Atlantic region, operating at a 5.58 percent margin in 1997, appears to have the best average operating margin in 1999 at 4.42 percent.
	www.hoise.com /vmw/00/articles/vmw/LV-VM-06-00-12.html (381 words)

	White goods gain on operating margins: Study- The Economic Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		NEW DELHI: After trailing consumer electronics in operating margins for long, the white goods sector surpassed the former in FY’00, reveals an Icra report on consumer durables.
		Operating margins for consumer electronics (CE) rose from 7.47 per cent in FY’96 to 11.14 per cent in FY’00.
		Comparing this to operating margins of white goods (WG) sector we find an even higher jump from 6.3 per cent to 12.3 per cent in the same period.
	economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=6904334 (477 words)

	FedEx Margins Continue to Rise
		Operating income reached $3.01 billion, a 22% rise from fiscal 2005.
		Operating income for the LTL operation was $142 million, up 49%.
		Operating margins rose to 14.6%, vs. 11.3% the prior year.
	www.logisticstoday.com /displayStory.asp?nID=8005 (229 words)

	Foolish Fundamentals: Margins [Fool.com: Commentary] December 28, 2005
		Margins look at how much a company gets from each sales dollar after accounting for certain expenses.
		Costco (Nasdaq: COST) caps its gross margins at 14% for most items and 15% for private-label products for two reasons: to attract and keep customers shopping in its stores, and to align the behaviors of all of its employees toward serving customers and controlling costs.
		Costco's gross margin strategy is the glue that binds the employees to the customers and creates lots of value.
	www.fool.com /news/commentary/2005/commentary05122806.htm (821 words)

	Software: King(s) of bad times!
		While net margin is an important indicator, it fails to provide a clear picture of the bargaining power of the company (both with the customers as well as with the suppliers).
		In this article, we take a look at the trend in operating margins of key Indian software companies over the past five years (FY00-FY04) and try to ascertain where they are headed going forward.
		High operating margin is also indicative of the fact that the company has relatively better bargaining power with customers because it has scaled up its contribution from higher value-add services.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/oct/01software.htm?zcc=rl (927 words)

	Survey: Hospital margins drop
		Operating margins for hospitals are on a downward slide, which will make it harder for facilities to make large capital expenditures.
		Moody’s Investor Service estimated total margins of 4.5 percent in 2004, and operating margins of 2 percent for the same year.
		Most industry analysts recommend a minimum operating margin of 4.5 percent and suggest 5.5 percent as a goal.
	www.healthcareitnews.com /story.cms?id=4440 (452 words)

	Declining operating margins show U.S. hospitals still face challenges Healthcare Financial Management - Find Articles
		Recent analysis of key hospital operating indicators show hospitals continue to post lower operating margins since the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
		The operating margin for the average hospital in 2004 was 4.0 percent, a decline of 20 percent from the 5.05 percent average operating margin in 2003.
		Meanwhile, operating margins in the Northeast region averaged 2.86 percent, compared with the 4.04 percent average for all hospitals.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3257/is_2_60/ai_n16069848 (438 words)

	WebWire® \| Nortel Outlines Action Plan to Improve Operating Margins and Business Performance
		Total cost, both the charge to the income statement and cash, for the Global Operations restructuring and the organizational simplification, is estimated to be approximately US$100 million over the next two years, of which approximately US$35 million of the charge to the income statement is expected to be taken in the second quarter of 2006.
		To realize the vision of a world-class Operations organization that delivers high quality service at low cost to customers, Nortel is also announcing a number of actions designed to increase customer responsiveness, as well as product and service reliability.
		These locations were selected for a number of reasons including Nortel’s established operations in these countries, a strong labor pool, cost competitiveness, and proximity to major customers based in these regions.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=15806 (1272 words)

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