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Earnings Est	Current Qtr Mar-10	Next Qtr Jun-10	Current Year Dec-10	Next Year Dec-11
Avg. Estimate	1.52	1.56	6.12	6.88
No. of Analysts	18	16	20	15
Low Estimate	1.24	1.48	5.60	6.60
High Estimate	1.65	1.64	6.32	7.21
Year Ago EPS	1.62	1.50	6.09	6.12

Revenue Est	Current Qtr Mar-10	Next Qtr Jun-10	Current Year Dec-10	Next Year Dec-11
Avg. Estimate	14.52B	14.50B	57.93B	60.45B
No. of Analysts	15	15	17	13
Low Estimate	13.83B	13.70B	54.70B	56.44B
High Estimate	15.55B	15.40B	62.27B	65.88B
Year Ago Sales	15.14B	15.27B	60.83B	57.93B
Sales Growth (year/est)	-4.1%	-5.0%	-4.8%	4.3%

Earnings History	Mar-09	Jun-09	Sep-09	Dec-09
EPS Est	1.25	1.43	1.38	1.02
EPS Actual	1.62	1.50	1.78	1.16
Difference	0.37	0.07	0.40	0.14
Surprise %	29.6%	4.9%	29.0%	13.7%

EPS Trends	Current Qtr Mar-10	Next Qtr Jun-10	Current Year Dec-10	Next Year Dec-11
Current Estimate	1.52	1.56	6.12	6.88
7 Days Ago	1.52	1.56	6.12	6.88
30 Days Ago	1.55	1.57	6.10	6.94
60 Days Ago	1.53	1.58	6.08	6.92
90 Days Ago	1.56	1.55	6.07	6.82

EPS Revisions	Current Qtr Mar-10	Next Qtr Jun-10	Current Year Dec-10	Next Year Dec-11
Up Last 7 Days	0	0	1	1
Up Last 30 Days	5	5	7	5
Down Last 30 Days	1	1	0	0
Down Last 90 Days

Growth Est	WLP	Industry	Sector	S&P 500
Current Qtr.	-6.2%	5.0%	5.1%	N/A
Next Qtr.	4.0%	6.2%	10.9%	N/A
This Year	0.5%	7.8%	9.8%	N/A
Next Year	12.4%	12.5%	11.9%	N/A
Past 5 Years (per annum)	8.235%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 Years (per annum)	9%	11.54%	7.97%	N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories)	10.07	13.99	12.44	N/A
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories)	1.12	1.21	1.56	N/A

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