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HBS Working Knowledge February 13, 2006	Readers Respond: Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? Business professional offer opinions on the question of whether CEOs of public companies offer earnings guidance.
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The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Ignore Earnings Guidance Instead of searching for companies that merely sound optimistic, seek out those willing to back up that positive outlook with something more substantive than words, like dividend increases.
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