The chief downside, from a security standpoint, is that a greater burden would be placed on the lines that screen checked baggage, which in some airports are already overstretched.
The sector is still attractive from an earnings standpoint, notes Bruce Simon, chief investment officer of Glenmede Trust.
Worse yet, "The whole structure made zero sense from an economic standpoint," says Barry Diamond, chief executive of Internet Express, an ISP.
"He wanted to be very clear about that, from his standpoint as commander in chief".
"Adding anything by acquisition is going to be tough from an F.T.C. standpoint," said CVS's chief financial officer, David B. Rickard.
Worse yet from a domestic political standpoint, the Pentagon weapons chiefs will have nothing to offer the new president to close this gap between the U.S. and Soviet doomsday offenses during his first term.
"We thought that from a process perspective this was inefficient, and from an investor standpoint completely ridiculous," Peter Williams, ACE's chief executive, said in a telephone interview.
"He has lost his standing from the standpoint of being a commander in chief who has any idea about what's going on in those theaters," Perry said.
That means your chief duty in the pipeline, from an operational standpoint, is to say "Nix" if you don't approve a particular candidate put in front of you.
But Police Chief Scott Underwood told The Oakland Press, "From our standpoint, it's a pretty clear case of an ordinance that makes it clear what's permissible and what's not, and our job is to enforce the ordinance".
"The first quarter was difficult emotionally for us and challenging from an operational standpoint," Ben Hatfield, the company's president and chief executive, said in a telephone conference.
