Mr Martin reported that the company is committed to staying "cautiously optimistic" due to the improvement in sales and operating performance trends in the second half of 2003.
Mr Martin said the company is "cautiously optimistic regarding some improvement in sales and operating performance trends in the second half of 2003".
The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was down 25.36 points , or 1.53 percent , at 1,628.26 .