71.   He said the gross margin for the service business had also risen because of lower overall costs.

72.   He said the inventory concerns of the last two quarters had been taken care of, and gross margin widened slightly.

73.   He says gross margins will be maintained at around that level, with slight increases or decreases from quarter to quarter.

74.   Home Depot said in a press release Thursday that income increased because of continued strong sales and a gross margin rate increase.

75.   Holiday season promotions should wreak havoc on gross margins, Redbook said.

76.   However, he said he expects gross margin to be little changed because of sales of higher-priced chips.

77.   However, service gross margins narrowed, because of a shift in business mix.

78.   Hudson told analysts that AMP has been hurt this year by a slowdown in billings, primarily in terminals and connectors, and a decline in gross margins.

79.   IBM faces a declining gross margin, lower overseas profits, and disappointing sales of some of its most profitable products, including some mainframes and minicomputers.

80.   In a conference call with analysts after the earnings were announced, Cisco warned that said gross margins would fall in the next few quarters.