1.   Analysts predicted a good first quarter for the Farmington Hills-based software company.

2.   I played a pretty good first quarter, a pretty good first half and I was loose.

3.   Once we get to know each other, we can put together four good quarters.

4.   The warning shook investor confidence in McCracken, who a few weeks earlier had told analysts that SGI expected a good first quarter.

5.   But he plans to stick to his rotation plan even if Harbaugh happens to have a good first quarter.

6.   Deutsche Post, which also offers banking services, forecast a further boost for both sales and earnings this year after a good first quarter.