book-to-bill -- worse than expected? "A Reuters survey of five Wall Street firms showed an average expectation of a book-to-bill ratio of 0.98, in a range of 0.98 to 0.99." <A HREF="http://reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3463377&type=companyResultsNews" target="_new">http://reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3463377&type=companyResultsNews</A>