Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen at this time we will be conducting your question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions). Our first question comes from the line of Bob Evans with Craig Hallum Capital. Please proceed with your question.
Bob Evans - Craig Hallum
Good morning. And thanks for taking my call.
John Brennan
Good morning Bob.
Bob Evans - Craig Hallum
Good morning. Well, John you brought up one of my favorite topics at the end, your target margins, you said 4 to 6% in 12 to 18 months. Can you give us the sense of maybe perhaps, what would you think about maybe, by the end of this year and is that 4 to 6% is that kind of end of -- is that on a quarterly run rate? Is that end of Q4 '010, or just, trying to get a sense of what are you thinking?
John Brennan
Our thinking on the 4 to 6% is in the third fourth quarter of 2010. So, we think we ought to be able to break through a percent fee by the third quarter of next year.
Bob Evans - Craig Hallum
Okay. Can you give us a greater sense of maybe, what you might be thinking by the end of this year?
Vincent Paccapaniccia
Bob, it's Vince. I'll see if I can put some color around that. We think with the growth, revenue growth that we're seeing currently, 6 to 8% in the core side of the business and the cost controls that we have on the SG&A line, we're going to -- we've been running about is 39. I think its going to be in this 39 to $40 million range, as a dollar amount as we look forward.
We believe we can add some -- and again I am going to talk more from a target standpoint, not from the guidance standpoint but as we see this evolving we think we can add in the area of 75 to 100 basis points sequentially for the next two quarters of this year. Then as we look forward into 2010, we think we'll be in the mid single digits in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Bob Evans - Craig Hallum
Okay, so that's very good progress. Then on a different topic and I just want to make sure, I heard right. In terms of a new business signed where--what is kind of this seat dispersion if you will from a market standpoint.
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