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ANDY KATZ And God bless Brad Martin.
BRAD MARTIN The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds u...
CARL TANNENBAUM Unemployment is so low that that's really not much of an available labor pool if you're trying to at...
TIM ALFORD As we have consistently stated, the airline industry has changed permanently. Northwest must signifi...
DOUG STEENLAND It's part of an effort to align costs with the potential for lower near-term business.
JEFFREY LETTES For all kinds of reasons, the labor pool is smaller.
BILL CAYLOR Things like the mayor's trips to Israel and Europe are very important for industrial cities in the M...
MARK WILLIAMSON Imagination is the readily available, no-cost communicator that translates emotion into form for the...
DEBORAH SANDELLA To me it really shows that labor costs are under control.
GARY WOLFER Schneider Logistics' acquisition of American Port Services is indicative of a larger trend occurring...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ Schneider Logistics' acquisition of American Port Services is indicative of a larger trend occurring...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ Companies are finding it difficult to pass on their higher input costs so they're looking at labor c...
GRANT LEWIS In our business, managing your labor costs is paramount.
DOUG JACKSON![]()
It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that wi...
OLYMPIA SNOWE![]()
The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. EDWARDS DEMING![]()
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.
JIM ROHN If foreign truckers have lower salaries and lower regulatory costs, then they will provide service a...
HAROLD MARTINEZ This is our annual fundraiser for the pool and recreation activities there. All of the money goes di...
BRENT MURPHREE![]()
A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye.
JOAN DIDION Bedford Park is the ideal location for industrial users looking for close proximity to transportatio...
DOUG HAYES It has the potential to help lower both short-term and long-term health costs.
HELEN DARLING The data reflect that main concern that Mr. Greenspan has voiced in his recent comments, i.e., that ...
DAVID ORR [One analyst said the new features should result in lower maintenance costs for businesses.] The cos...
VERNON TURNER![]()
Labor costs are moderating, productivity is rising and pricing indicators are all very subdued.
IAN STEWART GREDA and the city seem proactive in reaching out to attract new companies to the area. Galesburg ha...
MATT MARKS For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
CHRIS GIBSON Why anybody would want them to be able to shed plans and lower their costs is beyond me.
DUANE WOERTH It's important to note that the initiative provides an exemption for small businesses. It's also bee...
BOB SCHWARTZ All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and m...
KEVIN O'LEARY Lower feed costs. That will be good news for your ranchers and dairy farmers.
DON ROOSE We want people to understand that we have to look at maintenance costs and staffing in decisions on ...
DOUG JACKSON A lot of it is non-verbal, so it translates really well.
RENé RUIZ It seems to make sense to me that we ought to identify costs and revenues based on the pool of kids ...
BOB MASON It's difficult to say with a degree of certainty whether it (wind) will lower or increase the costs.
CLAUDIA RAPKOCH These changes will result in our having fewer, larger facilities. We must move quickly to achieve lo...
JACK WARD The use of the existing rockets will help reduce the program's costs and lower risks.
NIKOLAI SEVASTYANOV![]()
A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI The expansion in retail lending, the lower provisions and costs are the main drivers for the return ...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS From July until the end of December was one of the highest periods ever of increases for transportat...
DARRELL JOHNSON The price declines will come from improved domestic supply along with lower scrap and metallic costs...
JOHN ANTON We know that people who participate in the programs actually do have lower health care costs,
JACK MAHONEY That's where you need years of historical data to support your position. You [must be] able to show ...
BOB INDERBITZEN I think UAL has shown that you can play hardball on slashing labor costs. You don't need to dance ar...
JOE SCHWIETERMAN We remain open to exploring various options to attain the needed labor costs savings but we need to ...
DOUG STEENLAND Seeing eye to an eye is a must, especially when there lies a case, or an intent, to meet; even by in...
PRIYAVRAT THAREJA We were really surprised that so many of these Medicare drug plans had lower costs than the Canadian...
SUSAN CROWLEY We were really surprised that so many of these Medicare drug plans had lower costs than the Canadian...
SUSAN CROWLEY Sticking to a few fleet types also helps airlines lower operating costs in terms of maintenance, rep...
LIU WEIMIN The numbers look okay. The EPS (earnings per share) is slightly better than what people were expecti...
STUART GORDON![]()
A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the u...
JOAN DIDION We believe the One-Year Secure Plan with Heat Relief offers Houston-area consumers an innovative opt...
GLEN STANCIL We are in intensified negotiations with union leaders in order to reach consensual agreements that r...
DOUG STEENLAND By eliminating the slots, we estimate that IT support costs for these systems will be 20 percent to ...
ERIC CADOR![]()
Brad may be a young guy, but he's an old soul,
BILL ANDERSON Results missed our estimate of $5.07, reflecting higher operating costs than we expected and lower t...
TINA VITAL This 11% rise in average revenue, combined with higher output and lower costs, will see earnings ris...
LEON ESTERHUIZEN We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more availab...
DEBBIE STABENOW This is a step forward in the sense that we now have a strategy to lower this pool if indeed this st...
DAVID HO Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN There's cost involved there. There's labor hours, maintenance, wear and tear on the machines, there'...
MATT STANLEY Does it cost a little more? Yes. But the cost to own the machine is actually much less because my se...
AL HERSHEY There are many advantages to being based here - it's a more mobile market, and there is access to lo...
DOUG RICHARD This is geared for those women who want to give birth to their child. ... There ought to be at least...
JOE POJMAN A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain f...
CLAY SHIRKY The merger will help lower costs by expanding production capacity. The combination will narrow the g...
DAVID HSIEH This plan will give us a modern fleet offering maximum flexibility, lower seat-mile costs and greate...
MARGARET JACKSON We were already busy before this. We don't have the labor pool, and the spec houses are not anywhere...
JAMES RAY People respect Brad for who he is, and I think that's as far as Brad has to take it, ... If you let ...
JASON SIMPSON We can't guard (Pleasant leading scorer) Brad Martin on the block and they've got a couple of good s...
DON WORSTELL You've got a border situation that's getting more difficult from a security perspective than it has ...
JOEL NELSON Productivity always slows as the economy slows. If labor and wage costs are still on the rise and pr...
WAYNE AYERS The business case for manufacturing in Brazil is not about optimizing labor costs but about getting ...
JAN LINDHOLM What we're seeing right now is a dangerous combination of higher costs, lower confidence and a still...
JENNIFER OPENSHAW Efficiency innovations arise in industries that already exist. They provide existing goods and servi...
CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for ...
DANA TORRES Our mid-market business has been one of the key drivers for Oracle's overall business growth in Chin...
ROGER LI We've changed the (hardware) problem to a software problem, which we know will lower costs, add much...
MARK SPAIN Capital is readily available, and private equity investors are looking for investment opportunities....
STAN ROSS I will push Brad. I will push Brad to be better than he thinks he can be.
DAVE ROBBINS It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and natural gas that was just devel...
BARBARA CASTLE We know employees value the company match, and it's been a mainstay of our program, but we needed to...
BETTE KOVACH The trend is still for healthy productivity growth between 2% and 2.5%, and unit labor costs are exp...
DANIEL JESTER The big question now is how much companies will be able to raise prices for finished products to off...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO They certainly distinguished themselves ... but they are not immune to the pressures faced by other ...
MARK OLINE Laughter translates into any language.
GRAFFITI We appreciate the contributions they've made to reducing labor costs so far, and we look forward to ...
BILL MELLON We believe the decrease in backlog at fiscal 2005 year end is due to lower consumer confidence level...
BRUCE HERTZKE Northwest must significantly lower its costs to compete with other carriers. We had developed a plan...
DOUG STEENLAND These lower-premium plans can mask hidden costs for federal employees, ... The cheaper premium is us...
COLLEEN KELLEY It gave us an opportunity to change the labor movement, but unfortunately the labor movement didn't ...
ANNA BURGER Mazda is gaining on new models that are selling really well, lower production costs from platforms s...
KOJI ENDO The trucks will increase AIMS Express' margins. The new trucks will provide stability, including low...
JEFF OWEN [He] obviously has a lot of intensity, and that intensity translates to his voters. ... But I also t...
HOWARD DEAN Today's transaction helps further our goal to reduce debt and reaffirms our commitment as a low cost...
DEREK KERR First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-c...
GERARD ARPEY We needed to control costs from a labor perspective. We would rather spend the money on equipment th...
ALAN HUNT I want to have my face look like Brad Pitt. Then I'll be with Jennifer Aniston and then Angelina Jol...
PAULY SHORE
ANDY KATZ And God bless Brad Martin.
BRAD MARTIN The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds u...
CARL TANNENBAUM Unemployment is so low that that's really not much of an available labor pool if you're trying to at...
TIM ALFORD As we have consistently stated, the airline industry has changed permanently. Northwest must signifi...
DOUG STEENLAND It's part of an effort to align costs with the potential for lower near-term business.
JEFFREY LETTES For all kinds of reasons, the labor pool is smaller.
BILL CAYLOR Things like the mayor's trips to Israel and Europe are very important for industrial cities in the M...
MARK WILLIAMSON Imagination is the readily available, no-cost communicator that translates emotion into form for the...
DEBORAH SANDELLA To me it really shows that labor costs are under control.
GARY WOLFER Schneider Logistics' acquisition of American Port Services is indicative of a larger trend occurring...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ Schneider Logistics' acquisition of American Port Services is indicative of a larger trend occurring...
ADRIAN GONZALEZ Companies are finding it difficult to pass on their higher input costs so they're looking at labor c...
GRANT LEWIS In our business, managing your labor costs is paramount.
DOUG JACKSON
It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that wi... OLYMPIA SNOWE
The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs. W. EDWARDS DEMING
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. JIM ROHN If foreign truckers have lower salaries and lower regulatory costs, then they will provide service a...
HAROLD MARTINEZ This is our annual fundraiser for the pool and recreation activities there. All of the money goes di...
BRENT MURPHREE
A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. JOAN DIDION Bedford Park is the ideal location for industrial users looking for close proximity to transportatio...
DOUG HAYES It has the potential to help lower both short-term and long-term health costs.
HELEN DARLING The data reflect that main concern that Mr. Greenspan has voiced in his recent comments, i.e., that ...
DAVID ORR [One analyst said the new features should result in lower maintenance costs for businesses.] The cos...
VERNON TURNER
Labor costs are moderating, productivity is rising and pricing indicators are all very subdued. IAN STEWART GREDA and the city seem proactive in reaching out to attract new companies to the area. Galesburg ha...
MATT MARKS For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
CHRIS GIBSON Why anybody would want them to be able to shed plans and lower their costs is beyond me.
DUANE WOERTH It's important to note that the initiative provides an exemption for small businesses. It's also bee...
BOB SCHWARTZ All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and m...
KEVIN O'LEARY Lower feed costs. That will be good news for your ranchers and dairy farmers.
DON ROOSE We want people to understand that we have to look at maintenance costs and staffing in decisions on ...
DOUG JACKSON A lot of it is non-verbal, so it translates really well.
RENé RUIZ It seems to make sense to me that we ought to identify costs and revenues based on the pool of kids ...
BOB MASON It's difficult to say with a degree of certainty whether it (wind) will lower or increase the costs.
CLAUDIA RAPKOCH These changes will result in our having fewer, larger facilities. We must move quickly to achieve lo...
JACK WARD The use of the existing rockets will help reduce the program's costs and lower risks.
NIKOLAI SEVASTYANOV
A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body. MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI The expansion in retail lending, the lower provisions and costs are the main drivers for the return ...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS From July until the end of December was one of the highest periods ever of increases for transportat...
DARRELL JOHNSON The price declines will come from improved domestic supply along with lower scrap and metallic costs...
JOHN ANTON We know that people who participate in the programs actually do have lower health care costs,
JACK MAHONEY That's where you need years of historical data to support your position. You [must be] able to show ...
BOB INDERBITZEN I think UAL has shown that you can play hardball on slashing labor costs. You don't need to dance ar...
JOE SCHWIETERMAN We remain open to exploring various options to attain the needed labor costs savings but we need to ...
DOUG STEENLAND Seeing eye to an eye is a must, especially when there lies a case, or an intent, to meet; even by in...
PRIYAVRAT THAREJA We were really surprised that so many of these Medicare drug plans had lower costs than the Canadian...
SUSAN CROWLEY We were really surprised that so many of these Medicare drug plans had lower costs than the Canadian...
SUSAN CROWLEY Sticking to a few fleet types also helps airlines lower operating costs in terms of maintenance, rep...
LIU WEIMIN The numbers look okay. The EPS (earnings per share) is slightly better than what people were expecti...
STUART GORDON
A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the u... JOAN DIDION We believe the One-Year Secure Plan with Heat Relief offers Houston-area consumers an innovative opt...
GLEN STANCIL We are in intensified negotiations with union leaders in order to reach consensual agreements that r...
DOUG STEENLAND By eliminating the slots, we estimate that IT support costs for these systems will be 20 percent to ...
ERIC CADOR
Brad may be a young guy, but he's an old soul, BILL ANDERSON Results missed our estimate of $5.07, reflecting higher operating costs than we expected and lower t...
TINA VITAL This 11% rise in average revenue, combined with higher output and lower costs, will see earnings ris...
LEON ESTERHUIZEN We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more availab...
DEBBIE STABENOW This is a step forward in the sense that we now have a strategy to lower this pool if indeed this st...
DAVID HO Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN There's cost involved there. There's labor hours, maintenance, wear and tear on the machines, there'...
MATT STANLEY Does it cost a little more? Yes. But the cost to own the machine is actually much less because my se...
AL HERSHEY There are many advantages to being based here - it's a more mobile market, and there is access to lo...
DOUG RICHARD This is geared for those women who want to give birth to their child. ... There ought to be at least...
JOE POJMAN A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain f...
CLAY SHIRKY The merger will help lower costs by expanding production capacity. The combination will narrow the g...
DAVID HSIEH This plan will give us a modern fleet offering maximum flexibility, lower seat-mile costs and greate...
MARGARET JACKSON We were already busy before this. We don't have the labor pool, and the spec houses are not anywhere...
JAMES RAY People respect Brad for who he is, and I think that's as far as Brad has to take it, ... If you let ...
JASON SIMPSON We can't guard (Pleasant leading scorer) Brad Martin on the block and they've got a couple of good s...
DON WORSTELL You've got a border situation that's getting more difficult from a security perspective than it has ...
JOEL NELSON Productivity always slows as the economy slows. If labor and wage costs are still on the rise and pr...
WAYNE AYERS The business case for manufacturing in Brazil is not about optimizing labor costs but about getting ...
JAN LINDHOLM What we're seeing right now is a dangerous combination of higher costs, lower confidence and a still...
JENNIFER OPENSHAW Efficiency innovations arise in industries that already exist. They provide existing goods and servi...
CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for ...
DANA TORRES Our mid-market business has been one of the key drivers for Oracle's overall business growth in Chin...
ROGER LI We've changed the (hardware) problem to a software problem, which we know will lower costs, add much...
MARK SPAIN Capital is readily available, and private equity investors are looking for investment opportunities....
STAN ROSS I will push Brad. I will push Brad to be better than he thinks he can be.
DAVE ROBBINS It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and natural gas that was just devel...
BARBARA CASTLE We know employees value the company match, and it's been a mainstay of our program, but we needed to...
BETTE KOVACH The trend is still for healthy productivity growth between 2% and 2.5%, and unit labor costs are exp...
DANIEL JESTER The big question now is how much companies will be able to raise prices for finished products to off...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO They certainly distinguished themselves ... but they are not immune to the pressures faced by other ...
MARK OLINE Laughter translates into any language.
GRAFFITI We appreciate the contributions they've made to reducing labor costs so far, and we look forward to ...
BILL MELLON We believe the decrease in backlog at fiscal 2005 year end is due to lower consumer confidence level...
BRUCE HERTZKE Northwest must significantly lower its costs to compete with other carriers. We had developed a plan...
DOUG STEENLAND These lower-premium plans can mask hidden costs for federal employees, ... The cheaper premium is us...
COLLEEN KELLEY It gave us an opportunity to change the labor movement, but unfortunately the labor movement didn't ...
ANNA BURGER Mazda is gaining on new models that are selling really well, lower production costs from platforms s...
KOJI ENDO The trucks will increase AIMS Express' margins. The new trucks will provide stability, including low...
JEFF OWEN [He] obviously has a lot of intensity, and that intensity translates to his voters. ... But I also t...
HOWARD DEAN Today's transaction helps further our goal to reduce debt and reaffirms our commitment as a low cost...
DEREK KERR First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-c...
GERARD ARPEY We needed to control costs from a labor perspective. We would rather spend the money on equipment th...
ALAN HUNT I want to have my face look like Brad Pitt. Then I'll be with Jennifer Aniston and then Angelina Jol...
PAULY SHORE
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Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans valu... 
We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans th... 
The only thing holding us back is ourselves. 
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Scarves, mittens, and hats are a great way to express your personality in the cold weather. 
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Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm... 
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That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm inter... 