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JEFFREY LIPTON I think that the sales drop is temporary. Explorer buyers, or some of the buyers, may be buying Ford...
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AMY CUTTS The 30-year [fixed-rate mortgage] came in under 6 percent for the last 22 weeks of this year. As a m...
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GREGORY KLUMP This study provides strong evidence that daily hospital admission rates for cardiovascular diseases ...
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BETH MACKIE The fact that home sales were up, while mortgage rates also climbed bodes well for the real estate c...
DAVE OTTO We believe the high pace of construction activity and softening demand will lead to increasing inven...
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LILY CHATTERJEE People who calculated what they could afford when rates were 5.25 percent have realized their mortga...
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ANNE BAUER As we expected, mortgage rates moved upward a little in response to the current volatility in the fi...
FRANK NOTHAFT The fundamentals remain solid. Virginia is among the 10 fastest-growing states in the country, and m...
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JAMES ADAMSON The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall S...
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ROBERT WHITE (The price of zinc) has increased dramatically, especially in the past year.
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KATHY DECK We faced several of these bills last year, and all were voted down except for the Maryland bill.
NATE HURST Issuers are looking to Canada to get international bond deals done. Until last year, many Canadian i...
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BOB NARDELLI The relative stability of U.S. foreclosure inventory ended in December. With lending institutions cl...
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BOB SCHNORBUS We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. ...
JOE ASHER
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH David - the man after God's own heart - was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Is...
CHARLES STUDD After eight years of being in the cellar of the ship, buyers are in the captain's seat. In addition ...
BRAD INMAN Lower figures for the recently released producer-price index and consumer- price index, and lower bu...
AMY CREWS CUTTS Whenever rates go up a little bit, some people aren't going to qualify. But buyers are better off be...
MICHAEL CONWAY The most meaningful growth was in diamond jewelry at higher price levels.
MARK AARON After the first round, we were beating Texas on their home course.
CHRISTIE MARTENS Poultry gross sales climbed 17 percent over year-earlier levels due in large part to increased value...
LARRY BURT Mortgage rates have been so low and accommodating that total home sales surged in October as familie...
FRANK NOTHAFT Many statistics reveal that men suffer higher rates of death and serious illness than women for most...
MARTIN MINER Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha...
JEFFREY R. ANDERSON The Fed itself seems content to wait at least until after the elections if the not to the end of the...
ELIZABETH MACKAY The financial environment, ... is significantly different than it was in 1999, when interest rates w...
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Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. DAVID OGILVY December's usual inventory write-offs and increased marketing costs led the operating profit margin ...
CHU WOO SIK Tickets sold for both Thanksgiving and Christmas are ahead of where they were last year, so it looks...
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LOUIS KINCANNON If you are not able to pay down the debt, that means that the federal government is in competition w...
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STEVEN WOOD I was at ease in everything, to be sure, but at the same time satisfied with nothing. Each joy made ...
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