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BILL BAKER In the last few months, the Indian embassy has been issuing close to 1,150 visas a month, which is a...
ANIL WADHWA The biggest positive was handset margins, which came in at 4 percent, up from 1.5 percent last quart...
MARK MCKECHNIE We're expecting premiums to continue moderate. The increase in 2005 should be smaller than last year...
JEANNE SALVATORE The California housing market continues to experience year-over-year double-digit price appreciation...
VINCE MALTA We're looking at a 30 percent increase by FPL this year. That's huge when you're looking at your bil...
MIKE RILEY There might be some disappointment related to the latest trade volume data, especially the Chicago B...
FREDERIC RUFFY It's going just as everyone has been expecting. We'll probably see the year-on-year (CPI) increase j...
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BOB SIMONSON When we examined budget issues last year, we realized if we kept going the way we were going, we wou...
ROBERT MORGAN We are 30 percent over what we were last year.
BRENDA RYANS If we see (broad economic growth in) Europe total at over 2 percent, that would be a significant inc...
COURTNEY SMITH Looking forward into the fourth quarter, at this point we are not highly optimistic that there will ...
KAREN HAUS We're working on the passing game. The backs are pretty quick. We'll have to throw a little more [th...
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BERT DUMARS We estimate there will be 140,000 to 150,000 weddings this year, a 40 percent rise over last year.
CHEN YU Last year, we only had a 1 percent increase in our health insurance premium.
BRYAN SMITH We knew we were going to be down over March of last year because of the fare increase.
INGRID REISMAN We had a really good holiday season ... really good. We were above industry trends, and we're probab...
DEB BRAMLETT Much like the beef herd, heifer retention for herd replacements was up 4 percent and will allow an i...
CHRIS HURT We have had a good year. We've already surpassed last year. We're up about 12 percent over last year...
TOM JANKOVSKY Last year, food price inflation was 38 percent and this year it's only 1.6 percent, so that's the on...
HONG LIANG It's basically 9 percent more over what we thought we needed last year. We can talk about an increas...
LIZ BROWN The end of the housing boom doesn't mean the end of house appreciation. Instead of going up 20 perce...
ARA HOVNANIAN The weakness in the stock price, despite the better-than-expected earnings, is due to the company sa...
DANA L. TELSEY
Businesses are realizing that an effective loss-prevention program can become a competitive advantag... JOE DAVIS It?s a great show. Last year we got 90 percent of the state champions to compete.
HARRY MONDALE Fifty-four percent of hiring managers surveyed by CareerBuilder.com say they will increase their sta...
MATT FERGUSON The year we opened Appalachian was a sizable jump, somewhere around 9 percent. It's an issue at our ...
BOB GRIFFIN The year we opened Appalachian was a sizable jump, somewhere around 9 percent. It's an issue at our ...
BOB GRIFFIN While there were a number of highlights, it was probably the U.S. that topped the highlight list wit...
JOHN CHAMBERS Contract manufacturers have seen their inventory grow 104 percent year-to-date, versus revenue growt...
DANIEL NILES So far this fiscal year, we have experienced sales tax increases over the same time last year of 5.3...
JIM WEHMEIER In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.
PETER DEFAZIO Last year sales were up 32 percent. Sales for the fourth quarter were up more than 50 percent.
BOB BURKE In its first year of operation, the Denver project has seen an 18 percent increase in recycling.
LYNN BROWN We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 c...
JOHN CATO The exit polls are great. Sixty percent of the audience were males. It was 50 percent over-25 and 50...
DAN FELLMAN But China cannot be complacent, ... In the last year its GDP grew nine percent, but energy use incre...
IAN LOWE
By the year 2040, the world's population is likely to increase by about 2 billion people, with a... REX TILLERSON When he was chairman, the credit union experienced some of its most extensive growth. We grew one ye...
KIRK KORDELESKI There have been 2 to 4 percent price increases among the larger toy manufactures in the U.S. this ye...
ANTHONY GIKAS Core exports are trending up at about 10 percent year over year, not enough to prevent a widening of...
IAN SHEPHERDSON The first provided a 10 percent signing bonus and a pay increase of 3 percent in the first year and ...
CHARLIE MCDONALD We're looking at another 25 percent (cut) next year.
DAN WOLFE Our solid 30 percent increase in year over year revenue growth was fueled by strong demand in the ma...
GARY E. HOLDREN What's interesting is the increase in the sales price of homes, 13 to 14 percent, based on our offic...
DAVE NASH We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which ac...
IRWIN COHEN We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which ac...
IRWIN COHEN All the way to state. It's been the goal since we lost last year. I'll probably be 100 percent by th...
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DERYK PARKER That prevalence dropped to 26.4 percent at one year and remained stable. Not wanting to be seen undr...
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DENNYS REYES Even more surprising was the amount (played on baccarat), $426 million, up 107 percent over last yea...
FRANK STRESHLEY Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent.
DEBRA ALICH Poultry gross sales climbed 17 percent over year-earlier levels due in large part to increased value...
LARRY BURT Iraq's economy is forecasted to grow at a rate of 4 percent this year, and accelerate into the doubl...
HEATHER LAYMAN My guess would be last year alone we looked at 8-10 percent.
CRAIG KEMMERER We've seen phenomenal growth over the world since whale watching began in California in 1955 to the ...
ERICH HOYT Wal-Mart was rightly cautious with its outlook. Their first-quarter sales barely met the lower end o...
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JOE DONOVAN Intel was able to minimize its revenue decline in NOR flash to only 0.3 percent during the year, whi...
DALE FORD We are expecting a 30 percent increase this year (in total sales).
HU YONG I have proposed to lower the appraisal cap from 10 percent to three percent on all residential prope...
DAN PATRICK A rate increase at the March meeting is a done deal. We expect the yield on the 10-year to reach 4.7...
GARY POLLACK We have about 85 percent of our team back from last year, so we're pretty deep in a lot of spots. We...
DUKE DURLAND The price has plunged over 50 percent in the fourth quarter [of last year from the previous year], b...
FRANK HUANG Over the past year, our U.S. pro forma operating loss decreased from 24 percent of net sales in the ...
WARREN JENSON Over the past year, our U.S. pro forma operating loss decreased from 24 percent of net sales in the ...
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ERIC PRICE We're going to have bookend events with the weather, because it was perfect the first year here in '...
MICHAEL GARTEN If I thought Cisco was going to grow 40 percent for one year, I would never pay two-plus the growth ...
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RALPH ALVAREZ At the start of the year, forecasts generally were for a more subdued year than we'd seen in 2004 so...
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DAN HESS Despite the paring back of the workforce, total employment expense per employee rose 8.1 percent yea...
JESSICA POTTS Batavia is targeting at least 85 percent to 90 percent this year.
ANTON SITUMEANG We were able to maintain 6 percent growth this year despite increase of world oil prices, tsunami ef...
SARATH AMUNUGAMA We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50...
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