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CHARLES JONES The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I...
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MARKUS SMILEY To drive a bus a mile, it costs us more than a dollar. That's a big increase - that's over a 100-per...
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ALLEN JOST It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to retag it, get it back on the shelf or rack...
BRITT BEEMER It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to retag it, get it back on the shelf or rack...
BRITT BEEMER Today, health care costs have the potential to significantly erode an individual's retirement saving...
BRAD KIMLER We're heading into what is expected to be our worst year on record. We're predicting a 20 percent lo...
IAN BALLANTYNE Congress has decided to cut funding for Head Start programs. Just last month we received a one perce...
BARBARA HODGES From 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., there is actually no one onsite, so we expected to see an increase [in lo...
GREG WOODSMALL It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to re-tag it, get it back on the shelf or rac...
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40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.
TOM LANTOS Over 60 percent of all dealership costs are personnel related.
JEFF SACKS Only about 15 to 20 percent are of legal drinking age.
COLIN RILEY Already they are making a difference in parliament. For the first time in years, the [ruling] Nation...
DIAA RASHWAN If that portion of their costs are going up 4 percent and total revenues are going up 2 percent, the...
DALE KNAPP This cost-of-living adjustment is being eaten up by rising gasoline and heating costs, another doubl...
BILL NOVELLI The figures did not take into account the expected increase in the number and wealth of people livin...
ELIZABETH KOLBERT Usually with this procedure, you aim to increase it by 30 to 50 percent.
DR. WES PEDERSEN If ethanol production eventually takes 30 percent of the U.S. crop, as now predicted, much of that i...
LARRY BERGER We anticipated about a 10 to 20 percent drop this year in participation,
HOWARD TAYLOR The end of the housing boom doesn't mean the end of house appreciation. Instead of going up 20 perce...
ARA HOVNANIAN We are seeing stronger growth for the semiconductor industry this year. They need new capital spendi...
FRANK WANG This [confidence report] increases the likelihood [rates] will be moved down another [half percentag...
WAYNE ANGELL went from 80 percent to 90 percent down to 20.
MICHELE WERNECKE Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.
FRED DELUCA I expect year-on-year inflation this month (December) to stand at around 18 percent.
BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red ta...
JOHN SHADEGG They're going to have to reduce costs by 10 percent to 15 percent.
DARRYL JENKINS While any increase is difficult for our citizens, we successfully reduced the increase by 40 percent...
ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG STUMBO The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY In the last few months, the Indian embassy has been issuing close to 1,150 visas a month, which is a...
ANIL WADHWA We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a ...
BILL SMITH Our revenues are down about 20 percent from prior years.
NEIL BALDWIN I have never seen an increase like it. I don't think any stock market in the world has risen more th...
RAFAEL ALCANTARA This should cause the employment rate to increase and the unemployment rate to decrease for the mont...
WAYNE GASSON We are pleased to report another increase in our stock price. This is great news for our associates.
SHANNON PATTEN Since then we have seen a gradual increase until prices are now equal to a month ago.
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ANN OWEN If you want to know how much more it costs you to live this year than last year, look at the headlin...
ANN OWEN As health care costs increase, we should not add administrative costs, which this would do. We don't...
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CLAIRE ICK We're seeing volumes start to increase, and the sticker shock from its higher pricing has begun to w...
DOUGLAS LANE The ECB delivered in December, and they're going to deliver another rate increase in March. My perso...
DAVID TAVADIAN We are looking at significant growth; say a 10 to 20 per cent increase this year off a base of 15,00...
ANDREW FRENCH We see a possible rally this month as investors take advantage of yields at these levels. We may tes...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA This is a brilliant move and I certainly never expected it. Now, investors are taking a hard look at...
CHUCK BRADFORD![]()
You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was ne...
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH This number does not increase the case for a move beyond 5 percent.
BRIAN DOLAN What's interesting is the increase in the sales price of homes, 13 to 14 percent, based on our offic...
DAVE NASH Does that mean (consumers will) stop borrowing because it costs them another $5 a month? Probably no...
KEITH GUMBINGER Its pretty much what I expected. It seems we are going to be stuck with double digit month on month ...
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KATHLEEN PATTERSON 80 percent is true; 20 percent is exaggerated truth.
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I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent.
MIRANDA KERR This isn't an increase to $30 a month, in fact for a large part of Australia it is a decrease.
WARWICK PONDER This change would leave 79 percent of television programming available for alcohol advertising and w...
DAVID JERNIGAN When all are talking, no one is probably listening; but if no one is speaking then perhaps all are o...
ANUJ SOMANY We are aware that our trade rows with other countries are expected to grow with the rapid growth of ...
LUO BINGSHENG
BECKY COFFEY But it was the 39 percent rise in jet fuel costs in the last month alone that pushed us to make this...
DAN GARTON We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year.
GIOVANNI ANGELINI Medical costs are rising significantly, so the fact that we offered a zero percent increase was subs...
TINA LANGE If costs increase 20%, and a portion of that cost increase is attributable to theft, that would be f...
JOSEPH PERKINS where his friend and colleague -- Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only black congressman -- controls...
BOB NOVAK By eliminating the slots, we estimate that IT support costs for these systems will be 20 percent to ...
ERIC CADOR The industrialization of China alone would increase by 90 percent the concentration of CO2 in our at...
JOHN OLVER It's very exciting, these results. We are holding our costs, and that's what fueled the 45 percent i...
DANIEL SOMERS The alliance is expected to attract seven million passengers, or a 20-per-cent increase from last ye...
SOMCHAINUK ENGTRAKUL It will take a while to increase tourism 20 percent, but I think it can be done.
HUGH BALL In terms of production output costs, Thailand is approximately 20 percent higher and the Philippines...
MICHAEL AUSTIN That's almost a 100 percent increase in two years from that pantry alone.
ERICA KARFONTA We believe that this tax rate, at 20 percent, is a significant increase in tax and may lead us to no...
RICHARD OWEN While wholesale electricity prices are likely to rise over this period, it's not expected that these...
GRANT KING Another 20 percent recalled being told to buy native plants. Those percentages are vast increases fr...
LYNN LIPINSKI Reconstruction efforts are going to place upward pressure on construction material, and this could a...
FRANK NOTHAFT We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50...
GRAY DAVIS Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS
Businesses are realizing that an effective loss-prevention program can become a competitive advantag... JOE DAVIS Have some idea of how much you want to spend when you go into a contract with anyone. Allow approxim...
BETH YOUNG Utility costs represent a sizeable increase of the proposed budget request by 75 percent. Our utilit...
KAREN BERRY We are expecting a 30 percent increase this year (in total sales).
HU YONG Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON You should increase weekly mileage no more than 10 percent. If you run 20 miles this week, then you ...
DOUG TUMEN
Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh... STEVEN PINKER While growth in sales of mobile devices are likely to slow, we expect TV sales to increase by more t...
EIICHI KATAYAMA July was much stronger than expected, but when you factor in the revisions to June, there's only a 0...
HARVINDER KALIRAI Traditionally our slowest month, August saw a material increase of 61.9 percent in new software lice...
CHARLES JONES The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I...
ESMAEL ADIBI Socks comprised of 60 to 80 percent cotton woven with 15 to 20 percent nylon also showed a higher CO...
MARKUS SMILEY To drive a bus a mile, it costs us more than a dollar. That's a big increase - that's over a 100-per...
BUTCH WILLIAMS If this happens, it will greatly increase our expected targets.
AILTON NASCIMENTO You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and every...
JOHN LINDER I'd say it's about 20 percent who are athletes and 80 percent students who see this as a good opport...
BOB RUCKA We expected that out of James, but he's been having a great year,
BILL BROWN It's a very big jump, I am surprised. We had expected a 50 percent average increase. It will be good...
ARFAN KARNIODY
There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted... MICHAEL BUBLE This is a very confusing time because all of our customers are seeing 15- to 20-percent cuts,
HENRY SCHACHT Kids that age are only awake 12 hours a day, so we have a generation of children who are watching te...
DIMITRI CHRISTAKIS Merchants are declining 15 percent to 20 percent of transactions to keep fraud down to 1 percent. Th...
ALLEN JOST It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to retag it, get it back on the shelf or rack...
BRITT BEEMER It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to retag it, get it back on the shelf or rack...
BRITT BEEMER Today, health care costs have the potential to significantly erode an individual's retirement saving...
BRAD KIMLER We're heading into what is expected to be our worst year on record. We're predicting a 20 percent lo...
IAN BALLANTYNE Congress has decided to cut funding for Head Start programs. Just last month we received a one perce...
BARBARA HODGES From 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., there is actually no one onsite, so we expected to see an increase [in lo...
GREG WOODSMALL It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to re-tag it, get it back on the shelf or rac...
BRITT BEEMER If you're off by $100 a month on what you really spend, that oversight then is $1,200 every year. Th...
DEE LEE The bulk of the increase is due to salaries and benefits. But utility costs have become a major fact...
FRANK CONNOLLY
40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight. TOM LANTOS Over 60 percent of all dealership costs are personnel related.
JEFF SACKS Only about 15 to 20 percent are of legal drinking age.
COLIN RILEY Already they are making a difference in parliament. For the first time in years, the [ruling] Nation...
DIAA RASHWAN If that portion of their costs are going up 4 percent and total revenues are going up 2 percent, the...
DALE KNAPP This cost-of-living adjustment is being eaten up by rising gasoline and heating costs, another doubl...
BILL NOVELLI The figures did not take into account the expected increase in the number and wealth of people livin...
ELIZABETH KOLBERT Usually with this procedure, you aim to increase it by 30 to 50 percent.
DR. WES PEDERSEN If ethanol production eventually takes 30 percent of the U.S. crop, as now predicted, much of that i...
LARRY BERGER We anticipated about a 10 to 20 percent drop this year in participation,
HOWARD TAYLOR The end of the housing boom doesn't mean the end of house appreciation. Instead of going up 20 perce...
ARA HOVNANIAN We are seeing stronger growth for the semiconductor industry this year. They need new capital spendi...
FRANK WANG This [confidence report] increases the likelihood [rates] will be moved down another [half percentag...
WAYNE ANGELL went from 80 percent to 90 percent down to 20.
MICHELE WERNECKE Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.
FRED DELUCA I expect year-on-year inflation this month (December) to stand at around 18 percent.
BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red ta...
JOHN SHADEGG They're going to have to reduce costs by 10 percent to 15 percent.
DARRYL JENKINS While any increase is difficult for our citizens, we successfully reduced the increase by 40 percent...
ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG STUMBO The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY In the last few months, the Indian embassy has been issuing close to 1,150 visas a month, which is a...
ANIL WADHWA We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a ...
BILL SMITH Our revenues are down about 20 percent from prior years.
NEIL BALDWIN I have never seen an increase like it. I don't think any stock market in the world has risen more th...
RAFAEL ALCANTARA This should cause the employment rate to increase and the unemployment rate to decrease for the mont...
WAYNE GASSON We are pleased to report another increase in our stock price. This is great news for our associates.
SHANNON PATTEN Since then we have seen a gradual increase until prices are now equal to a month ago.
CAROL THORP If you want to know how much more it costs you to live this year than last year, look at the headlin...
ANN OWEN If you want to know how much more it costs you to live this year than last year, look at the headlin...
ANN OWEN As health care costs increase, we should not add administrative costs, which this would do. We don't...
BONNIE STEWART It was very, very successful. On Friday alone, which is usually a very slow day, we had more than a ...
CLAIRE ICK We're seeing volumes start to increase, and the sticker shock from its higher pricing has begun to w...
DOUGLAS LANE The ECB delivered in December, and they're going to deliver another rate increase in March. My perso...
DAVID TAVADIAN We are looking at significant growth; say a 10 to 20 per cent increase this year off a base of 15,00...
ANDREW FRENCH We see a possible rally this month as investors take advantage of yields at these levels. We may tes...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA This is a brilliant move and I certainly never expected it. Now, investors are taking a hard look at...
CHUCK BRADFORD
You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was ne... ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH This number does not increase the case for a move beyond 5 percent.
BRIAN DOLAN What's interesting is the increase in the sales price of homes, 13 to 14 percent, based on our offic...
DAVE NASH Does that mean (consumers will) stop borrowing because it costs them another $5 a month? Probably no...
KEITH GUMBINGER Its pretty much what I expected. It seems we are going to be stuck with double digit month on month ...
ANTHONY HAWKINS All that has changed. But that buyer who had to save the 20 percent had a 20 percent cushion from th...
WILLIAM WOOD There are surveys that say a nicely planted and maintained landscape adds 10 (percent) to 20 percent...
KATHLEEN PATTERSON 80 percent is true; 20 percent is exaggerated truth.
GARY OWEN
I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent. MIRANDA KERR This isn't an increase to $30 a month, in fact for a large part of Australia it is a decrease.
WARWICK PONDER This change would leave 79 percent of television programming available for alcohol advertising and w...
DAVID JERNIGAN When all are talking, no one is probably listening; but if no one is speaking then perhaps all are o...
ANUJ SOMANY We are aware that our trade rows with other countries are expected to grow with the rapid growth of ...
LUO BINGSHENG
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