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ALEX URQUHART After the revisions (to December and November), the headline was more or less in line with the conse...
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DENNIS JACOBE A weaker dollar, continued geopolitical concerns, weak government data, and higher oil prices have a...
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ART KINSMAN Certain traders in gas and kerosene have tried to increase fuel prices.... The prices of liquefied g...
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BILL LOWE Any reasonable reading of the trends would suggest that Democrats can expect significant gains in No...
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GRANT KING If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS The current decline in the price of gas is actually consistent with the usual decline of gas prices ...
JOHN TINER Soaring gasoline and natural gas prices will have a major negative impact on family budgets and hous...
ANDREW JACKSON (ECONOMIST) With the gas prices so high, you're going to see a lot of drive-offs,
DAVE BENNETT Although we gained some momentum in the latter part of November, we remain cautious about the outloo...
HEIDI KUNZ Higher underwriting revenues, increased mergers and acquisitions fees, growth in trading and merchan...
D. MILLER
JOEY CUYEGKENG Strong employment and income gains, coupled with low mortgage rates continue to bolster consumer con...
BOB DUGAN The strength in platinum prices reflects two key factors: the broad enthusiasm for commodities by in...
ALAN WILLIAMSON Although demand was about what we expected during the quarter, the average selling prices for our DR...
JIMMY LEE
It appears that the threshold has been reached where consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gas p... RON PAUL It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS Warmer than expected weather in key Canadian and United States heating regions has resulted in a dec...
LINO LUISON B.C. is a very diversified economy, with strength in the high-tech industries, expanding natural gas...
CARLOS GOMES BC is a very diversified economy, with strength in the high-tech industries, expanding natural gas a...
CARLOS GOMES The fact that natural gas prices are competitive in California has to do with the lasting effects of...
SCOTT CLARK To date, the increasing affordability of our key product categories and the strength of our retail t...
BRAD ANDERSON You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in th...
GEOFF KIEBURTZ You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE The two hurricanes and the subsequent spike in gas prices led consumers to reconsider their traditio...
MARK MCCREADY The best gift that a person can lift is the life of his own choice, but that should make a real diff...
ANUJ SOMANY Investors will probably hold off buying bonds before the release of the report on core prices. Gains...
KATSUTOSHI INADOME It's been very positive. In the typical November to December shopping season we would expect 3.5 mil...
DEBBIE MARTINEZ Perception becomes the better part of reality, coupled with three factors,
JEFF BYRD
Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustriali... GEORGE PACKER Although we were pleased with the overall level of sales in December, especially in the last two wee...
LARRY MONTGOMERY
If the Fed were going to pause in response to Katrina, it probably would be in November and December... MARK ZANDI
... the flexibility of our market-driven economy has allowed us, thus far, to weather reasonably wel... ALAN GREENSPAN Continued strong economic growth and falling gas prices in the fourth quarter leaves me hopeful that...
JAMES CHESSEN September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF It's because of the uncertainty (over gas prices).
BO BREWER The key drivers as we invest in these markets are fuel prices. The decision whether to build a new c...
ALEX URQUHART After the revisions (to December and November), the headline was more or less in line with the conse...
HENRIK GULLBERG Businesses continue to look at the future with some skepticism. Companies again report weaker employ...
ALAN OSTER Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE A weaker dollar, continued geopolitical concerns, weak government data, and higher oil prices have a...
EMANUEL BALARIE With the inherent value in Cabot's capital program, we recommenced buying shares in late November an...
DAN O. DINGES With higher auto prices helping to offset the usual price discounting seen in other categories like ...
CARL GOMEZ Thought seasonable factors may be part of the explanation for falling prices and declining home sale...
LEONARD ZUMPANO Despite rising fuel prices, devastating weather events and a difficult market environment, Chrysler ...
TOM LASORDA We expect continued high coal and natural gas prices to provide challenges for our generating busine...
CANNING FOK The continued decrease in prices and increase in capacity of the hard disk storage space as well as ...
LIM BOON CHUAN Wholesale prices for natural gas have been declining ever since December, so we're glad to pass thos...
ANGIE TOWNSEND We see recruitment as one of the key factors. And getting the best players in is crucial.
GARY ISSOTT Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON The market were under pressure from profit-taking after consecutive gains in the past four trading d...
CAI JUNYI Sound economic fundamentals coupled with a number of positive factors have partially offset the psyc...
LI KA-SHING Most of the test events were held last winter with great success and in November and December we wil...
VALENTINO CASTELLANI Telecom, coupled with buoyant global markets has seen buying re-enter the New Zealand market.
MURRAY RUTHERFORD Last year was a prosperous year for the group, with strong results underpinned by increased producti...
HELGE LUND People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN The continued weakness in DRAM (dynamic random access memory) prices, driven by excess capacity, com...
JAMES MORGAN Accompanying strong seasonal gains in March are gains in sectors typically less affected by seasonal...
AARON SMITH We had a really good holiday season ... really good. We were above industry trends, and we're probab...
DEB BRAMLETT There is a combo of factors. Most recently, Hurricane Katrina and the damage done to Gulf Coast caus...
ALLAN URLIS The key is the vote in November.
HEATHER TAYLOR Gas prices are way too high. What I make cutting grass, I turn right around and spend on gas. (Gas) ...
MALCOLM SMITH Frankly, we believe natural gas prices would have dropped more this winter, had it not been for $60+...
CATHERINE ELDER It's a combination of weariness over Iraq, concern about gas prices, worry about jobs being sent ove...
WHIT AYRES We are very anxious because the problem started in November-December of 2003,
JACQUES DIOUF The year-end rally looked terrific in November, but it's been disappointing in December.
RALPH ACAMPORA After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit last summer, natural gas prices spiked sharply. As sources in ...
FRED HORNE These differences mean that a car buyer's best defense against rising gas prices is to shop carefull...
JACK GILLIS If you want to shop around for the best gas prices in town, you're still going to get that rebate.
CURTIS ARNOLD Gas prices are moderating somewhat, but they're still bouncing all over the place.
DON OLSEN Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN Spring is the best time to go looking. Prices tend to be lower, the demand is lower. Power purchase ...
BOB ROMANCHECK Because the market was so hot, investors were buying everything. It was like a frenzy with prices go...
KAREN PALMER
There is October in every November and there is November in every December! All seasons melted in ea... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO It's been a difficult year. Consumers have had a lot of distractions from new electronics to gas pri...
HARVEY DONDERO A ruling against the industry by the California Supreme Court, coupled with continued individual (ve...
BILL PECORIELLO Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE
The three most important factors in buying a home are, location, location, location! SOURCE UNKNOWN If Giuliani's in, he's in. If somebody else is in, he's in. But the key factors are the issues she's...
HAROLD ICKES Strong market growth continued to be driven by lower prices and mobility in the third quarter. These...
CHARLES SMULDERS We had far and away the best October, November, December and January that we've ever had, and quite ...
JACK MOYER The higher spending only explains a third of this reduction.
JOHN MCMILLAN The pitch of the Nikkei's rise has been quite steep, so after its gains a slight correction was prob...
KATSUMI NISHIYAMA November typically marks the beginning of the growth season in stocks. This is due in large part to ...
DOUG FABIAN
There were a lot of manufacturing jobs lost over a long period of time and particularly after - duri... JANET YELLEN If gas prices go up, the consumer is going to be a little tighter than they were.
ROBERT JOHNSON Just as a number of factors drove the polls down, several different factors are driving them up. The...
WHIT AYRES Wages, import prices, bottlenecks in shortages in the employment market
WIM DUISENBERG I'm trying to get the word out about high gas prices, ... Honk 4 lower gas prices.
MIKE HOLT Historically, we literally have not seen an impact with gas prices. Tourism has actually gone up ove...
CHARLIE CLARK What we are reacting to is the somewhat stronger than expected tenor in the November employment data...
WILLIAM SULLIVAN This strike could last through November/December 2002.
BYRON CALLAN As long as the employment picture remains good and interest rates remain in a lower fashion, as they...
BILL EMERSON Inflation is the wild card for 2006, with rising oil prices, an increase in commodity prices, slow p...
JOSEPH SENECA What we have seen over the course of the last year is that with [passenger] load factors very high a...
DANIEL KASPER
I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,'... RICHARD DAWKINS I think, tribalism is a mental prison…and pride of identity coupled with arrogance is one of the l...
DUOP CHAK WUOL
President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two... WILLIAM J. CLINTON [Gas prices, which hit a national average of $2.61 a gallon this week, are affecting sales of large ...
DEBORAH SILVERMAN Over the past few weeks, crude prices and gas futures have dropped and increased and dropped. Until ...
ART KINSMAN Certain traders in gas and kerosene have tried to increase fuel prices.... The prices of liquefied g...
GEORGY ARVELADZE While the damages caused by the hurricanes continued to affect raw materials and energy prices throu...
BILL LOWE Any reasonable reading of the trends would suggest that Democrats can expect significant gains in No...
PAUL HARSTAD While wholesale electricity prices are likely to rise over this period, it's not expected that these...
GRANT KING If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS The current decline in the price of gas is actually consistent with the usual decline of gas prices ...
JOHN TINER Soaring gasoline and natural gas prices will have a major negative impact on family budgets and hous...
ANDREW JACKSON (ECONOMIST) With the gas prices so high, you're going to see a lot of drive-offs,
DAVE BENNETT Although we gained some momentum in the latter part of November, we remain cautious about the outloo...
HEIDI KUNZ Higher underwriting revenues, increased mergers and acquisitions fees, growth in trading and merchan...
D. MILLER
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