There might be some disappointment related to the latest trade volume data, especially the Chicago Board of Trade, where volume rose only 4 percent over year ago levels.
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Related In 2003, Taiwan and Panama signed an FTA. One year after that (pact) was signed, the trade volume (b... DAVID HONG I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. ... Why not t... THICH NHAT HANH It's amazing. You see stocks that literally trade several times their average volume in reaction to ... DAMON SOUTHWARD The volume of phone inquiries (to the chamber) is up 46 percent to date this year. DAN LENNON When I first started editing a 'Year's Best' volume in the '70s, the job was pretty ... GARDNER DOZOIS Over the years, the technology of trade has changed in response to advances in the ability to commun... DALE T. MORTENSEN One U.S./Canada border crossing alone may conduct more than $400 million a day in trade. A significa... JOHN FERGUSON The food security of a populous country is more than just economics and trade. A drop of 1 percentag... CHENG GUOQIANG I picked up the rule and started studying it hard, reading it over and over. It says that 20 percent... CLAY OLIVER As long as energy prices are high, the trade surplus is going to shrink. The volume of imports is st... HIROSHI SHIRAISHI The most striking aspect of the data this year was the intensity or volume of the decreases. This is... ARIALDI MININO When labor and environmental issues are directly trade-related, included within the negotiating docu... MIKE MCCURRY Some US economists assume that the exchange rate is the key to fixing the trade imbalance However, s... ZHOU XIAOCHUAN A major component of the surf board is no longer available. There is one other guy in southern Calif... JEFFERSON WAGNER The volume was just incredible, especially the last two days. JAY KORNEGAY The data suggests the big momentum positions which had mirrored carry trades have now been cut back ... DANIEL KATZIVE It's gotten pretty tight over the last week, especially in Southern California. There's been a huge ... JOHN BROMLEY We're concerned that McDonald's may not be able to sustain these levels of comparable sales gains ov... DEAN HASKELL Pleasing things: finding a large number of tales that one has not read before. Or acquiring the seco... SEI SHōNAGON The call volume has been higher and more steady than preceding some of the hurricanes we had last ye... BRAD DEAN This week's collection of data will give the markets plenty to trade on, CAROL STONE Given the latest economic performance of the country and penetration rate of only 4 percent we see g... ALEXANDER IZOSIMOV In 1999 ... booster seats were used by only 5 percent of 4- to 8-year-olds. By the middle of last ye... DR. DENNIS DURBIN Our retail sales were strong again in March and we exceeded our expectations despite another substan... BILL LOVEJOY The balance of trade and security became a battle that we really lost to trade years ago. Customs ha... JOSEPH KING He's come a long way since he first came to us in the trade [from the Chicago White Sox]. His stroke... MIKE HARGROVE Funds' selective buying helped support the index. The market extended its gains in late trade also d... CASTOR PANG The latest trade figures confirm that Japan's economy is recovering steadily and modestly. HIROAKI MUTO The more volume going into up issues, the lower the TRIN is going to be. There has been some buying ... JASON GOEPFERT Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the... DON MARQUIS The overall relationship is strong, but trade and economic ties have lagged behind, especially compa... ZHANG LI It's going to be probably one of the greatest harvests ever. We're looking at a 2 percent to 4 perce... GEORGE ROSE Sentiment seems to be slightly negative for the dollar with the Iran issue and trade data looming. KOTA KIMURA The more volume you run over a network, the better your pricing will be. DAVID ROBERTSON Although shares may trade up temporarily, we anticipate they will eventually trade down to levels ap... BOB MCADOO Investor sentiment is shifting and volume levels are starting to pick up, ... Investors were just ta... ART HOGAN This bilateral agreement represents a necessary and welcome step towards addressing China's unfair t... AUGGIE TANTILLO We are convinced that the all-new Volvo S80 will be a very strong contender that will win over many ... FREDRIK ARP We expect some disappointment in a flat top line (revenue forecast) for 2006. We would not be surpri... JUSTIN HOTT the fast lane for Canada-U.S. trade. Twenty-five percent of our two-way trade, or 120 billion U.S. d... JEAN CHRETIEN It will certainly be tens of millions of dollars, but the cost will be determined in part by the tot... TOM BURT If terms of trade are declining and you really are playing a volume game not a margin game, that mea... BHANU BAWEJA From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especi... VICTOR FRANCIS HESS There's a general upside bias for the dollar right across the board, but that inclination is tempere... IAN GUNNER I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third v... SHELBY FOOTE Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in. AARON ALLSTON Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade. VERNON LAW Over the past year we have seen an explosion of activity for new residential building permits. The e... HANK FISHKIND As inexpensive as storage may be, the volume of corporate data is still increasing by about 40% a ye... BOB ZIMMERMAN I would expect (activity) to be significantly higher than last year, both in terms of volume and rev... KALPANA DESAI This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any ... A. P. HERBERT Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in. AARON ALLSTON You look like you. Only with the volume turned up. RAINBOW ROWELL This triggered a series of trade friction, especially in the field of textile, CRAIG ALLEN We are soon going to have serious strains on trade because of the alarming receding lake water level... AMANYA MUSHEGA The GDP data was much higher than expected ... and with low volume we just end up following other ma... ANDRE DREICON The U.S. markets liked (the trade gap data). Therefore, the Latin markets liked it. FELIPE GARCIA The time to reconsider the value of five-year notes arrived. I am thinking about buying five-year no... JUN FUKASHIRO In a world where time appears to be measured in terms of the last trade, BRIAN THOMPSON I think the World Trade Center should be rebuilt as the World Trade Center, only stronger and one st... DONALD TRUMP When any volume of this blend comes in contact with one-half of 1 percent (of its own volume) of wat... DON ANGLIN Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. SAMUEL GOMPERS The economy is definitely making a transition. I think 1998 will be viewed as the year of soft landi... BRUCE STEINBERG Our (customer service) call volume has been lower than the typical call volume. LAURA DOUGLAS One of biggest problems, not just in Provo but nationwide, in any city's ability to coordinate a cor... CASEY SERR Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat i... MITT ROMNEY Computer hacking and data theft are serious crimes in our modern economy. Because of the volume and ... BUD CUMMINS Its comparable sales have been on a tear over the past two year, up 6 percent in 2002 and up 4 perce... HOWARD TUBIN On trade, [Bush] obviously staked out a pattern that we don't expect him to change dramatically from... AUGGIE TANTILLO In the Czech Republic, competition is so fierce that there is no way of growing margins. You can onl... MATTHIAS SILLER There is little probability that the trade surplus this year will exceed the 2005 level. LI YUSHI There was a great volume of fire in the third-floor apartment. ALAN ETTER We were told that buses are carrying only 15% of the usual volume of riders. ANGELA SANBRANO Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tal... GEORGE ELIOT The White Sox are this year's Red Sox ... minus the sexy curse. If we get volume, this is going to b... ED GOREN The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all. JOHNNY THUNDERS The LCD glass business, again, had a record quarter. We had sales increase by almost 60 percent for ... DAN COLLINS The World Trade Organization is an organization that defends trade interests. I think the problem is... NOREENA HERTZ While the volume of spam reaching AOL email inboxes has remained at low levels compared to it's heig... CHARLES STILES There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be ... ROBERT M. HUTCHINS Latest trade figure came in above market consensus forecast. This is because of a steady recovery in... KENJI ARATA The volume of lost production will be significantly greater than that lost under Ivan. Not one compa... FADEL GHEIT Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every day, year after yea... SUSAN SONTAG I'm disappointed that I got injured and I'm disappointed in the year I had. I'm not upset over the t... COREY KOSKIE By the volume of phone calls I've been receiving, there appears to be a heightened interest with the... FRANCIS BRAUTIGAM The volume server market continues to evolve as richer server configurations driven by both scale-ou... MATTHEW EASTWOOD Migration has slowed appreciably since 2003 and the residential construction market has caught up wi... BRENT LAYTON We tried to educate the orphans in some sort of trade. MARVIN IMEL It will be years before wireless carriers are at a level where they can handle the type of volume th... ALLAN TUMOLILLO This is a big concern by many at our children's hospitals and other related organizations across the... ELAINE ORRBINE Forget about the trade. This is where I want to be, ... Manny being Manny, man. MANNY RAMIREZ This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn... A. P. HERBERT Volume has been pretty light. Tomorrow could rival the Friday after Thanksgiving for the slowest day... ADAM TRACY That will be a volume seller. JUHA PARK There is a proven model with putting ads on the site, but it has to be in volume. BARRY PARR Sondheim Sings: Volume II (1946-60). STEPHEN SONDHEIM There are less buyers today, less sellers and therefore less reasons to pay big money for expensive ... JAY FOREMAN Given the decision that Mr Flavin was an agent and not principle in the trade, there would appear to... BRID WHITE Our results were driven by strong procedural volume and revenue growth, including same-store revenue... CRAIG JOFFE Through sheer volume of passing days you will travel a great distance in your lifetime. Imagine wher... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH
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Grief weeps alone,
Many guests had Cana;
Gethsemane but one. FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power,... HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings. HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege. FREDERIC R. MARVIN My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois da... FREDERIC R. MARVIN Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what
is impossible for talent is genius... HENRI-FREDERIC AMIEL Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulnes... HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL