Lynn Franco quote: "While the Index remains below its pre-Katrina levels, the shock of the hurricanes and subsequent leap in gas prices has begun wearing off just in time for the holiday season. Despite this latest boost in confidence, holiday spending will be driven by the bargains consumers have come to expect."

Once consumers file online, they tend to stay online. The number of people filing their federal taxe...
LYNN FRANCO

The swift outcome in the Middle East has helped quell consumers' short-term concerns. While an incre...
LYNN FRANCO

While consumers have managed to keep the U.S. out of a recession for several years now, that soon ma...
LYNN FRANCO

We could be very well in a period where this is as good as it gets. If prices at the pump keep ticki...
LYNN FRANCO

Consumers appear to be weathering the steady rise in gas prices quite well,
LYNN FRANCO

Looking ahead, the CEOs are cautiously optimistic but not as optimistic about the short-term outlook...
LYNN FRANCO

A decline of more than 40 cents (a gallon) in gasoline prices this month and the improving job outlo...
LYNN FRANCO

A decline of more than 40 cents in gasoline prices this month and the improving job outlook have com...
LYNN FRANCO

Much of the improvement in confidence can be attributed to the resiliency of the economy post-Katrin...
LYNN FRANCO

We think a lot of that is reaction to the spike in prices at the pump following Katrina.
LYNN FRANCO

One of the good perks is vacation policies,
LYNN FRANCO

[Consumers] are more optimistic about the outlook than last month. Historically, this trend is preva...
LYNN FRANCO

Historically, shocks have had a short-term impact on consumer confidence, especially on consumers' e...
LYNN FRANCO

Hurricane Katrina, coupled with soaring gasoline prices and a less optimistic job outlook, has ... c...
LYNN FRANCO

Especially in this tight labor market,
LYNN FRANCO

As rebuilding efforts take hold and job growth gains momentum, consumers' confidence should rebound ...
LYNN FRANCO

We've noticed that with the 24-7 electronic-technological boom over the last several years, things h...
LYNN FRANCO

While the economy has not turned around yet, the worst may well be over. The upturn in confidence is...
LYNN FRANCO

The improvement in consumers' mood suggests that business activity and labor market activity will co...
LYNN FRANCO

Much of the decline in confidence over the past two months can be attributed to the recent hurricane...
LYNN FRANCO

When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yo...
VERONICA FRANCO

Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they wou...
VERONICA FRANCO

I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
VERONICA FRANCO

Such a gift might be easily taken back again.
VERONICA FRANCO

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.
JAMES FRANCO

I don't say I create. I copy, of course. I've never been interested in the point of view of ...
FRANCO MOSCHINO

I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
JAMES FRANCO

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to ge...
JAMES FRANCO

So sweet and delicious do I become,
when I am in bed with a man
who, I sense, loves and en...
VERONICA FRANCO

I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrat...
FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI

I am responsible only to God and history.
FRANCISCO FRANCO

You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are cert...
JAMES FRANCO

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Iri...
JAMES FRANCO

Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone.
FRANCO NERO

I just know that it's smart for my career to carve my own path and do my own thing.
DAVE FRANCO

Pain and grief have been kept buried for ages, bred in secrecy and shame, wrapped by an ongoing cons...
FRANCO SANTORO

What really keeps me inspired is to get messages across.
ALVIN FRANCO

Everyone you've ever met is actually a part of who you are today. Even your own enemies, the ones wh...
ALVIN FRANCO

It's really amazing what a single act of kindness can do. Well, it's gotten me to be a lot more soci...
ALVIN FRANCO

It's basically my own life story as of high school.
ALVIN FRANCO

I'm always busy filming something -- I document everything I do, I've found out that I can put it to...
ALVIN FRANCO

It's like a separate body part to me, you can ask anyone in my school, they've never seen me not wit...
ALVIN FRANCO

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-bus...
JAMES FRANCO

There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to dir...
JAMES FRANCO

The first piece of art that I ever bought-when I could afford it-was a Warhol sketch from the period...
JAMES FRANCO

The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himse...
JAMES FRANCO

Economists agree about economics - and that's a science - and they disagree about economic polic...
FRANCO MODIGLIANI

There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care...
JAMES FRANCO

[You] have to play good, too.
CARLOS FRANCO

I like to play the golf course because when I go to the range, I hit it, I hit it, I hit it, every s...
CARLOS FRANCO

It's like a holiday, a vacation almost.
CARLOS FRANCO

He's a big guy, you know? ... I talked to him the last 18 holes, 'Come on, man, come on. Why you too...
CARLOS FRANCO

That's good for me,
CARLOS FRANCO

My eyes are very red. I can't play. I can't focus on the ball. I can't focus on my swing.
CARLOS FRANCO

He wasn't nervous because he's won three times on the Nationwide Tour.
CARLOS FRANCO

I like the course. A little tricky fairways and greens, that's good for everybody because when you h...
CARLOS FRANCO

The reason I do this job is because I started to be a painter. Making money in art was difficult. Th...
FRANCO MOSCHINO

Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than ot...
JAMES FRANCO

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. ...
JAMES FRANCO

How you look at a situation is very important, for how you think about a problem may defeat you befo...
FRANCO HARRIS

I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was ed...
JAMES FRANCO

Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.
JAMES FRANCO

Good taste doesn't exist. It is our taste. We have to be proud of it.
FRANCO MOSCHINO

When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a ...
JAMES FRANCO

When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worke...
JAMES FRANCO

Never underestimate the power of one man
JOSELUIS FRANCO

strive to be something more, and you will change the world
JOSELUIS FRANCO

One day I will stand where emperors once stood
JOSELUIS FRANCO

When your dreams become reality, then you know you've changed the world
JOSELUIS FRANCO

At this point, I feel like I can allow myself to be goofy and take more risks, and even if I do fall...
DAVE FRANCO

Politics is not a career. Politics is a service, a mission. If I am to choose between a decision tha...
FRANCO DEBONO

Let go of your constant strife to sustain and assert the idea of who you are. It is this massive eff...
FRANCO SANTORO

I did not invent these figures. It did not come from me. What do I have to gain if I lie?
FRANCO TITO

They said they have no special suits and equipment to battle the thick smoke and toxic fumes from in...
FRANCO TITO

We take full account of two main, fundamental rights -- the right to security .... and privacy prote...
FRANCO FRATTINI

I don't just wanna be James Franco's little brother.
DAVE FRANCO

For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It'...
DAVE FRANCO

The whole secret of the campaigns unleashed against Spain can be explained in two words: masonry and...
FRANCISCO FRANCO

As much as I love and respect my brother, I'm doing my best to distance myself from him and kind...
DAVE FRANCO

And although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and others, coa...
VERONICA FRANCO

It (dance) sparked something in me. It was something that I needed.
ASHLEY FRANCO

Committing a year to the company is something natural to me.
ASHLEY FRANCO

Our constituents know how bad our roads, our sidewalks, our infrastructure is.
FRANCO MAGNIFICO

A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering ...
JAMES FRANCO

The people are represented in Parliament. Therefore parliamentarians are not party delegates but rep...
FRANCO DEBONO

The immediate effect of the deficit is to make you feel good, like when you go on a trip and pay lat...
FRANCO MODIGLIANI

All member states are bound by their relevant international legal obligations, in particular those d...
FRANCO FRATTINI

Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, ...
FRANCO HARRIS

One has to be a bit more European, and a bit less protectionist.
FRANCO FRATTINI

I'm not so young as you are vain!
VERONICA FRANCO

Sweden and Denmark are two serious teams.
FRANCO CARRARO

The era of Berlusconi seen as a wizard who would solve the country's problems with a magic wand is o...
MASSIMO FRANCO

Can we seize classified files of the CIA? No, that's not possible. We don't have the powers, we have...
FRANCO FRATTINI

[Communists] should be crushed like worms.
FRANCISCO FRANCO

They were becoming like a little Mafia. If one committed a mischief, the others would not tell.
FRANCO DILIGENTI

Everything starts with our offensive line, ... They really did a nice job blocking. (BEA) runs some ...
JOHN FRANCO

I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm goi...
JAMES FRANCO

But the only way we could do that was to adopt the baby, so that was out of the question,
ROBERT FRANCO

We've always been very close. But right now I feel there needs to be a change in the direction from ...
FRANCO HARRIS

I like the product that I see. I think that this is something that can really take off in Pittsburgh...
FRANCO HARRIS

I don't even think about that now. I'm still black and gold.
FRANCO HARRIS

After 12 years, the old butterflies came back. Well, I guess at my age you call them moths.
FRANCO HARRIS

I had 12 great years in Pittsburgh, and that one doesn't matter. During my time with Seattle, they w...
FRANCO HARRIS

I am excited to be part of the Forest City/Harrah's team. I've lived and played in this community fo...
FRANCO HARRIS

There's probably going to be about $100 million spent to buy the property ... for all the roads and ...
FRANCO HARRIS

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, ...
FRANCO NERO

I become kind of obsessive about research.
JAMES FRANCO

This agreement is a victory for democracy, a victory for our EU citizens, and a victory for the fund...
FRANCO FRATTINI

I think my first big purchase was actually for my mom. She had one of those '90s TVs in her livi...
DAVE FRANCO

The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime-time television or f...
JAMES FRANCO

Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Night! These are not just mere greetings.
They are powerful ...
FRANCO SANTORO

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating...
FRANCO NERO

It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those...
JAMES FRANCO

It's like baseball. You step up to the plate and you'd like to knock it out of the park but the brea...
EDWARD FRANCO

Good day traders don't have big swings or big losing days. A really good day trader is very conserva...
EDWARD FRANCO

Most of our trading decisions are based on trying to identify buyers and sellers.
EDWARD FRANCO

This was the Lazarus campaign. In January, we were dead and in the tomb.
JOHN FRANCO

It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or some...
JAMES FRANCO

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mi...
JAMES FRANCO

If the world is not to your liking, then change it.
JOSELUIS FRANCO

A man who has raised quintuplets has had enough of babies.
FRANCO DILIGENTI

We haven't seen a bill.
CODEE FRANCO

I had a nice case of all-day sickness until the end of February when I finally got it under control.
CODEE FRANCO

It didn't seem reality. We were shocked to find out it was.
CODEE FRANCO

I know that theater people often have very simplistic view of politics and tend to express very blac...
FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI

It's hard for other people to realize just how easily we Florentines live with that past in our hear...
FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI

The stars would have to align for this to be positive. It's certainly tough for the markets.
FRANCO UCCELLI

They could be dead because it happened last night.
FRANCO TITO

There was an explosion inside the cave and the tunnel gave in, trapping everybody.
FRANCO TITO

The ambulance is ready to go to the dump.
GEORGE FRANCO

Six years in this country - this is the worst accident I've seen.
GEORGE FRANCO

I'm kind of surprised nobody got seriously injured.
GEORGE FRANCO

They could all be dead by now.
FRANCO TITO

We're not really sure how many people were trapped inside. I talked with three survivors and they to...
FRANCO TITO

It seems to me that the idea of not recognizing the result is losing strength by the hour.
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

The outcome might very well be that together with (Berlusconi?s) defeat this time we may also see hi...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

I sensed a lot of mental and intellectual fatigue in Berlusconi. He surprised me. He's too much of a...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

He is too much of a realistic businessman that if he really felt the situation was desperate, or uns...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

The UDC said fundamentally that Berlusconi isn't the man to lead, and that will cause a government m...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

All of this is certainly not positive for Italy's image abroad.
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

I don't see how he could keep his post with all the pressure. Both public opinion and political forc...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

I think he would fall under a lot of national and international pressure to resign.
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

That in my opinion would be a serious blow in the sense that he would be a convicted prime minister ...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

What we are witnessing is a political meltdown. This is a serious blow for the government, and it's ...
FRANCO PAVONCELLO

When I entered the monastery I wanted to be alone. Now I believe that men should worry about the wor...
FRANCO NERO

You're the one who likes cigars right? Try smoking this.
FRANCO NERO

It doesn't matter. What matters is that you're about to die.
FRANCO NERO

Every western I did and will do; I will do it for the never ending young kid inside of me.
FRANCO NERO

Someone who was a part of my life. Probably the only one that really mattered.
FRANCO NERO

The feds should allow each region to understand what its priorities are because from there in their ...
FRANCO MAGNIFICO

It is people who decide whether their relationships constitute a family.... Not everyone shares the ...
FRANCO GRILLINI

(The database) has two main goals: contributing to the internal security of EU states and the fight ...
FRANCO FRATTINI

We are following all the roads
FRANCO FRATTINI

which has worked hard to reach this goal, feels even more the moral duty to support the brave Iraqi ...
FRANCO FRATTINI

We are trying to verify the reliability of the claims. It's being conducted in an in-depth fashion. ...
FRANCO FRATTINI

I had to assume the serious responsibility of telling the public what was happening and I think it w...
FRANCO FRATTINI

He died a hero,
FRANCO FRATTINI

I have read a report on U.S. data protection laws, and I assure you that there is no risk of abuse o...
FRANCO FRATTINI

take the necessary steps to look into this matter when appropriate.
FRANCO FRATTINI

I have read the press articles and confirm that for the time being the (European) Commission has no ...
FRANCO FRATTINI

When we compare music today to the past, we can see there is now a total lack of self-censorship. Al...
FRANCO FABBRI

I am very sorry if I disappointed you with 'Le Reve' at the premiere.
FRANCO DRAGONE

You can't anticipate that kind of success,
FRANCO DRAGONE

I believe it costs more to produce a show in Las Vegas than on Broadway. But I also see the day when...
FRANCO DRAGONE

The show has to be unique,
FRANCO DRAGONE

Right now it's a matter of biting the bullet and building our program. The best part is we're very e...
FRANCO CHAVEZ

Size, speed, strength. Three-A is a big difference. In Two-A, the ball comes down the middle. No way...
FRANCO CHAVEZ

We were there for three innings. If we stay consistent we'll do well the rest of the season.
FRANCO CHAVEZ

We make two catches and we're out of the inning.
FRANCO CHAVEZ

For one thing, we only have two players starting from last year's team. The rest are freshmen and ju...
FRANCO CHAVEZ

It was their best game up to now.
FRANCO CHAVEZ

Italy has been seeded because it deserves to be.
FRANCO CARRARO

Italy is seeded because it deserved it. It was a logical choice.
FRANCO CARRARO

A delay is impossible because it would constitute a violation of the rules. It would also disregard ...
FRANCO CARRARO

I'm very upset personally and it was not a beautiful day for Italian soccer.
FRANCO CARRARO

There is no doubt that the way the Denmark-Sweden game developed shows that the two teams were aimin...
FRANCO CARRARO

In two weeks, with the help of MWR, the facilities manager and his team, and the SUBASE Fire Departm...
FRANCO CAROFANO

Laser tag is a great team building tool. We've had people from Pfizer and Millstone come in for a da...
FRANCO CAROFANO

We were operating out of the Mystic Carousel and Fun Center in Mystic. But that place got sold and w...
FRANCO CAROFANO

Making reforms is easy on the pages of a newspaper, but it is not so easy to do in the parliament.
FRANCO BRUNI

These are factors that all improve productivity.
FRANCO BRUNI

Galileo will be a completely independent system made and controlled by Europeans and is a civilian s...
FRANCO BONACINA

This is an important step for Europe. It's a tool that Europe is giving itself that will be independ...
FRANCO BONACINA

The satellite is up in space and transmitting signals.
FRANCO BONACINA

We're starting with fresh technologies and more up-to- date components, and it will be run by a civi...
FRANCO BONACINA

Galileo is made in Europe by Europeans. If the Americans want to scramble GPS, they can do it whenev...
FRANCO BONACINA

It shows that things continue to move ahead.
FRANCO BONACINA

The physics of our world, and the ways of putting things into space, has not changed, so the machine...
FRANCO BONACINA

This is a sort of test for ion propulsion. It has the potential to be used for longer missions in th...
FRANCO BONACINA

The next opportunity for a solar eclipse is 2081 for this part of the Earth so it's something which ...
FRANCO BONACINA

The most dangerous rider is McEwen. There's a dangerous turn close to the finish and McEwen is the b...
FRANCO BALLERINI

He's very smart and he's so experienced. We won't choose him just because he lives in Madrid, but be...
FRANCO BALLERINI

I'm still dead!
FRANCISCO FRANCO

American students are more frank compared with Asian and Filipino students. It's taught me how to tr...
FRANCISCO FRANCO

[On communists] They should be crushed 'like worms'.
FRANCISCO FRANCO

There will be no communism.
FRANCISCO FRANCO

Live every day as if it were your last. Spend your life hanging by a thread. Accept that you can fal...
FRANCO SANTORO

It's weird. We've been going at it for so long that we can't really wrestle each other anymore.
JAMIE FRANCO

Pretty much all we do on the ride is talk wrestling. We'll call each other and check our weights whe...
JAMIE FRANCO

I've tried subs before a match twice. The last time, I puked all over the mat. I'm not trying them a...
JAMIE FRANCO

While the Index remains below its pre-Katrina levels, the shock of the hurricanes and subsequent leap in gas prices has begun wearing off just in time for the holiday season. Despite this latest boost in confidence, holiday spending will be driven by the bargains consumers have come to expect.

Lynn Franco

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