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Business capital spending is coming on strong and the timing of these equipment purchases could not be better. Business spending will take up the slack as the housing slowdown cools consumers' appetites.

But certainly we are not forging ahead with the smelter on the basis that we have some global competitive advantage in capital or labor,

Based on the budget we were looking at, this levy will be used for the operating budget, salaries, repairs and maintenance, no capital improvements.

Basically, we put millage into building projects, ... We thought we should build up our capital reserve fund so we can better stand the construction once it gets started.

China will open its capital market gradually, actively and stably,

China to reduce capital lending in the domestic market. Aiming to create structural changes to present economy by deleveraging from exports and focus on increasing domestic consumption...

China's investment demand is based on excessive optimism about the future. India depends on capital inflow to fund its consumption-led growth, like a poorer version of the U.S.

China's booming foreign reserves can help boost economic stability with ample capital for foreign debt payment.

China needs American technology, American capital and American business acumen. If there's a backlash against China it could be devastating to the Communist party and to stability in China.

China Mobile is actually 31 provinces, and each province has its autonomy and capital expenditures. Often they'll promote their own local brands at the expense of national brands they should be promoting.

China has now entered the era where it will gradually have to lets its currency appreciate, unless China is able to make a substantial change to its capital account.

I have been loyal to our Republican leaders here in Florida and in our nation's capital - from Jeb Bush to President George Bush. ... And I have been loyal to the Republican Party and my constituents who elected me to work tirelessly for their best interest. Today I am asking you to return that same loyalty to me by helping fund my U.S. Senate campaign.

I have made a very large capital investment. I can guarantee you these will not be run-down shanties.

If China introduces all these more flexible measures, and capital decides it wants to leave China, then it makes it easier for the currency to go down. If the currency begins to weaken, you'll find quite a lot of people taking money out. It tends to be self- fulfilling.

I can't say if this forces anyone's hand, but it suggests that Capital One's time as a stand-alone entity might be limited, and raises its potential value in the marketplace.

I can't find a significant national politician who really will take a major stand for the arts because there's not much political capital in it and in fact there may be some downside,

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Given their financial acumen, they are pretty much self-sustaining for the foreseeable future. They've managed that by tapping into the capital markets. These folks have learned very well; they don't want to be caught at the mercy of anybody.

Given the aforementioned dynamics, it is more probable for the U.S. trade deficit to continue soaring to record highs than it is probable for foreign capital flows to keep up with swelling imbalance,

Given that we import a lot of capital equipment, this further strengthening of the Canadian dollar does make a lot of those investment goods that much cheaper.

Getting the mortgage sorted is the top priority. His options are to change to a repayment mortgage or to start a savings plan such as an ISA, to cover the mortgage capital when it falls due.

For some, they can change their printing from a capital expense to an operational expense, and they like that.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

For recovery to have any real oomph, capital spending will need to rebound. So far there are no signs of that, and we don't expect a turn until the first half of next year. So in the near term, the economy will probably remain soft enough to justify at least one more Fed move.

Full-service firms are awash in capital and looking at means of effective deployment. Over the last few weeks, media reports have been fuller than normal with buzz of these firms exploring large deals.

Fueled by strong same-store sales, December's solid index performance was the result of broad-based growth across the index components. Three out of five restaurant operators reported a same-store sales gain in December -- the strongest level in 12 months. In addition, the Expectations Index posted its fourth consecutive monthly increase, which points toward growth in sales, staffing levels and capital expenditures during the next several months.

Funds have been reporting big losses, so most investors won't have to worry about paying taxes on capital gains.

Fundly is at the dynamic intersection of high-growth technology startups, social entrepreneurship, and the exploding world of social media. Kapor Capital is proud to back this passionate team, their product, and Fundly's impressive customer base.

Fundamentally, this company depends on capital spending coming back, and I think IT spending will come back in the fourth quarter,

From time to time, we intend to monetize the value of our more mature assets, and use the proceeds to fund new development and for other corporate purposes. This strategy efficiently recycles our investment capital to our future development program and allows us to retain a substantial ownership stake and establish a more stable income stream of licensing and management fees.

If a lending institution is faced with bids for a package of toxic assets that are less than the carrying value of those assets, the sale of those assets would trigger a further loss and reduce the underlying capital of the institution.

For the 'Rai-kirah' books, I began with the image of Aleksander riding the great wastelands, and that quickly morphed into the desert. Because I wanted my slave market cold and miserable, I chose to set the opening scene in the empire's summer capital in the mountains.

For the week of the all-star celebrations we are going to see a merger between the basketball capital of the world and the entertainment capital of the world. We're looking forward to what we think will be one of the best all-star celebrations of all time.

Given the perception that much of the capital likely to leave the country is already invested offshore, lifting the R750000 allowance for individuals would have little macro effect, but would go a long way in boosting confidence.

If it was a fight, nobody laid a glove on him. He did a great job. The only way he could be vetoed is through a filibuster, and after his opening statement today I don't think anyone could ever get the political capital to mount a filibuster against this guy.

If it's enacted and you prioritize your capital expenses for a number of years, that's actually a good thing.

If we look at the past two centuries of economic history in Europe and the United States, we see an astounding pattern. Capital will accumulate in a tiny portion of the population, no matter what we do.

If the investment climate has not improved sufficiently to maintain capital inflows by the time BI cuts its rates in the second half of 2006, then capital outflow will be the likely result.

If the government denies him bail, it will reinforce the perception that it has pressed capital charges against him to prevent him from campaigning for president.

If the amount of capital flows into U.S. securities misses the market forecast for the second straight month, that could lead to further declines in the dollar given the current (market) conditions.

If someone were to say that life at hard labor is as painful as death and therefore equally cruel, I should reply that, taking all the unhappy moments of perpetual slavery together, it is perhaps even more painful, but these moments are spread out over a lifetime, and capital punishment exercises all its power in an instant.

He has been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, ... So from a public perspective, he is a very dangerous individual.

Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency of capital markets. But as their role has grown, so have the risks they pose.

Had these kinds of requirements been in place before the current crisis began in 1997, the flows of capital might well have slowed at a much earlier stage, substantially reducing the severity of the crisis,

He is an advocate for reducing the nearly two-decade delay in resolving capital appeals.

He has paid all the applicable taxes, including U.S. capital gains taxes, ... There is a treaty. So while Jon Corzine is paying taxes here, Japanese investors who are investing in the U.S. are paying their taxes in Japan. And apparently the leadership in both countries felt there was a significant public policy reason to have that regime.

Hemant was among the most notorious gangsters in the national capital region and was carrying out criminal acts for the past six years.

We expect to get up to $12 million from the highway administration and have a capital campaign underway, which we'll be able to discuss once we have a full plan in June.

There is a strength in the system because it is not dependent on revenue from farmers to have money to lend to farmers. There's plenty of capital for new ventures.

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.

There is no compelling reason for a split since large institutional investors have the capital to buy shares regardless of the price.

There is evidence they have a lot of desire to connect themselves with either or both the intellectual capital of the previous regime with respect to weapons of mass destruction and quite conceivably materials, ... That is a very strong concern, and it's something that fuels a lot our investigation at the moment.

The purpose of engaging strategic investors in the shareholding reform is not to collect funds to raise the capital adequacy ratio of the state-owned commercial banks, but to learn from the expertise of our foreign counterparts in service, management and internal control to improve the competitiveness of China's banking sector.

Within the capital spending sensitive Information Technology arena, the lack of follow through to even higher levels of growth has been very disappointing to the investment community. Yet, one needs to recognize that tech spending has been coming back for almost two years now and is not only now emerging from a long slumber, as many seem to think,

We're proud of the long history of our financial institutions and trade activity in the Asian market and are now equally excited at the prospect of broadening our activities for clients to include capital markets solutions. We believe the strength of our integrated services will help us raise our profile in this very important region.

What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm in terms of political views. But what we do is we sit down and we try to solve the problems.

When interest rates increase, they have a capital loss. During a time of ECB rate increases, Japanese investors don't want to buy European bonds.

We are forecasting that actual capital expenditure growth will likely come in at or below 10 percent. Therefore, we are cutting numbers for 2001 across the board.

We are extremely pleased to partner with ETV Capital and Bridge Bank. Together with the support and backing of our other financial investors, 3i and Scottish Equity Partners, this facility gives us the flexibility and financial resources we need to take advantage of the ever increasing demand for high-performance FPGA computing solutions in the U.S. military and aerospace sector.

To fund the additional capital expenditures related to U.S. initiatives, we expect to moderate share repurchases to approximately $500 million in 2003 as well as reduce global new restaurant openings.

To focus capital and entrepreneurship into empowering innovation, we should change is the capital gains tax rate. We would be better served by a regressive tax rate, that would become progressively smaller the longer the investment is held.

What we've seen has really been priced into the market. At this point we need to see evidence of rising spending on capital and businesses hiring employees.

GXM is the best value in all of GM's capital structure. It is the best bang for your buck.

Having more big quality state companies is definitely good for the Chinese stock market because investors would be more interested in buying stocks. Capital is not a problem in China. The problem is that there aren't enough good investment opportunities.

Having imports grow as the economy is slowing is telling you that American companies are facing great competitive pressure, especially in capital equipment. It doesn't help American companies because international competition remains very, very strong.

He should be buried in the place where he belongs, in the capital of our country, there is no discussion about that.

The pain threshold is around $40. They can't go a lot over $40 without the capital markets seeing that negatively. There is a point where a price would not justify the transaction.

The pace of technology innovation is accelerating. The investment demonstrates the company's long-term commitments and builds on the foundation we created during the last ten years. Through the Intel Capital India Technology Fund, Intel will help Indian companies drive technology adoption locally and identify new business opportunities globally. We will grow our local operations, boost venture capital investment and work closely with the government, industry and educators to increase the impact of the country's Information and Communication Technology.

There is an underlying mistrust of venture capital and private equity that when they come to invest that they are looking for too much.

There is an awful lot of capital out there for financial buyers to acquire these types of companies.

We may very well be in the early stages of a profits recovery that will eventually pave the way for healthier capital spending growth,

We may see some of the capital expenditures spent this year were more or less pulled through from early 2005. All these tech purchases would have been done anyway but they've just been moved forward.

We have to be a little more mindful and a little more resourceful. For example, we were going to Gig Harbor, and Capital was playing at South Kitsap, so we decided to take both squads on one bus. You cut your transportation in half. Those are the things you have to be aware of.

We have to be a little more mindful and a little more resourceful, ... For example, we were going to Gig Harbor, and Capital was playing at South Kitsap, so we decided to take both squads on one bus. You cut your transportation in half. Those are the things you have to be aware of.

We look forward to a long-term partnership with W. P. Carey and appreciate the flexibility this transaction has given us to reinvest our capital in our core business.

We look at restoration as a capital investment in our house. We're very pragmatic that it is going to add worth to the home.

HP's problems with services are not uncommon. IBM has had issues like that, too, of late. The larger problem with tech today (Friday) and in the last month has been that improvement in semiconductor capital equipment, like Applied Materials, doesn't transfer over to the rest of the tech sector. While tech fundamentals are turning, the evidence of that has been slow coming.

Hunting has reported a good set of final results ... We believe that the group will be one of the prime beneficiaries of the increase in upstream capital expenditure by the integrated oil companies.

He was a critical partner in our efforts to enact legislation to curb corporate abuse. ... We were united in our objective to restore investors' confidence in the integrity of our capital markets, which had been so egregiously undermined,

He is one of the greatest labor leaders around. The players are almost 60% partners without putting up any capital at all. Every union should have it so good.

has operated with an extremely burdensome level of debt, which has limited capital expenditures during a period of unprecedented competitive pressure.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is the one big trend that's going on in the world today. We're the chicken capital of the USA.

Kids would be so up for Capital and Olympia that for every high, there would be a low. Immediately following the game, you'd have to be careful because people are coming off so much of an adrenaline rush.

Keeping streamlined and up-to-date is crucial in this business. Without the capital investment to bring our entire production line up to speed, we'd never have gotten there.

John brings experience and background in global capital markets that will add value to our board. His experience with many companies in a broad range of industries as an investment banking advisor over a 20-year career is a perspective we want serving on our board.

It affects the position of the brand. Capital potentially had that issue with Johnny Vaughan.

IT budgets remain closely scrutinized and customers continue to exert conservative capital spending strategies.

It appears that Waianae is becoming the capital of landfills for the island of Oahu. I think it's pretty bad when you consider that we don't produce 95 percent of the trash.

I think it's going to be difficult for the president. Whatever political capital he thought he had last year is spent and, like the rest of the federal government, is in deficit. Amnesty, on a visceral level, most Americans object to.

It certainly shows that we're outspending our income, though the fact that the negative savings rate narrowed a bit is encouraging. Consumers have been borrowing to finance their purchases, but they've been borrowing off of increases in capital gains, which is not so bad.

It is a bore, I admit, to be past seventy, for you are left for execution, and are daily expecting the death-warrant; but it is not anything very capital we quit. We are, at the close of life, only hurried away from stomach-aches, pains in the joints, from sleepless nights and unamusing days, from weakness, ugliness, and nervous tremors; but we shall all meet again in another planet, cured of all our defects.

It hurts my heart that you are paying capital gains tax every year. I recommend that you consider contributions to a traditional IRA to reduce or eliminate that tax.

I think the market is really focusing on the financial aspects (not news headlines). We want to see if this debt load will stop being a drag on capital investment going forward. The consumer has done his work.

I think the level of success within Honiara will affect the atmosphere across the rest of the Solomon Islands. But we will be capable of moving beyond the capital if that's necessary.

I think the kids are ready for this. I think they're ready to take on that next challenge. We've been talking about Taos, Espanola and Capital all season, and we're ready to finally play.

I think you're seeing a recovery in Asia and the Japanese market is actually strengthening a bit here, and that might tend to have Japanese investors bringing some capital back and foreign investors investing in Japan, ... So I don't see it reversing. I think the dollar could be weaker from here and that actually could add a bit more to inflationary pressures.

I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.

I think the biotech and life sciences industry in the New Haven area is what's driving venture capital investment in Connecticut.

I think we're at the crossroads -- whether we want to be the entertainment capital of the world or a great American city. Our economy is good. Things are so wonderful in Las Vegas and it's time to move to the next level.

I think we need to rethink a lot of business skills. In finance, for example, social impact bonds are potentially a way of providing capital for investments that save the public money in a context in which government often doesn't invest in things that would save it money.