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The stock is likely to see as much as 30 per cent gain in the first trading day to follow the similar recent gain of other material stocks.

The state of the property market certainly affects whether people want to buy with friends. When prices were rising at 20 per cent a year, there was much more pressure to buy as soon as possible. If buying with a friend was the only way, people were prepared to do so. Now the market is more stable that pressure is less strong.

The second lesson is that we can't rely on the Europeans. We can only hope on a 50 per cent recovery of that rift. So that leaves us with constructing issue-based coalitions of the willing as the key component of future US foreign policy.

The stuff they're smoking today is far more powerful than when I was running around being a hippie. It has gone from one or two per cent THC to 22 to 25 per cent THC.

The talent is there, but the players must be reminded that success is only one per cent inspiration and 99 per scent perspiration.

I've been a free thinker all my life. Frankly, I'd agree with 95 per cent of what Peter has put forward, but then his adversaries would probably agree with 90 per cent.

Teachers have the utmost respect for the law and judiciary. However, teachers voted 90.5 per cent to take a stand for public education.

Ten nations, mostly from the former Soviet Union, including Russia itself with its 13 per cent rate, have embraced a flat tax. And the economies of these countries are reaping their reward: they far outpace crusty old Europe in GDP growth and job creation. China, Germany and Spain could be the next dominoes to fall.

Sometimes he can only go for short periods. We've tried to juggle minutes as well as we can. Now, Anton seems to be as close to 100 per cent as he's been all season.

See food as medicine eighty per cent of the time. The other twenty per cent of the time you can indulge.

Russia's going to go up nine per cent, to 25 per cent (nuclear), Japan wants to go up 12 per cent, so they'll be 41 per cent nuclear, India, China -- all of them need power. We're going to have a deficiency.

Sales exceeded our expectations in 2005, totaling $125.9 billion, and we're forecasting 8 per cent growth in 2006. Consumer electronics sales are consistently growing, breaking records every year, because our industry is constantly changing to provide products that consumers love and can't live without. I cannot wait to see the thousands of new products unveiled this week at the International CES that will continue to grow this amazing industry.

Rangers will receive 2,100 seats - the equivalent of 12 per cent of our capacity - a figure that we feel is more than fair.

Probably 80 per cent of it (is due to youth and inexperience). They come out with veteran guys who understand the league and know how to play. We come out with second-year guys, it's tough.

Private equity firms know you can't wring every last cent out of a business if you want a successful exit - you have to leave some opportunities on the table, some potential to grow.

Our tests on a range of aircraft average out at adding 10 per cent more seats.

Our execution excellence strategy has delivered an outstanding first quarter. We have managed our cost structure effectively, responding quickly to changes in traffic. Our operations team has done an excellent job delivering improved fluidity, with average train speed increasing 17 per cent, yard processing time decreasing a full 32 per cent, and car velocity up 15 per cent over the same period last year.

People come in hungry to both of these agencies, but there are other problems, ... We need every cent of the goal we've set.

Of the 21 per cent how many would have been to Telstra since the ground was reconfigured in 2001?

The music world is highly commercial and only the works of the biggest artists are really well known and widely promoted. Something like 10 per cent of music accounts for 90 per cent of music sales, while the remaining 90 per cent accounts for just 10 per cent of sales ? this system could therefore herald a revolution for little-known music and artists.

Some polls suggest 56 per cent of the American population feels less secure about what their government can do to protect them than they did before Katrina,

So we're making great steps in order to enhance our presence there. . . . We want a bigger share of those huge markets which represent 38 per cent of the world's population.

Once you have taken your tax-free lump sum, the remaining 75 per cent of your fund will be treated differently on death. If you die before you take your cash, your pension fund passes to your dependants as a lump sum subject to income tax on death. But if you die after taking the 25 per cent cash, the remaining 75 per cent in your pension fund would only be accessible as a lump sum subject to 35 per cent tax or as a regular tax-free income through an annuity.

The money is still intact, not even one cent of it has been spent,

Do you realize if one-tenth of one-percent write out of possibly 40 million viewers - 40,000 write - the weight that would carry? Is that too much to ask - that one tenth of one per cent be attentive to what they see? To take control of their own lives? Or do they want to remain children and give that control away?

Compared to what it was yesterday, it's 100 per cent better, but it's still not good enough. I still can't quite look far enough to pick up the catcher.

Despite slowing job growth momentum, the Fed is going to pay attention to the diminishing slack (the 5 per cent unemployment rate could be as low as 4.8 per cent if not for the hurricanes) and the pickup in wage pressures,

A one-in-100-year flood has (a) 1 per cent chance in any year. On some years all of the ducks line up together, so to speak.

Any opportunity to get on the ladder is welcome. But a deal like this should be thought through carefully - 18 is young to take on a mortgage commitment, especially with a 100 per cent loan.

And the proportion will increase to 10 per cent by 2020.

As of today, petrol prices at the pump are 14 per cent above the March quarter average.

That (the lack of sponsors) is leaving the teams unhealthy. You're leaving the drivers hanging by a thread. About 50 per cent of the drivers have to bring money.

You pretty much need to back out that 5 cent credit they're talking about and say they lost 10 cents for the quarter.

You play anybody and if they shoot 70 per cent from three, they're going to be tough to beat.

This is a real but minor issue involving a vendor quality problem in a small number of units. In fact, this issue has affected less than 1/10 of 1 per cent of the total iPod nano units that we've shipped. It is not a design issue.

They (the veterinarians) were quite satisfied that the hunt was very humane and that there was a 98 per cent likelihood that all seals that were skinned were in fact dead before the activity took place.

Although we don't expect the MPC to cut rates this month, it is likely that we will see a cut to 4.25 per cent by the end of the year which will put more money into people's pockets and please UK businesses.

Almost 40 per cent of the injured are badly burnt. Bodies are strewn around. Most of them are of women and children.

America is not an elephant. For one thing, elephants never forget, whereas Americans don't really know much to begin with. Ninety per cent of them can't pick out their hometown on an unmarked map...We're bigger than they are and we're on top. If we were in prison, they'd be our bitch.

They know how important this game is and how important it is that everyone is 100 per cent fit going in, so they'll make the right call.

There was no need to discuss that. Graham has 100 per cent responsibility for the first-team. He is the gaffer - that's what Graham wanted to be.

There was no determination it was actually fractured, we weren't a hundred per cent sure.

The remarkable character of this achievement is evident in view of the fact that in the period from 1893 to 1898 more than sixty-five per cent of all the railroad mileage in the United States went into the hands of receivers.

This is without a doubt the most significant natural disaster to ever hit British Columbia's forests. We expect that by 2013, about 80 per cent of our mature natural pine will have been infested by the mountain pine beetle, ... This requires all of us to take unprecedented actions and to think in unprecedented ways.

They're probably going to have 80 per cent of the puck. We're just going to take the chances that we get.

They're acknowledging the problem, which is a good first step for them. Spending has gone pretty wild here when you're looking at 10 per cent increases in the health budget alone.

There seems to be the sense that I was a vast right-wing conspirator, yet, five years later, I think it should be clear I never took a cent, I never made a cent on the notoriety.

At least I hope we're all happy, he continued. I don't know what they're going to do with my 25 per cent but I don't even care. Just give me my money.

At least 50 to 60 per cent of the trade is retail and they invest with a very short term view.

A study done in 1998 showed that one third of the population in the urban communities of the Kingston Metropolitan area and Spanish Town are young people between the ages of 15-29 who account for some 75 per cent of the victims,

About eighty to ninety per cent of the population must be rated about as high in ego-security as the most secure individuals in our society, who comprise perhaps five or ten per cent at most.

About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do.

About 10 per cent of this comet is made of organic materials. We don't know exactly what they all are but it is very exciting.

According to the doctor, there is (only) one in a hundred per cent chance that the problem might come back.

It's just not practical. Seventy-five per cent of businesses in this country have fewer than five employees.

It's a sad day for me because I've always loved playing for my country and representing the Welsh people. I always feel enormous pride whenever I pull on a Wales shirt and will always cherish the memories. Now I've made this decision I'll be concentrating 100 per cent on doing the best I can for Celtic. Hopefully, this will allow me to really enjoy the final few years of my career.

It was a traumatic experience, ... It's a long road back. So I'm not going to jump back in unless I'm absolutely 100 per cent positive I'm ready. And I am.

It will be a great opportunity for us if we can capture at least 10 per cent in the launch business in the next five years.

It's a bit bruised and tender but I'll be 100 per cent for Saturday,

It is questionable whether this level of job creation is sustainable as productivity growth remains low, at 1.1 per cent, and the number of vacancies fell sharply in March, down 3 per cent compared to February and over 7 per cent compared to March last year.

It's a good opportunity for people to see things they wouldn't otherwise ever see. Ninety-five per cent of people would never otherwise see the Poor Knights.

It's a great example of how you can lose it all for everyone if you set out to gain an extra cent for yourself.

It might sound a small thing, but if you want to get Tom Cruise into your movie, without a track record or without those agents knowing you, it's almost impossible. Now I can get through to pretty much anyone I want. Of course, 90 per cent of the time they still say no.

It probably wasn't that good a quarter. If we could have each been 0.5 per cent better, we would have got up.

It's true that you feel so much better once you get out on the field. I need to recover 100 per cent to be ready for Scotland.

For anybody to suggest two weeks into the season, when we're playing at 93 per cent capacity, that there are trouble spots, I think is looking for a negative story that isn't there, ... All our franchises will be fine.

The number of youth addictions treatment beds will increase by approximately 75 per cent and allows us to build capacity to ensure youth across the province get the assistance they need.

It started at 70 per cent in 2000. It was 20 per cent last year. It's 10 per cent this year and as of January 1, 2007 it's no longer.

It?s already a great feeling to be third on the list. To get past Borg, I will have to reach the final in Barcelona next week. It won?t be easy. I could lose any day. But if I am 100 per cent I know I have a great chance of winning.

It's hard to see any team winning three straight road games in three straight weeks with the amount of pressure and what's at stake. It's never happened before, but with Shaun Alexander maybe at less than 100 per cent for Seattle and Pittsburgh playing so well, you never know.

It shows that it's a really big challenge to get up the ladder. We put on 72 per cent growth over the year and a lot of countries did as well, so it shows that we've got a lot of work to do.

It should be known that the story (of a breakup) is 100 per cent false.

It's hard to give it 100 per cent when you don't know what the day's going to bring and how you're going to be.

Domestic market is doing well and I am optimistic. The jobless rate will drop slowly below 5 per cent by the end of the year.

That's providing I'm 100 per cent happy with him.

That made things even harder. We knew there was a 25 per cent risk of something going wrong in surgery. At worst, she could die. When she smiled it made us feel even worse, but we knew she had to have the operation to have any real chance of living.

Eight per cent growth is sustainable in the coming five years or more if infrastructure is improved and economic reforms are continued. The rate of growth can even be accelerated to 9-10 per cent.

Every one-quarter of a cent per pound extra is important.

Everybody wants their space. She spent almost 40 per cent of her time going in and out of people.

The BOJ may be ready to raise rates once they see inflation hitting 1 per cent or, if it were to be more forward-looking, even earlier. It could start raising rates as early as in July.

The bid process is based on a balanced scorecard which includes things like facilities for spectators, practice facilities for players, dressing rooms, transport infrastructure and so on. However, 50 per cent of the scorecard is based on commercial return and Cardiff, backed by the Welsh Assembly and Cardiff City Council, were into figures we couldn't possibly reach.

The best way to deal with climate change has been obvious for years: cut greenhouse-gas emissions severely. We haven't done that. In 2010, for example, carbon emissions rose by six per cent - the largest such increase on record.

Not surprisingly, 85 per cent said spam and virus protection had been their number one concern in 2005.

The best result of the season but I feel I can do even more. I am only at 70 per cent of my condition and I hope that soon we'll make it improve. Finally I had the opportunity to show my new Michelin cap, seeing this is my first podium with the French tyres. During the race I had some chatter problems, which didn't allow me to remain with the fastest riders. I tried, but when I saw Rossi and Melandri fall, I preferred not to risk anything and maintain the third position.

The beauty or scary thing about Yahoo! (depending on your perspective), is that is has created this big ... base (and database) of users -- more and more of them keep going to the site a lot, they keep doing things with Yahoo!'s integrated sets of services and the users become dependent on the site and services and they don't pay a cent for them.

The authorities have got the ballot boxes ready with the votes inside and they are deciding whether it would look better internationally if Mubarak wins with 75 per cent or 80 per cent of the vote.

The Australian wine consumer represents less than 15 per cent of our profit pool,

The audit shows that our department has reduced its expenditures in the areas of hospitality and travel by nearly 20 per cent over the past two years,

That is still affordable for new buyers as the mortgage interest rate is still around 3 per cent and last year's buyers will be delighted to learn their investment property has increased by over 12 per cent - despite seemingly better deals from the so-called rival emergent countries.

take an average hotel worker in my home state of Nevada. He's married and has two children, and earns $25,000 a year. Under the Bush-Republican plan, he would get nothing -- not one cent in tax relief. Now take a rich stockbroker in New York who made millions trading other people's money. Under the Republican plan, he'd win the lottery. I don't think that's fair.

Swedish social democracy used to be my ideal model, yet by the 1980s their state had started to take 56 per cent of national income.

Takings were down by 25 per cent as a result of the security scares following the London bombings.

It's certainly part of our cultural heritage. We've been predicting for a while that by 2015, 60 to 70 per cent of the Canadian retail sector will be foreign-controlled.

It's certainly part of our cultural heritage, ... We've been predicting for a while that by 2015, 60 to 70 per cent of the Canadian retail sector will be foreign-controlled.

It's hurting. Maybe we can get it to 80 per cent before the next game.

It's important to know Hess never ends up with 1 cent more than the customer bought,

It was an isolated incident. Ninety-five per cent of the time the players were just standing around having a drink.

New Zealand is a country with a very diverse population: 20 per cent of New Zealanders were born offshore. Patterns of migration are shifting and there are many more risks at our border.

It was pretty hard to take, to be honest. Nobody was 100 per cent sure.

I want to find out if the monies are going to be co-mingled. I was promised they would not be. That the quarter cent would be separate and that would be for 1,000 police officers and equipment on the street.