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We believe that the extensions of our existing agreements and the two new collaborations that we entered into during 2005 provide further validation of our technology and commercial potential. Our goal is to continue to leverage our discovery and development capabilities by establishing additional collaborations with market leading companies seeking to create a competitive advantage for their products.

We believe that our third quarter revenue growth places Red Hat among the fastest growing mid-cap technology companies in the world.

We are at a peak period of employment. Companies can't afford to lose people.

There are definitely earnings fears creeping in the market. Investors are seriously questioning whether Japanese companies can really attain existing earnings growth forecasts for next year.

There are customers out there that just want basic service. Companies really need to come in and compete for basic local service.

There are companies trying to build business within Saudi Arabia, and what they find is that if they try to bring on locals and teach them how to become senior executives, they just don't show up to work. They are not predictable as to when they'll come in and how much of their hearts are into that opportunity.

There are companies that will rent furniture for houses on sale.

There are companies that tried to do that in the past and got a lot of bad public exposure.

There are companies that in my mind are obvious takeover candidates,

There are companies out there in our country who historically have not been able to beat the Germans and the Japanese, who now beat them routinely.

There are companies making money consistently, even at lower gold prices. Panic is the last thing you want to do.

There are companies I talk with that are absolutely livid.

There are companies being told they have tens of thousands of material financial controls that have to be attested to, which on its very face is absurd. They can't all be material.

There are companies all over the world that recognize this point about New York. Other teams that play in Giants Stadium also reflect this.

There are certainly a lot of creative entrepreneurial companies in New York,

There are cases of stocks being bought after beating market forecasts, but most companies that don't meet these inflated expectations are being sold.

There are some companies that use it for a direct mail piece they have within a community.

The reason companies want to go public now is that (luxury good stocks) are at record high valuations.

We still keep seeing better-than-expected earnings. The important part of it to me for the market is that these are core companies and industries.

We're in discussions with retailers in the upscale category, including traditional department stores, entertainment companies and restaurants.

We're in a zero-price environment. What really allows companies to earn is to cut costs and be in growth sectors of the marketplace.

We're in a wonderful situation that there are loads of American record companies that like what we do. And that's a lovely thing.

We're in a phase where Chinese companies are beginning to think with a longer-term perspective. People are starting to see that operating in a good, ethical and well-mannered way helps you survive in the long term.

We're in a marketplace where any kind of negative signal worries people. The same way some of the tech companies caused a ripple, I think investors hear Lowe's issue a warning, hear what's going on with one of the great players in the sector, and they get nervous.

Where people make a mistake is that they think high-quality companies will translate into high quality stocks, and that often is not the case. With a popular company, you get high expectations and that can push things up so that the stock is not worth buying for awhile.

Where it is going to be tricky is in the gray area. That's where we will earn our keep. Where it's something unethical, but maybe not illegal, we want to put companies on notice that we're going to shine a light on them.

When you think of a company building its brand, you automatically think of things like Apple or Sony?larger companies where the company's name is really the brand. When I say Kraft, you probably think of macaroni.

When you start polling the world for where major oil companies can do business, you have West Africa, Russia, the Middle East and Latin America. What they all share is that they're becoming more and more difficult operating environments.

We're not going to see a significant upside until we get a clearer sense of how companies make their money and how it is accounted for.

There is no question companies are not doing this for the tax benefits.

Until then, the four companies will continue their work,

We'd like to become one of the largest hospitality companies worldwide,

We believe that both IAC and Expedia have the cash flow and operating strength to support additional leverage and share repurchases and look forward to both companies taking steps in that direction.

While many companies use multiple logistics cost measures, the primary metric chosen can have a significant impact on how logistics cost performance is viewed. For example, those companies using logistics costs as a percent of sales as their primary measure and who operate in industries such as chemicals and other commodities saw that cost ratio fall in 2005 due to strong upward pricing power that impacted the top line, even though logistics costs also rose. Other industries had rising logistics costs with flat or declining prices for their products, driving up logistics costs as a percent of sales.

While many are focusing on the infamous bankrupt entities as the primary culprits for the market losses, once must recognize that several companies that have not been besieged by fraud allegations have also lost billions in value.

While I wouldn't say that most entrepreneurs find it easy to get funding, there are certainly more people out there funding technology and healthcare companies than in other areas.

Whether you call it consolidation, rationalization or getting your competitor to go out of business, it's a way for these companies to effectively deal with the collapse of commodity prices. In virtually every sector involved in something that comes out of the ground, we've seen consolidation.

Whether things really change year-to-year in golf, it's sort of a yes and no answer. I mean, there always seems to be something that gets a lot of buzz. But as with the big heads of the last few years, some golfers found that it was more like trying to swing a sledgehammer. They just couldn't get used to the size, so they decided to go a different route. Then again, you still have some companies pushing boundaries when it comes to how big the head can be. It's whatever you feel comfortable with.

Whether the Dow is at 11,000, 12,000, 25,000 -- the simple truth is that those companies are chosen to be a part of the Dow for a reason. It's amazing for 30 stocks that it does such a good job.

Whether the companies really follow through on some of the things they are outlining is the real question. It's about price and it's about timing.

Watchdog groups and tech companies are likely to press for 'Net neutrality' as a condition of merger approval in Washington.

We've been able to handle a lackluster earnings season so far. Energy companies haven't really come into the fray yet, so things may look a little better after they report. Another positive is that we're backing off a bit from the high price of oil.

We've always had an aggressive e-commerce strategy. Since our first Web site in 1994, we realized a Web site was more than just a corporate brochure. It had to be an advanced business tool providing everything companies need to design, print and manage their documents online.

We remain confident we will continue to see an increase in wages if we can successfully bring in more companies that pay higher wages. Our ultimate goal is to get ahead of inflation.

We remain confident that we will have very strong proposals from the remaining companies and that the Request for Proposals exercise will fulfil our tourism objectives.

We're so early in the storm ... that the hometown companies only themselves are in the early stages of identifying where the damage is.

We're going to see some virus activity there that takes advantage of that. I think we'll also start to see more companies recognizing that they need to put security solutions in place.

We're going to go through a period where we find out what tech companies are really what they thought they were and which were hype.

We're going to first and foremost start working with customers to commercialize the technology, that's the first priority, and to the extent that we can find companies in complementary markets, who don't compete with us head to head, we may look at licensing agreements with them.

What we're seeing is an extension of PCs. We're probably going to see those companies with PC exposure get penalized by association with the PC market. That's not necessarily fair across the board, but the bigger the exposure to PCs, I would say the bigger the uncertainty that there won't be a problem.

What we're really good at is what's called the 'last mile.' We can help companies with everything they need as far as documents go, getting them through customs, making sure their stuff is going to get moved to where it will be inspected.

What this comes down to is you have to take the best you can in your plan. I suggest people talk to their companies and ask them to increase the options.

When we asked participants which vendors would be considered in 2006 for their ERP purchases, Microsoft Business Solutions led the pack. Our research indicates that there will be a huge surge in ERP spending in 2006. With companies of all sizes growing their ERP budgets, this is bound to be a banner year for top vendors in this space.

When we first looked at fully guaranteed services, we looked at the price and said 'no way,' ... Fortunately, all of these companies were eager to negotiate a better price.

We grew the company from that base and we've been growing ever since then. You won't find many networking equipment companies that went through that (bankruptcy) process and survived.

Web sites are extremely important to the travel industry. Companies can benefit from the independent evaluation recognition of their online efforts that the award judges provide. That is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Net today.

Web sites are extremely important to the technology industry, ... Companies can benefit from the independent evaluation recognition of their online efforts that the award judges provide. That is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Net today.

Web sites are extremely important to the investment industry, ... Companies can benefit from the independent evaluation recognition of their online efforts that the award judges provide. That is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Net today.

We bought some 50 companies over the last 10 years. Expecting that to stop would be a mistake.

We benefit from foreign direct investment. Many Americans are employed by foreign companies with plants in the United States, for example in the automobile industry. So, trade is a two way street. I think, it is important to protect Americans who lose their jobs, or whose jobs come under pressure from international trade. But, I think, we need to be careful not to embrace economic isolationism.

What makes it a problem, regardless of why, is that smaller companies are the ones who have fewer defenses in place. There are no large dedicated IT staffs in place, or large budgets for technology, so it's a double whammy.

What life companies have to do is get their costs down to less than 1 percent of funds under management,

What's significant in these figures is the stock holdings have increased substantially and the bond position is down. We continue to see evidence that Bob Stansky is reshaping his portfolio by purchasing blue chip companies with outstanding growth characteristics. He is using existing cash reserves, proceeds from bond sales and revitalized inflows.

What's really happening is a restructuring. There are companies spread out all over the valley that do nothing but help other companies get started.

What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion.

Usually, funny people aren't in charge of comedy. Comedy has become commerce. They're just trying to duplicate a thing that they can sell. That's the business. I'm not mad at that. You know, cookie companies do the same thing. But all the cookies aren't good cookies. Mrs. Fields is better than a lot of them.

U.S. semiconductor companies have over 70 percent of their manufacturing capacity in the United States, while less than a third of our markets are here.

U.S. markets are starting to worry about the earnings of multinational companies in the face of the strong dollar.

We're moving much faster than originally expected. The support from radio companies has been unwavering, and since we've launched in the first 28 markets, response from receiver manufacturers, retailers and automakers has been extremely encouraging.

We're more or less waiting and seeing, ... Pfizer's dividend is definitely safe. It's the biggest drug company with good cash flow. It could easily buy a biotech company and improve their (research and development) line that way. That's what you're going to see with large-cap companies. They're going to partner up with biotech companies or buy them outright as a way to improve their (product) pipelines.

WorldCom (WCOME) selling off is no surprise, but it's certainly adding to the sentiment, and the drug companies are having problems as well,

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.

With the labor market tightening, particularly for people with college degrees, it makes it increasingly difficult for companies to find highly skilled and talented workers.

With the introduction of the new Intel-based products it's important for companies to use the same version of Sophos Anti-Virus regardless of the type of Macs being used. Through its latest software for Mac OS X, Sophos continues to offer the highest level of virus protection to all Mac users.

With the infrastructure that we have already set up in the state as far as universities, that provides a great infrastructure for these types of companies to draw talent from. That is very valuable.

With multiple expansion having accounted for most of the outsized stock price performance for the group over the last year, we believe that many companies must now deliver on the robust earnings potential that their share prices often imply.

We express our appreciation to the French Government and the four toll road companies for the grant.

We feel that this is a great deal for both Hat Trick Beverage and Central Park North Records, as both companies are growing, and as Hat Trick Beverage is investing more resources in the Urban and Hispanic markets.

We're expanding and maturing this category beyond the 'rear-view mirror' most Web analytics companies have today. We're taking advantage of the Web analytics foundation to improve marketing performance.

We're pleased with the acquisition of Desert Fire. This acquisition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to purchase successful companies that fit our lines of business in vibrant markets.

We're finding it harder now to find attractive (energy) deals. It was a great time to buy energy companies when oil prices were $25 a barrel. By definition, it's a harder time to do energy deals.

We're finding a lot of software companies with a lot of value.

We're just in experimental phase right now. As long as we're in that type of phase, it's a crazy time. You know we'll get there (profitability) and get there fast. But the ideas that are not out there yet, and the companies that will be behind them, might be the real winners.

We're getting compensation since it is a promotional event for the companies that sponsor it.

We're getting a critical mass of small companies in the area that focus on data mining, ... We have larger firms--SPSS, ACNielsen, IRI--that have been in data mining for decades.

We're focusing on companies that will be long-term players on the Internet.

We're focused on the SMB market. Our customers are Fortune 500 companies and down. We don't sell into the data centre. Our focus is on simplicity and ease of use.

We're hoping to create a heightened awareness of what is happening in northern Minnesota. We'll be looking at future industries to see what companies and processes that will provide opportunities in the future. This also provides us with the opportunity to showcase the resources we have available to support bio-business.

We're hoping that the gap between amateur creativity and creativity funded by large, centralized media companies will probably continue to shrink.

We're honored to deliver EPCO and its employees a world-class solution that will transform the way they schedule, buy and manage services. Until now, there has not been a solution to optimize the buying and selling of business services, while providing unparalleled efficiencies to corporations, their employees and suppliers. Our unique and innovative technology is solving this need for companies like EPCO around the globe.

We're better insulated than the S&P 500 would be, because of the type of companies our social criteria lead us away from, ... Social criteria take you away from rust-bucket America.

We're being asked to bail out the utility companies for billions of dollars, but they're not worth billions of dollars.

Three-to-four years ago, in the worst of the downturn, the only money they spent was because got they got a really good return on investment and got it quickly. It was all about saving money. Now, companies are spending money on technology to become more competitive and to gain new capabilities.

three things that we look for in our picks, one: companies that have the ability to generate traffic to the Web site; two: companies that generate a proprietary product; and three: companies that really get into logistics business of supply chain management or procurement.

Through our meeting in Italy, it was clear Trend USA is a company ideally suited to take advantage of the unmatched accessibility Miami-Dade offers. As with many other foreign companies that have decided to establish headquarter operations here, Miami-Dade will be the perfect location for Trend to continue their success.

Through my 'Grow Wisconsin' initiative, we are supporting entrepreneurs as they develop new high-tech businesses that create good paying jobs for our state, ... These types of companies help move Wisconsin's economy to the high end.

Yahoo is not planning to require payments for businesses or organizations to send e-mail to Yahoo users. Companies can continue to send e-mail to Yahoo e-mail users at no cost in exactly the same way they always have.

Yes, I believe it is the responsibility of development companies to look at a property when planning a development, and make the best effort to incorporate existing natural formations.

We're really at the beginning of the movement. We need to establish statewide policies that support parents in teaching their children to make the right choices, rather than continuing to allow the financial interests of soda and fast-food companies to win out over the health of our children.

We're reactive right now, in the sense that we are in a lot of ways waiting for the companies to come to us. Instead, we need to have someone out there, pressing the flesh, making Ottawa known to the world.