The potential profits are so high there's a win-at-any-cost mentality.
The potential of the hybrid capital market is enormous. As issuers and investors become more comfortable with these securities, they could become one of the biggest corporate funding innovations since high yield bonds.
The potential for even higher energy prices is a risk to the economic outlook. The economy has digested the higher prices gracefully so far. But it can get a bit of indigestion if prices move higher.
The possibility is high that an improvement in labor and wage conditions will continue to support consumer spending going forward.
The possibility for a non-benign solution to the dispute leaves open the risk for higher prices in the short term.
The positive side of it is that we have managed to keep our intensive levels high to beat teams like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. We have done our homework well. We respect teams and we do what we can do best, without thinking too much about the opponents. It is shown by our results.
The positive influence of tax rebate checks and lower energy prices is being overwhelmed by the adverse impact of highly noticeable layoff announcements and the turmoil in the stock market,
We are pleased to confirm ... that indeed some progress was tentatively made on various important issues. We are not in a position to provide further details of the agreements ... because they still need to be fleshed out and confirmed by higher levels on both sides.
We are pleased to be selected once again by the Texas comptrollers' office. It is always meaningful to learn that our systems outperform the competition, and we are confident we will continue to provide the highest levels of support for the comptrollers' office initiatives.
We've always been on a high state of alert. The perpetrators of the previous bombings are still very much at large and the risk is still very much with us,