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We hope it increases public awareness of what the telephone companies are trying to achieve.

While core finished goods are still relatively tame, there are signs that price increases are accelerating further back in the production pipeline, ... Typically the Fed continues tightening until this series tops out. But with prices up only modestly, they will likely continue to make only modest adjustments.

While a hawkish sounding ECB will protect the downside for the euro in the short term -- support looks solid back to 1.2050 -- the fragile euro-zone economy argues against any interest rate increases for sometime to come.

We're dealing with a customer with very strict requirements. It increases their skepticism about our ability to supply what they expect.

Yoga increases body awareness, the body/mind connection. We live in such a cerebral world, yoga can slow you down and get you in touch with your body?s needs.

Yesterday there were rumors that (OPEC president) Ali Rodriguez was going to push for pretty substantial production increases from OPEC, but what we've heard is that these production increases will be less than what was speculated. Yesterday had crude prices down sharply but they're rebounding today. Inventories are still low and demand, globally, continues to rise.

We don't subscribe to the view that breaking up Microsoft increases the value.

We don't see evidence that growth is slowing. Rate increases may have been a mature process, but it's very difficult to see an early reversal to the tightening.

We expect 1.8 million bpd by January. We are looking at substantial increases after the January elections when parliament will act on oil production through some form of association with international companies,

We can't be sure of the exact figures, but the number of layoffs must be high. Several industrial firms in KIM have reduced their labor costs since the government announced fuel price increases last year.

We must keep prices under control to ensure that price increases do not exert a major negative impact on people's lives.

We have, after all, an ageing population, and dementia is generally a condition of ageing, in that the risk increases with age.

We have had a series of rate increases since last year, and so far we have not felt any impact on retailing off all of these increases. However, eventually something will have to give. I would predict that, say towards the end of the year, the fourth quarter, the very all-important holiday fourth quarter, we are going to see that the rate increases will finally take a bite. And that could be a comfort to retailing.

We have had a quarter century of tuition going up faster than family income. And we've had completely inadequate increases in the Pell grant. Many states and institutions are shifting from need-based aid to aid based on test scores. At the same time, college has become much more essential for achieving middle-class status in the U.S.

We have had an improvement in the French economy, pointing to an improvement in employment too. We will have a slow drop in unemployment, reflecting slow increases in employment.

We can't just tax and pave our way out of traffic. I'll give your community more power to stop out-of-control development that increases traffic.

We have worked hard to improve our productivity and drive increases in operating margins and earnings. At the same time our balance sheet has continued to strengthen with increases in cash and deferred maintenance revenues.

We have very good and sound information showing increases in high-risk behaviors among men having sex with men since 1999,

We have tremendous concerns in three areas: transportation, because of rising fuel costs; utilities, because of rising fuel costs; and increases in health care costs. We could have given teachers a 7 percent pay raise instead of taking those things away. We could have hired more of those teachers at a higher salary.

We were fully anticipating some price increases beginning this weekend. It appears that maybe the storm damage isn't going to be quite as bad as we thought. That would be excellent news for motorists.

Typically, if rates increase, basically if we get the sense that we're more near the end of the rate increases than the beginning of the rate increases, that would certainly be a positive for our sector. Retail stocks are basically early cycle stocks. And if we get the sense that we are more near the end than at the beginning, the low valuations of these stocks will prove attractive to many investors.

Tickets sold for both Thanksgiving and Christmas are ahead of where they were last year, so it looks like people have tried to book early to beat some of the price increases, ... A key message for customers would probably be to book now for the holidays and not delay to avoid further price increases as the airlines' inventory gets short.

Travel spending could be flat this summer instead of seeing 8 percent increases like we've seen in the past.

We are now seeing increases in IT hiring that are almost across the board.

We are watching very carefully the potential impact of inflation, and especially any price increases that would pass through to core inflation.

We have not had tax increases since the 1970s, ... Since then costs on everything have gone up.

We haven't ever before seen such sharp increases in costs as over the past two years. It's more than $200 per ton. It has to do with rising energy costs, with rising alumina costs. This increase puts pressure on the weakest smelters.

The problem is you can't build a refinery overnight it takes a couple of years, so what we're probably going to see over the next 18 to 24 months is continued increases in prices.

The problem is, the security mission goes on here and if we take some out, those that are left are at some risk ? it increases their risk, ... Unfortunately, we're not able at this time ? unless someone is known to have a family member wounded or injured or killed ? we're not in a position to make those adjustments.

We all recognize that it increases your chances of having success in the tournament if you don't have to play four nights. If you can just play three nights, I think it improves your chances of success. That's our reward for playing well throughout the season and hopefully we can do that.

We anticipate our sales in future quarters returning to predominately regular-priced shipments. Therefore, we believe our sales increases will normalize at a much more moderate growth rate.

Those increases could then eventually be passed along to the consumer.

We are seeing some serious imbalances in the market. When you have price increases with inventory increases, something's got to give.

We are seeing smaller increases in both than we have previously. But it can be a gradual process. We are predicting and we are going out on a big limb here a slowing of the increases, possibly leading even to a decline in the future.

The overall trend for many years now is that drug prices go up substantially more than the rate of inflation, and that continues to be the case. Even though it's up less than in the previous quarter, it is still a substantial increase, and this is added on to increases from previous quarters.

The overall effect of the international oil price increases on inflation and output has been far more muted than expected.

We are not looking for any major increases in interest rates.

We are not going to see the strong increases in productivity that we've become accustomed to and I think we're at that point now and that's the message in these numbers.

When demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Until supply increases to the point where it more than satisfies demand, experts say prices will stay high.

We're keeping up the pressure on the Bank, Fund and rich country donors. The story of 2005 was promises from rich countries to increase their aid. The story of 2006 is whether these promises will result in real money to fight poverty and not aid increases based on clever accounting, politics and naked self interest.

We still face a longer-range deficit problem and that will be exacerbated by increases in Medicare and Social Security payments, ... It would be helpful to bring our budget deficit down longer-term. I worry more about that than this temporary increase in the deficit.

We still don't know how many more rate hikes there are in the cycle and the minutes don't really shed light on that. But rate hike increases are probably not large.

We are currently finishing up research that is looking at the causes of increases in jet contrail coverage beyond simply increased number of flights. These results are currently in review and will hopefully be published later this year.

We recognize the federal government plays a very important role in researching cures for disease, and, therefore, our budget increases the NIH budget for 2002 by $2.8 billion, the largest increase in that department's history,

The rate increases have been going on for quite some time, and it really hasn't had an impact. And in the case of Goldman, you still have sustainable core revenues up very strong.

The rate increases don't seem to be deterring U.S. investors. That boosted confidence to buy more Japanese shares.

This would have been a nice win. It would have taken some pressure off us. Now it only increases the pressure. It was a better performance than we had the last two games and that's the bright side of it. But it's got to be 32 minutes, not 30.

This would be the wrong stage to be suddenly raising rates a lot because the reaction to the earlier rate increases just hasn't occurred yet.

The question is, How much of this feeds through all the way down the production process? Do companies end up having to swallow the cost increases or can they pass it through?

The prospect of favorable new energy contracts for PPL as existing long-term contracts expire, in conjunction with sharp increases in forward wholesale energy prices over the past six months, led us to increase our long-term earnings forecast.

Towns get hammered with exorbitant increases in special education costs year to year. Another significant problem is the continued lack of full funding needed for the No Child Left Behind Act. More and more of the burden is being thrust on property tax payers and towns.

This study clearly showed that when the climate was warming but still pretty cold, the ice sheet grew due to increased precipitation that fell as snow, and more than made up for any melting. But at some point the warming became more pronounced, did not offset any increases in snow, and the ice sheet disappeared fairly rapidly.

This stimulation is similar to the way the nervous system normally increases heart function when triggered by emotional or exercise stress, or in diseases such as heart failure,

This stabilization in overall coverage rate can be explained by increases in government coverage that offset the decline in employer-based coverage.

We were able to maintain our current prices in spite of increases in materials and shipping costs, ... In addition, to meet the demand of strong sales, we were able to quickly increase capacity in our plants without affecting our margins.

We definitely feel the price increases that went on. We've had to kind of back up from what we were offering and have the employees pick up a little bit more of it,

We don't like rate increases as much as anyone, but we think 8.6 percent is as modest as possible.

The decision to go from an individual state lotto game to a multistate game is a natural evolution. The way a lottery increases profits is to design games that appeal to the masses, to broaden the player base.

(The decision) not only increases the motivation to get trains operating, but the (grant) application becomes more competitive with the concentration of jobs within a mile of the corridor.

The factory sector continues to grow at a fast rate, probably further absorbing existing capacity. We look for healthy increases in both industrial production and factory usage.

The expected yield increases make group products more attractive and may cause some farmers to switch to group products from farm products such as Actual Production History (APH), Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), Income Protection (IP), and Revenue Assurance (RA).

What it's all adding up to is an economy that's starting to show signs of slowing down. It's not happening very quickly but the earlier Fed rate increases are having an effect.

We're just as frustrated as our customers-this is our livelihood too. Retailers have had stunning, unprecedented price increases in one day alone-some as much as 46 cents.

We should see the slowdown in price increases as positive,

We should see some small increases in retail sales over coming months, but without a decent pickup in the labor market and incomes, we won't see much of an improvement.

We shouldn't hold the budget hostage for issues over tax increases or transportation. They can be resolved in a special session later.

The real surprise is the strength in exports. These sharp increases in computer-related exports corroborate recent U.S. industrial-production data that show marked strength in high-tech industries.

There are not huge increases in the numbers (of visitors), but you're seeing more profitable guests.

We often see price increases in January. What's particularly troubling for consumers is that the average price for the first month of 2006 is starting at a much higher level than it did a year ago.

When rate increases are demand-driven, meaning there are other, positive influences going on -- job growth, demand picking up, etc. -- in that case, the effect of higher interest rates is a small dampening, rather than one that puts the economy at risk,

While subscriber growth remains strong, especially in developing regions, the revenue opportunity for the infrastructure vendors appears to be more muted as the market moves from coverage driven investments to more incremental capacity spending. We forecast that increases in WCDMA revenues will more than slightly offset declines in GSM-based infrastructure. The CDMA market has matured such that it is prone to the ups and downs of upgrade cycles, but should see modest growth through the scope of our forecast.

While not directly related to Yahoo!, such news flow raises the profile of questionable Internet practices, and we think it increases headline risks for the group.

With ailerons, you have one aileron goes down and one goes up and what that does is redistribute the lift on the wing, ... The downgoing aileron increases the lift, the upgoing decreases the lift but the overall lift of the airplane is unchanged.

With a higher price of fuel, higher prices must prevail, although I remain firmly of the belief that sudden and significant increases do de-stimulate the market.

We know that people need homes, but there's ... something about owning a home and buying something that increases your chances for success.

Those who said the Fed has only one or no more increases coming are going to revise their opinions. The Fed is not finished. It probably has one or two more increases from here.

We question whether companies will be able to pass their input increases on. Even if the oil price goes sideways, it will still hurt companies.

We do have concerns that businesses who were potentially looking to relocate to San Diego may reconsider based on the instability of the fiscal system here in San Diego. You would never want to relocate a business to San Diego and, on arriving, be hit by major fee and tax increases that increase your costs of operation.

This will accomplish very little, and this totally misses the mark, which is to take appropriate steps to slow the kind of double-digit health care increases we've seen. This is so far off the mark it's incredible.

This super tax subtracts directly from saving, it decreases future tax revenues and increases future age pension payments.

This report supports Greenspan's rosy economic view that the economy is likely to continue to grow unabated this quarter thereby justifying continued increases in short-term rates.

This report increases pressure on the government and the Turner Commission to bring forward radical proposals to tackle the future of pensions.

There has obviously been quite a bit of dissension as to the governmental policies, the slashing in fiscal expenditure, potential tax increases, as well as the astronomical increases in interest rates.

There has never, never been an instance found where any sort of anti-competitive behavior led to price increases in this industry,

We think the recent surge in fuel prices greatly increases the likelihood of a bankruptcy filing within the next two months.

We think the economy is going to be slowing down and the Fed's rate increases are coming to an end.

Why are people feeling better? Because they have real increases in wealth.

To me, the key indicator is employment. We need to see at least three months of pretty hefty increases in employment before we'll be able to say we're out of woods,

This year's report shows that prices have continued to increase in 2004-05, although to a lesser extent than those increases experienced over 2000-01 to 2002-03.

We believe that apartment rent growth will range from 8 to 10 percent by the close of 2005. Rising home values, flat to modest increases in personal incomes and a lack of new inventory all point toward continued growth in rental rates.

We based these charges on expected trends for the rate increase effective this month. We are all seeing increases in our electricity bills; it was difficult to predict this increase in energy costs.

We believe house price increases will be relatively muted over the coming months, given affordability constraints, increased debt levels and muted earnings growth.

With predictions of more price increases next winter, the government must act now to make sure pensioners have enough money in their pockets to cover basic living costs.

With a majority of our employment sectors showing increases in the number of jobs, the figures for March indicate that Wisconsin's labor market remains healthy and strong and moving in the right direction.

While fires remain higher than we would want them to be, the trend of lower month-to-month increases shows that our increased attention and efforts to remove debris from the roadbed is being met with some success.

Yet there is no doubt of our nation's strength. This is a tribute above all to the American worker and entrepreneur ... productivity in the past four quarters has been very impressive. Higher productivity, of course, leads to wage increases and even greater investment and even more jobs down the line,

The problem is that the security mission goes on here. And if we take some out, those that are left are at some risk. It increases their risk,

This will force women out of the state and would cost more money and more time and a lot of women may not realize they have that option. It increases the trauma for those who have been sexually assaulted.

The passage of workers' compensation reform in 2004 was a critical step forward for small businesses in California and helped produce and preserve thousands of jobs in our state. The ballot initiatives would eviscerate those reforms, resulting in massive increases in worker's compensation costs, and send our economy into a tailspin. We will rally California's entire business community to preserve the reforms and will wage a vigorous campaign against these job killer initiatives.

The only thing we can go by is sales and that increases 10 to 12 percent every year.