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Obviously, they went out and hired somebody who would tell them what they wanted to hear. We're quite confident that our rate increase is not only justified but necessary for us to continue to do business here in Florida.

Obviously they (investors) are going to focus on the Fed but a rate cut is priced in. The focus will be on the economy and signs that the first batch of interest rates are finally taking hold.

Obviously, it is a series we want to win. If we have a higher conversion rate than we had on Sunday, that should not be a problem.

Obviously, the $10 million is going to help a great deal. We are certainly hearing from many, many more rate payers than we did last year. The number of inquiries we are getting with respect to people needing some assistance we're certainly a lot busier than we were at this time last year.

Obviously, as they go down to one fuselage a month from four or five, there are going to be lower levels of operating earnings and margins. It stands to reason that it's an inefficient rate of production.

Re-widening of the interest rate differential will see the Australian dollar higher. Rumors of the Medley report that the Fed will stop tightening at 4.75 percent or 5 percent is below market expectations.

Right now, my going rate is $30 an hour, and for me to start getting back to where I was, I am going to have to raise it to $45. Right now I am in the red. Gas has a lot to do with it ? it is just so high.

Right now it's a 50/50 split, roll the dice. It's slowly melting and slowly rising but as long as it's a slow rate we can stay ahead of it, we'll be ok.

Right now, I believe they will raise the rate by 25 basis points. They have been very clear telegraphing what they plan to do. They're going to have to address Katrina's impact in some fashion, but they'll probably use plain vanilla, uninspiring wording.

Right now, I believe they will raise the rate by 25 basis points, ... They have been very clear telegraphing what they plan to do. They're going to have to address Katrina's impact in some fashion, but they'll probably use plain vanilla, uninspiring wording.

Revenues in the third quarter of 2005 reflected lower prescription growth and increased competition in key therapeutic markets in the U.S., such as the lipid-lowering market, where the rate of growth in the third quarter declined significantly versus the first half of the year; and the erectile dysfunction market, which has been in decline compared to 2004.

Revenue growth is decelerating rapidly, and a trough isn't expected until the third quarter of 2001. Based on semiconductor industry data for November, we also lowered our projection of the global industry's growth rate in 2000 to 36 percent from 40 percent.

Return on equity is not a guaranteed rate of return. In fact, the company since 1998 hasn't earned anywhere near its authorized rate of return.

Right now, it appears that the (Fed) believes that the odds are better than 50-50 that another 25 basis point rate hike will be warranted.

Right now, consumers aren't even feeling the slight 50 basis point total interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve this year,

People will move to the (Mac-Intel) products at the same rate they move over to the new systems. It will take some time for the transition to happen, but it's inevitable that it will.

People will look for a reason to buy the dollar as the currency's drop this month isn't warranted given the outlook for further rate increases. They may use figures such as production data as a reason to buy the dollar.

People will be more likely to feel comfortable that they have been well represented. It's the right time, especially with all the hurricanes, all the rate hike requests.

People want to be able to stay in St. George to earn their four-year degree. It's the people who stay here for all four years who will benefit from a really competitive tuition rate as compared to other four-year institutions.

People would start to worry about growth, and given the fact that the market is already looking for the Fed to end its rate increases this could be a dollar negative. No one would expect central banks to be raising rates in an environment where energy costs are going up sharply.

Plotinus was a first rate synthetic philosopher that combined and illustrated the best aspects of prior philosophers and added his own mystic insights. His concepts are consonant with about 70% of Christian divine mechanics interestingly. The idea He had about a river of creation flowing eternally from 'The One' that is 'translated from a realm of forms or intellect into material composition reminds me quite a lot of Jesus' discussion about 'the water of life' from which she would never thirst, as Jesus was God for-himself. It is disappointing that so many have simply been formed within a non-philosophical, purely materialist intellectual criterion that is implicitly biased.

Policymaker's toleration for inflation risks must be lower when the inflation rate is bumping around 3% per annum,

(PNTR) will keep our credit relationships stable. Everyone won't have to worry if the tariff rate will be different.

My sense is J&J is going to have to acquire to get a growth rate that investors will think is respectable.

My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the economy is slowing down, we may be at the end of interest rate increases.

Ongoing challenges are likely to continue to put near-term pressure on the shares, but our confidence in the outlook for the mobile infrastructure business leads us to rate the shares an 'outperform,' ... However, with 3G sales likely not to add materially to revenues until 2002, we are lowering our expectations in the infrastructure business.

News that the U.S. economy posted a weaker-than-expected 1.1% annual growth rate for the fourth quarter ... did not impact the oil-service stocks, which rallied by 1.8% (Friday) on the strength of better-than-expected quarterly results provided by Halliburton.

Nearly 20 million of the 21 million people already had drug coverage. The voluntary enrollment rate compares miserably with the rate achieved in the 11-month period when Medicare was originally launched in 1966. Nearly all eligible Americans signed up for the program back then.

On the contrary, exchange rate movements still play an important role in facilitating more efficient resource allocations in the long run.

One of the messages we want to get across ... is when children do not get what they need it is a reflection on their business. Children who are prepared for school graduate from high school, earn lots more money, the crime rate is much lower. In the future, it is a real asset for everyone.

One of the most important reasons for this is that as you increase muscle and lose fat you increase your metabolism - the rate you burn calories. The more muscle you have, the more efficient and effective your metabolism. That not only helps you lose weight, it helps you keep the weight off.

One of the problems in Latin America is that the growth rate in the economies has not been as fast as in Asia. The reason for that is the governments' policies.

I would rate what MotionFX have achieved as nothing short of fantastic,

I would rate our performance as average plus, but this average plus performance leaves us with a positive balance sheet.

If we don't make the change, rate cases will have to happen faster. There is a cost to a rate case. I would prefer not to have huge rate cases every two years.

If we get a better interest rate, great. If we get a lower interest rate or a worse interest rate, we will have to cut back on the number a little bit but we've got some flexibility built in with that.

If we do see additional absorption of spare labor market capacity, that could mean more rate hikes through the summer.

If we didn't have those programs, we would have an additional 80-plus people at any given time housed in custody, which would put us well into the 300s, and we can only hold 305, ... This year we have an average of 275 inmates a day. If we didn't have these programs, we would have 80 more people on top of that average. The Corrections Standards Authority rate of capacity of the facility is 296.

If we keep listing them (impaired waters) at the rate we're listing them, and the funding for doing the work doesn't change, and the amount of people out there doing the work doesn't change, we're going to have a backlog. I'm already concerned about the amount we have on the list.

If the rise in petrol prices in the producer-price data is reflected in the CPI data, there is a risk the inflation rate could be 2.2 percent.

If they don't see that evidence, it may well regenerate the case for a further rate hike.

If they determined that Springfield is where they want to make their home then right now, actually even before now was the time to buy with the interest rates where as low as the economy is changing and the interest rate is going back up.

If they're going to get a venture-capital rate of return on what has traditionally been a slow growth business, they will have to revolutionize the educational publishing market.

If they staggered it they'd probably have a better success rate of less violence.

If this deterioration continues, I think the chances of another rate cut are going to increase significantly, and I wouldn't rule out the possibility of an inter-meeting move,

If this team comes along at a normal rate and does the things that they're capable of doing, then we'll be a factor. There's a lot of good baseball teams this year. I'm real excited to see how it goes.

If we could get an increase in officers to get back to that, over time the crime rate would start to drop, ... We've become a more reactive police department.

If we continue to print new paychecks at the rate we've been adding them, that mitigates a lot of the damage of higher gasoline prices.

I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.

I don't expect the market to gain momentum in either direction until it gains new clarity about the possibility of a May rate hike. The overall trend in housing demand remains relatively weaker compared with 2005.

I'd like to tell everyone, the next change in the (yuan exchange rate level) is happening everyday. Every hour it is going on.

I don't know what the going rate is. I know we paid him $18 million last year. We're just going to have to think it through and see where Roger is at.

I don't buy into those supply-side, trickle-down ideas. Those arguments might have made some sense 25 years ago, when the top tax rate was 70 percent, but not today, when the top rate is half of that.

Ideally ... we think that a further step here would be to phase out capital gains if investor are holding for a longer period. For instance, if you were to hold stocks, let's say, for five years, I would like to see the rate lower than 20 percent, and maybe if you hold 10 years, there might be no capital gains rate at all. That will return the public markets to being about buying and holding and funding businesses, which was their purpose, not throwing paper around in a speculative manner.

I'd be a bit nervous about the pound's rally recently. We've not seen enough evidence of a pickup in growth and the focus is still on the next rate cut, which I think we'll get in February.

I am confident that top-tier performance is attainable in the near term. The retail bank has improved its performance at a rate faster than expected. Our corporate and specialty finance business continues to grow rapidly and also is performing above plan?We are entering the 21st century on very strong ground.

I am disturbed by the testimony that a plant that appears to be good for the ratepayers of Entergy will back away because they don't get the rate (arrangement) they want.

I am against tying the merger to the rate deal. It is not doing anything to address the underlying, systemic problems in Maryland's utility market.

I am looking for a 25-basis-point increase in the federal funds rate. The primary reason is because the unemployment rate has moved to a low level, and that low unemployment rate is starting to push the growth of wages higher. That is an early warning sign.

I am fully aware of the fact that it may not be possible to keep the tax rate down and still maintain some semblance of deficit control, ... But ... I would strongly recommend that the priority of evaluations start with the expenditure side: what can be constrained, what can be reduced.

I believe (the report) indicates that 4.5%-5.0% gross domestic product growth rate forecasts look too high, and it makes it harder to justify support for $60 oil.

I believe the group is going to be able to grow at least 8 to 10 percent in the future and I think the S&P earnings are going to slow down to maybe 7 or 8 percent, ... So this group could have actually a premium growth rate and yet a discount to the market that's, at least, 50 percent, if not lower.

I believe the exchange rate could have a small reaction (to the rate hike). If the peso opened today at 522 (per dollar) tomorrow it could open at 525, but at that level we'll certainly see some dollar offers coming in on profit taking.

Certainly heart rate variability has been tied to things like emotional control. It does seem a bit faddish to me.

Certainly a rate cut looks out of the question any time soon.

Central banks don't rest at one rate for long. If only to impart a bid to the U.S. housing market, they (the Federal Reserve) may have to start cutting again as early as the end of the year.

Capitalization rate is merely one indicator of real estate value. Each property needs to be evaluated independently based on current and future income, market and submarket dynamics, physical condition and the terms of any indebtedness secured by the property. These capitalization rates and values may not be representative of future capitalization rates and values that may be achieved on the Company's remaining properties under the liquidation plan.

But what we've seen is if you hit the economy over the head enough times with higher energy prices and short-term interest rate hikes, it reacts.

But the dollar will remain top-heavy due to lingering concerns over an eventual end of the zero interest rate policy in Japan and uncertainty over the prospect for the Chinese yuan.

Businesses were liquidating inventory last fall at a frenetic pace and adding to weakness in the economy's production. It looks like the rate of inventory liquidation is starting to slow, and a basis is forming from that reduction for a rise in the economy.

Businesses continue to look at the future with some skepticism. Companies again report weaker employment outcomes in December, while capital spending also weakened somewhat. The official cash rate is even more firmly on hold for the foreseeable future.

Businesses are realizing that an effective loss-prevention program can become a competitive advantage. If a company has a pretax profit rate of 4 percent and cuts shrinkage in half from 2 percent to 1 percent, that represents an increase in profitability of 20 percent.

Business customers can mix and match rate plans and enjoy the ease of adding phones or rate plans as business needs change without extensive contract changes or negotiations, thus creating a customized wireless solution to meet their calling needs. Sprint Business Essentials plans are tailored to meet business needs and help them make anyplace a workplace.

Business firms are still unwilling to take advantage of this low rate structure. The failure to borrow could be a hint that business planners do not foresee a significant resurgence in the economy over the quarters to come.

But having said that, it probably is a good thing to have an independent Kraft, though there won't be that many changes. Perhaps their tax rate will be lower.

But finally they have and they are moving in the right direction by raising the interest rate. Inflation is relatively high and therefore the higher interest rate will help to stabilize the currency.

But as the FOMC minutes also indicated that that the US economy still needs additional rate hikes ahead, interest rate differentials will continue to support the greenback.

Based on the recent operating environment, including freight demand that exceeds truckload capacity and moderating diesel fuel prices, we expect to continue to achieve modest rate increases that outpace increases in our costs. Our intermediate term goal remains an operating ratio of 90 percent or better.

Basically, this is a rate for residential customers that allows them to enter into a contract with us for a 12-month period.

Basically, the yen rate is not misaligned with economic fundamentals,

Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back from their deeply oversold condition last year as a result of lower interest rates. We do believe the Fed will remain aggressive with its easing interest rate policy but we feel the earnings are going to be pretty bad for the first quarter, so the market is likely to tread water for awhile.

Basic maintenance and repairs have been made in subsequent decades. But upgrades necessary to keep it in top condition were deferred, in part from a rate freeze that was in effect for years.

Because of the hurricane disaster, we reduced our rate by 25 percent.

Because of the decline in deliveries we are also forced to cut gas transit to Serbia and Bosnia by a similar rate of over 40 percent.

Because of the Administrative Consent Order against the city, the low local share for an engineering grant and the low interest rate for construction, the city should pursue these funds.

Because of that, I think property taxes address the sharing of this cost better than a rate increase does.

Barring a crippling auto industry strike or some other major event unforeseen in May, the latest survey readings indicate a growth rate of about 3 percent during the next six months,

Because we do not have generation assets to ?hedge? the impact of the rate hike, Maine consumers take the hit worse than any other state in New England.

Chinese government's goal over the reform of foreign exchange rate system is firm, continual, manageable and active,

China would do well to implement policies to correct its global trade imbalances, through expanding domestic demand, increasing market access for foreign goods and services, and adopting a flexible, market-based exchange rate for its currency.

China's side of the story. We'll also tell them that we are not manipulating the yuan exchange rate at all. So we hope they will not label China as a currency manipulator.

China's new exchange rate regime has kept the China critics quiet for a while, but I think the honeymoon period's coming to an end pretty soon.

China's incredible rate of economic growth and its corresponding increase in energy consumption has made the world supply tight.

China's high rate of bank savings, investment, robust market demand and abundant labor forces guarantee the rapid growth of the Chinese economy.

China's determination to promote exchange rate reform is unchangeable.

China's current exchanging rate policy also affects domestic firms in their desire to expand overseas.

China needs to approach the currency exchange rate from the perspective of China's economic interests first and foremost, ... We will not listen to someone else's conductor when doing what we need to do.

China has made a reform to its exchange rate mechanism that was an important step. We still want to see greater currency flexibility in the region.

Chris Rock doesn't do that, ... They're paying me my normal rate like I was doing a theater or college. So I'm there. Me in someone's living room.

I'll admit it's a little surprising, but all the factors were enough to push New Jersey into the top five this year. The economy is the bulk of the state's strength, but New Jersey has other factors going for it, such as a 95 percent graduation rate among high school seniors.