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The mission and the focus of what our forces are doing has not changed this week from last week or last month. Any spike in violence is unfortunate and is always concerning, but we tend to look at these things broadly and over time, and base our decisions on trends and on what the commanders on the ground feel is an appropriate balance.

You've got two trends with this taking hold in the past four or five years.

You're going to see those two trends crisscross in the not-so-distant future,

You really have to look at trends -- the daily figure or two days or three days doesn't really mean anything.

This is an industry that's done business pretty much the same way for the past 100 years. Most of the funeral homes are still family-owned, so they rely on word-of-mouth or local advertising to reach their consumers. What we realize is that as geographic trends have changed for families and they no longer live in the same hometown, how would they know where to go if a loved one died?

The weekly updates were a little tedious and not terribly relevant. They generally don't measure trends very well.

The weakness in the stock market, the fact that the charts and trends look so bad, is going to keep an underlying bid under the bond market.

This group is as cheap as they've been in years, but there's a reason for that. Pricing is decelerating, unit volume trends aren't particularly exciting and the pipeline isn't robust.

This group is as cheap as they've been in years, but there's a reason for that, ... Pricing is decelerating, unit volume trends aren't particularly exciting and the pipeline isn't robust.

This announcement addresses three major industry trends organizations' focus on cost reduction strategies, organizations' need to find measurable value for IT investments in a very short order, and organizations' need to allow their staff members to collaborate with one another from wherever they are, using whatever network enabled device they choose. Customers deploying open source software in a virtual machine can reduce their software and hardware costs, and simultaneously enhance their agility in addressing future computing needs.

This, and ongoing concerns over supply are likely to underpin prices, so unless some external event upsets the funds, the upward trends are likely to keep prices on the rise.

This has been an enormously difficult period for America and for the travel industry. But the trends we have seen since mid-September are validating our philosophy of managing for a recovery, ... We will see steady improvement in 2002.

They've done a very good job in Canada of changing as consumer trends and demands have changed.

They stopped following the trends in Eastern Pennsylvania and tinkered much more with variety. There's a huge variety here that you don't see in eastern counties.

A lot of people feel like they've missed it and the best days of the sector are behind it so why jump in when there's even a hint of medical cost trends going in the wrong direction.

Although the data are hardly showing bad trends for the U.S. economy, they are hardly an argument for the Fed to extend or speed up the pace of hikes.

A lot of people should not pay attention to the ups and downs daily because clearly they cannot discern the next week or two weeks in terms of trends in the markets. Where do you want to put your money long term, and I stress long term. We always advocate a very strong diversification.

A lot of these trends are to be expected. This is the age when young people experiment with different lifestyles and behaviors, and when they move out of the house they have even more freedom to do that. We expect that when they settle into more permanent jobs and unions, these trends will abate.

They don't want to make a lot of noise. They want to be very stealthy, which is one of the trends we see going forward.

The year was so bad and the trends in much of the economy are so weak that very few people believe that the economy is ready for a sustainable recovery.

They are still riding the early wave of one of the strongest trends in consumer banking, which is online bill payment.

There were two key trends in the global wireless market in 2005. First, emerging markets contributed phenomenal levels of subscriber growth. In particular, Russia, India and Indonesia saw major growth in new users in 2005, up 40-50 percent over 2004 levels.

There may be a bit of a slowdown now, but long-term, (tech trends are) extremely positive.

The remaining question now, however, is the fate of the Saks Fifth Avenue division. We believed a breakup was the likely outcome for Saks and today's report confirms our expectation. However, current trends do not suggest much upside from current levels. Instead, upside to current valuation hinges on a turnaround at the Saks Fifth Avenue business, which we consider unlikely under current management.

This is the kind of thing that happens with economic data. In any given month, you have random variations in price trends Those random changes tend to offset each other.

This is a very serious competition. If present trends continue, India and Pakistan could very well have greater nuclear capabilities than France and Great Britain, looking down the road.

There's cash on the sidelines and a lack of buying commitment as people wait until they can sort out the earnings coming in this week, ... People are waiting to hear if any new trends developed at the end of the quarter, and what they can extrapolate from that about the second and third quarters. In that kind of environment, it's easy to have a little selling.

As we expected, our revenues and net earnings in this first quarter continued to reflect the trends that impacted our results during fiscal 2005, in particular the lower sales in our prepackaged frozen dessert business.

As we look at the longer term, some of the trends we see are for rich media. Over the last 12 to 18 months we've seen an explosion in growth-rich media instead of static media.

As we look at the dynamics of the industry...we see normal seasonal trends (and) good growth, healthy growth. And if what people are saying about our competition and the industry being down, we're probably taking more share this quarter than we anticipated.

It's a reflection of the trends that are going on not only in Winston-Salem but across the country.

It's about staying fresh and current on all trends relevant to your work.

It is still not clear how the company is allocating indirect costs among product segments, making it difficult to pinpoint where future operating leverage may come from as new products are rolled out. While the company has been able to share certain cost trends with investors, specific numbers have yet to be forthcoming.

It really just follows the trends of where TV has been going. If you compare it to what's going on in the TV world, this is a half-full glass.

It probably makes a lot of teams nervous, there's no question. It's definitely a factor that comes up. Whether you're talking about Florida receivers or Penn State running backs, or even BYU offensive linemen. There are certain trends that everyone is aware of.

It probably makes a lot of teams nervous, there's no question, ... It's definitely a factor that comes up. Whether you're talking about Florida receivers or Penn State running backs, or even BYU offensive linemen. There are certain trends that everyone is aware of.

Food trends have been around as long as people have had the ability to choose between different things to eat, but the modern, interconnected media has made food trends a viral phenomenon. Once upon a time, it was just a few newspapers and a few select gourmet magazines that were writing about food. Today, it's every single publication.

Food trends don't just drive the obvious things, like cupcakes or cronuts, but something as elemental as your daily cup of coffee. The way you have that coffee now is probably very different from the way you had it ten years ago, and it'll probably be very different in ten years. That has a huge impact, culturally and economically.

It is those trends that are bothering people. The (premium) pricing trends and (medical) cost trends have spooked investors.

It's hard to predict when or how market remodeling trends change. Trust your instincts and you'll be able to enjoy all the changes you make.

It's pretty typical for trends in general elections. Through their cycle of a term they start at a high and go down just before the election.

Despite all the worries on the energy front, sales trends continue to be impressive and remain strong.

Concord grape juice appeared to enhance cognitive and some motor skills in the test animals. In many of the tests we saw significant improvements or trends toward improvement.

The numbers Visa has seen over the Friday and Saturday period are encouraging, but we will continue to watch over the next several weeks to see if the positive trends hold true, ... Based on the data Visa has seen to date, we remain cautiously optimistic that this will be a good holiday season for merchants.

The numbers look OK. The EPS (earnings per share) is slightly better than what people were expecting due to lower depreciation and lower leavers costs, but trends in the business remain weak.

The numbers look okay. The EPS (earnings per share) is slightly better than what people were expecting due to lower depreciation and lower leavers costs, but trends in the business remain weak.

The numbers are good from the Fed's perspective, even with November's ramped up numbers. Job growth is still slow and wage pressure has been nonexistent all year. If trends continue it could put pressure on the consumer. We may see the Fed have one more rate hike and then (be) done.

It's likely that the brand is a bit stale and needs updating. There are new updated hot items in the store, but Abercrombie and Hollister are fashion brands, and thus the need to capitalize on changing trends is critical,

It's starting to creep up again. We're seeing some trends that we have to watch and make sure don't confirm themselves.

Eighth-graders tend to be the first ones to show new trends. Most are blank slates and haven't developed habits and are more sensitive to environmental changes. As these eighth graders move up the age spectrum, the high school teenage smoking trends will follow.

Economic trends favor the occurrence of write-downs at other companies. Crude oil prices have been cut in half and product inventories (remain at record levels). The thing that I think is more telling is that (these companies) are taking write-downs now in anticipation that crude prices will be low for the next few years.

Economic softness is accelerating non-economic trends that threaten Sun and raise the likelihood that numbers may need to again be reduced.

Everybody is spinning it in their own direction, ... The end result is the same trends remain in place: dollar weakness, euro strength and the yen strong, but not so strong as the euro.

The booking trends at theme parks are still quite hard to read. As we look forward ... in the near term it's difficult to read the signs.

The bigger trends look like they're improving (at Nortel). And now you've got a guy coming in here who's got a reputation for dramatically improving the cost structure and the performance of companies, ... Motorola's a vastly more complicated entity than Nortel and he did a great job for them.

The betting trends have been public and sharp money coming in on the favorites all week.

The average ticket value of these items is quite high, and the market trends are distinctly upward.

The Auto Remarketing Canada Conference will examine the emerging trends and key economic events impacting the Canadian used car market.

Strong tourism trends could help mitigate lighter local traffic.

Strong lending results, respectable deposit growth, well-behaved credit trends and excellent results from some of our fee businesses have not been enough to overcome the performance in spread-based revenues.

(It's) indicative of larger trends that are going on in journalism, in which citizens are becoming their own editors, and even their own producers, of news. It's much easier to get information from distant places now than it was a generation ago.

It's hard to continue to better your best year after year. You're called on to have incrementally better sales, profits and results, regardless of general trends and the environment.

It's hard not to be confused about trends at the company.

It's definitely one of the biggest trends in the industry. What we are seeing is an adaptation of the suburban country club turning into an urban country club.

It's very encouraging in these figures to see that employment is picking up. That's going to help domestic output and domestic incomes. The trends are all very positive.

The venue has proven to be an excellent opportunity for CATA members to meet face-to-face with industry vendors and to gain market intelligence on industry trends and patterns. We are promoting the event across Canada to our multi-sector membership.

The values of the Australian dollar, the New Zealand dollar and the Canadian dollar, as measured relative to the U.S. dollar, have been important signals of changing trends in global economic activity.

The revenue is showing flat trends from last quarter. The earnings per share upside was mostly due to the reduced share count.

These two currencies see an overbought condition against the dollar and technically may face some slides for now. Their rising trends will remain in place but we need to have a downward correction first.

These trends keep us confident in our assumptions of sizable Ford and GM share loss in 2006.

This is a unique conference. It is a forum for the AMD community to consider not just immediate technology trends and their business impacts, but also to explore the larger, longer-term surprises that technological innovation presents for society at large.

This is a unique conference, ... It is a forum for the AMD community to consider not just immediate technology trends and their business impacts, but also to explore the larger, longer-term surprises that technological innovation presents for society at large.

The negative economic trends were reflected in the group's operating results, which were unsatisfactory throughout the entire year,

Slower output and employment growth is dampening real income gains, which in turn is slowing spending, ... Although the monthly data continue to be quite volatile during this transition period, the underlying trends are unmistakable -- the economy is slowing from its torrid pace.

That might be one of the trends that's been picked up here.

The key thing is that there's a mechanism to spot negative trends and to enable that problem to be brought forward quickly.

The migration to (cheaper) IP is still going through the process. The company is not out of the woods yet and the operational trends are still weak.

The interior of Reflex is modern, with no wood and leather. The color and materials challenge many of today's dark plastic interiors by offering a blend of warm and cool colors. It is a fresh approach that will inspire future trends in many industries, including fashion and home furnishings.

The issue of underage drinking is a national concern for schools and parents. At Miller Place we are not immune to teen drinking issues or many other national trends on teen activity. Students at the meeting made it clear that our community is no different than other communities both on Long Island and across the nation.

The Internet enables group play around the world, evolving gaming into more of a communal activity. As the games are being embraced on a larger scale, it has enough merit to warrant these competitions. ... People can be pessimistic about trends and their longevity. They were right about disco, but not right about rap.

The fashion industry is finally acknowledging that people are going back into their closet each year, and they have to give shoppers something fresh to wear with the dependable chestnuts. I tell companies it's got to be a dependable mix of trends and product development. If it's all about trends, you're immediately dating the product.

The cost situation and trends in Europe are looking less bad than some had feared.

The CEA Industry Forum is a gathering place for more than 350 industry visionaries, technology experts and retail executives to come together to focus on the market trends and issues affecting the CE industry, ... This year's keynoters will bring unprecedented value to our attendees in terms of business strategy and information they can use to give their businesses a competitive edge in the marketplace. Needless to say, we are extremely pleased with the heavy hitters in this year's line-up.

Inflationary trends have been curbed to some extent.

Informed journalists can have a significant impact on public understanding of mental health issues, as they shape debate and trends with the words and pictures they convey, ... They influence their peers and stimulate discussion among the general public, and an informed public can reduce stigma and discrimination.

In discussions with a number of equipment vendors, Ixia competitors and other industry contacts, we have not received any negative data points about current business conditions, ... Instead, we are generally hearing that positive trends remain in place.

In all candor, I think the agreement has probably been showing positive trends sooner than we might have expected. It looks like it's working.

I'm not a market timer but it absolutely influences people. There are a number of forces that buffet the market, demographic trends that people have to save for retirement and technological changes.

Immigration trends are virtually unaffected by spending on border enforcement, ... It means the things driving migration are too big to be counteracted by enforcement.

Industry analysts are currently forecasting the semiconductor industry to grow less than 10 percent in 2001. These projections assume difficult first and second quarters for the industry, reflecting uncertain global macroeconomic trends as well as broad-based inventory adjustments.

If the recent trends of muted wage inflation, deteriorating employment and industrial recession persist, we would expect the current downside monetary policy bias to translate into a cut in base rates. Our forecast is for one more quarter point reduction, in May.

If you believe that the market is what rules in this world, all the trends in corporate America say that increasing amounts of policies that promote diversity are good for the bottom line. Companies aren't doing this because it's nice; they do it because it's good for business.

If you look at trends through 2005, we had record (fuel) prices, but numbers were also up for travel. We expect this trend to continue. Fuel frequently is a small part of a family's budget.

If you look at the industry worldwide, the highest ad pages are not coming from news magazines but from women's and trends magazines.

If you look at the 'Harry Potter' merchandise sales, they tended to go down as each sequel was released. Hasbro was somewhat non-committal when we asked them what they expected the trends this year to be with the Star Wars-related products.

Institutions continue to buy utilities, financials and materials and are selling the telecoms, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors -- all trends that have been in place for the past six months.

In summary, while it is still early in the quarter, if these trends continue, combined with the anticipated highly competitive environment for technology products during the upcoming holiday season, we would expect to see further pressure on earnings from ongoing operations.

In spite of the very positive trends we have experienced in the second quarter and owing to the uncertain economic conditions with which we are confronted, our earnings guidance for the year-end remains unchanged,

In our opinion, the next six months represent a critical time for Kmart, and we would not be surprised if the company were to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy if trends do not improve.

In the short term these difficulties won't have too much impact because of the broader trends that are under way. But if this continues it may start to have an impact on the strength of house prices and inward investment.