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Domestic performance in May was weaker than anticipated.

Confidence has been getting weaker for some months and trading conditions have weakened a bit in the latest survey. They could weaken more in the short term, but when you look at the medium term, companies are still quite optimistic.

The big picture here is that the Bank's forecasts for growth and inflation are different to consensus expectations for weaker growth and inflation short term.

The BOJ may hold rates near zero for more than six months even after the end of its current policy. The yen may see brief buying if the BOJ changes policy today but it won't last long. The bias is for a weaker yen.

The biggest problem right now is sentiment. We've got to start wading through second-quarter results soon, and it's looking like they're going to be weaker than was previously expected. There's no incentive to buy.

The 'beige book' really hurt the market today. I think this report is much weaker than anyone thought.

The bank sector is a bit weaker here, with NAB and CBA coming of their highs, and of course Westpac are ex-dividend, so that has obviously had an effect on the index,

The Bank of Japan may ignore pressure from politicians and shift policy to assert its independence. The yen may see brief buying if the BOJ changes policy today, but it won't last long. The bias is for a weaker yen.

The Bank of Canada may raise the rate to 4 percent and pause. Initial reaction is a weaker Canadian dollar.

Strong growth among firms in business and professional services and truck transport offset somewhat weaker reports from manufacturers for March.

Sugar prices in the past few months have pulled back because of the weaker oil price. Now that oil is at around $70 a barrel, sugar has to follow.

It's clear that job growth in the last three months has been as slow as it has been in quite a while. It is a picture of a somewhat slower or weaker job market.

It's causing industry consolidation. We're seeing smaller, weaker firms not able to weather the storm.

It was an OK quarter from the top line perspective, but the results were weaker than expected, largely due to the floor care business.

It's weaker than expected due to the decline of inventories, but final demand is quite strong. Basically, it's a strong report despite the weak headline number. Consumption and all domestic demand is firm. Exports are also strong, showing that demand is quite balanced.

It's tough because I'm 30. Motivations are weaker. I have my knee, which hurts. You play week after week, for several reasons you become weaker and unsure. You lose confidence.

It was a disappointment but not a disaster. It was weaker than the consensus, but not everyone had adjusted for the charges.

It went pretty much like we expected; we knew they were a better team. I thought some of our weaker wrestlers performed well. ... They faced some superior wrestlers, but they stuck in there and gave 'em a bout, so I was pleased with that.

They can just wait until the weaker players go out of business and those customers will go to one of the dominant players.

They were negotiating from a weaker position ... It would have been hard to defend some of these practices.

It was just plain good luck for the Biloxi and New Orleans areas, ... It meant that Katrina definitely came ashore much weaker than many had feared and many of us were forecasting.

There's very little good news to spur buying, but a slightly weaker yen gives support to exporters.

These two companies gave a must-have lesson for all retailers, Sharper Image combed the globe for unusual and exciting products that weren't run-off-the-mill ... Retailers made the mistake of taking customers for granted and the payoff came two weeks ago in much weaker Christmas sales because of ho-hum kind of merchandise.

These two companies gave a must-have lesson for all retailers, ... Sharper Image combed the globe for unusual and exciting products that weren't run-off-the-mill ... Retailers made the mistake of taking customers for granted and the payoff came two weeks ago in much weaker Christmas sales because of ho-hum kind of merchandise.

On balance, it is a modestly dollar negative set of data. Retail sales growth was a little weaker than markets had expected, with a downward revision to the ex-auto sector.

Armed with the weaker U.S. dollar, commodity prices heading north, and a strengthening economy, rising inflation pressure is still likely to emerge as a concern for the Fed. But not yet. Not yet.

A rise in global demand, the relatively low cost of capital and a weaker rand have all helped lift manufacturing.

The jobs numbers will be less reliable. If they are stronger, people will say it's because people had to hire more workers because of Katrina and it's only temporary. And if it's weaker people will also say that it's Katrina-related, ... The Fed's job has just gotten harder.

The interesting thing is that they did this on a day when economic information came out that was decidedly weaker than expected. It blunted what could have been a pretty bloody response. The resignations might have been planned for some time, but the fact that they were a secret and were released on exactly this date and at this time turned out to be very effective.

The inventories number was weaker than expected and suggests they may detract from growth in the third quarter. It looks like GDP is going to be weak for the quarter.

The Fed has been on 'autopilot' with its monetary tightening so that even bouts of weaker data, such as we saw after hurricane Katrina, failed to divert the Fed off course. But now, following the minutes of the December meeting, it is clear that policy will become more data dependent.

The familiar combination of declining fundamentals and the market's perception that Tokyo wants to see a weaker yen was the catalyst for the Japanese currency's latest move down,

I'm pretty confident. It is a pretty solid conference overall, but their throwing is weaker than the America East. I expect to walk out of that meet with two conference records.

Impala is higher ahead of expected good results due in February, gains in other platinum stocks and the higher platinum price, coupled with the weaker rand.

If not for the strong earnings, I think the market would be a lot weaker than it is. But that's not enough to lift the market out of a trading range. There's just too much uncertainty for markets to move higher.

In a soft economy, Disney's overall performance continues to be solid, ... Our studio has added yet another quarter to a year of strong growth. At our parks, effective expense-management measures have largely compensated for the weaker attendance that we had anticipated.

In an environment of slower growth, steady job creation, weaker productivity gains, and modestly rising inflation that we envision for 2005, the FOMC will continue to lift its target federal funds rate.

I like the paper group here (especially Bowater). With the weaker dollar, I think paper is going to be a surprising performer here, ... I particularly like the newsprint sectors. I think pricing is a little more advanced in that part of the industry than it is in some of the others.

If you don't do that, if you don't go for your shots, they're just too good. You have to try from the moment you get a second serve or a weaker first serve, just go for it.

If you're flying a propeller when the other guys have regional jets, you will lose market share, especially in a weaker economy.

If you combine a weaker ISM and the Fed minutes, the market is definitely taking a dollar-bearish view.

If you have the right offer at the right price, you can enjoy the luxury of pricing integrity. If you are a bit weaker but ahead of the game, you can use some good promotions. But if you're really struggling, you are probably going to have to go on sale, and that's really going to affect your margins.

Investors are pretty much focused on the home sales figures today. Weaker data will reduce expectations for further rate hikes in the U.S.

Investors are chasing commodity prices. Until we fall even lower, though, we're still in a trading range. We'll be very focused on inflation for the rest of the week. Economic numbers are coming a little weaker lately, adding to why the market is reacting poorly.

In the near term, there is a bit of support for the front end, due to these weaker numbers.

If the left wants to argue that the president needs to be weaker when it comes to protecting this country from terrorist cells, I think that's the kind of debate where we probably won't have to say a whole lot to undercut their argument.

Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises concern about a slowdown in the U.S. economy.

His hair is black, as it's always been, his beard was black with significant gray ... a good deal older and weaker and more frail than he looked the last time I saw him come into court in the summer of 2004 when he came for his initial hearing.

Chirac seems completely out of the loop. It's all very strange. As a doctor, I can't say whether he's in bad physical shape. But as a citizen, I can say he looks weaker and weaker.

Capacity owned by weaker companies now is run by healthier companies. There?s less confusion, less noise than when there were so many smaller operators.

By saying China is a manipulator the U.S. would put more pressure on China to let the yuan appreciate faster and indirectly that would mean a slightly weaker dollar.

GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold for a fair while.

Gateway implied fairly strongly at the analyst meeting that HP is a much weaker operator than they are, and that's possible,

Gary Bettman has only a marginal interest in the weaker teams. He only wants the NHL to make a bigger profit as a whole.

Generally, a weaker yen is healthy for exporters and the economy. But the stock market doesn't have much else going for it,

If he plays to his potential, I know he's worked hard to improve his game, we won't be any weaker than last year. We're counting on him to round out the starting five.

I am very pleased with our first quarter accomplishments, which included strong growth in client activity across many franchises. We are seeing the benefits from our investment spending, which helped generate record revenues in our international businesses and record revenues globally in our corporate and investment banking business. Strength in these franchises more than offset weaker results in our U.S. consumer business.

I don't want to schedule cupcakes. We can't do that. We can't afford to do that with our schedule. You don't get better by playing weaker teams. You get good by playing tough opponents.

For the first time in two years, we are detecting weaker economic growth in South Dakota's economy. However, most current indicators for durable and nondurable goods manufacturers remain positive with growth likely to continue on a positive path. The growth for 2006 will be lower than that for 2005.

The major disappointment was perhaps the lack of revenue growth. If you look at each of the (defense unit) segments, they all with one exception seem weaker than anticipated.

The underlying Mercedes margin excluding one-off items and provision releases was significantly weaker than expected. That was an area where the market was prepared for upside surprise.

These are excellent results in a challenging broadcasting environment. The impact of weaker television advertising has been offset by cost savings.

Along with the rise in non-fuel import prices, this suggests the weaker dollar is taking competitive pressure off of businesses, giving them the extra pricing power they didn't have a couple of years ago.

The combination of a sharp rebound in US equities, a slightly weaker dollar and strong Chinese data seems to have been enough to underpin the metals.

The hourly earnings number was a little weaker than forecast. That means that more people are working, but wage pressure remains contained, and that helps profitability.

The housing starts figure coming in down 5.6 percent was weaker than expected and seems consistent with our thesis that the housing sector is moderating. The big decline in housing permits reinforces that idea.

The housing numbers were weaker than expected and that's two months in a row. Maybe we're finally getting a sign that housing is moderating a bit.

The euro was a little weaker today, so that took gold a little lower.

The evidence is in that tech is finally turning around. That's most clearly demonstrated with telecom. Even Lucent, despite its weaker performance among its peers, is suggesting they've got some visibility.

The evidence is in that tech is finally turning around, ... That's most clearly demonstrated with telecom. Even Lucent, despite its weaker performance among its peers, is suggesting they've got some visibility.

The healthy global economy is supporting export growth, as is the yen, which has been weaker than last year.

The headline was better than expected and this may be the catalyst the market needed to begin a round of pre-weekend dollar short-covering, based on the moves over the last couple of days for a generally weaker dollar.

The headline was a lot weaker than expected but if you look at the underlying numbers, basically the weakness was entirely in the transportation sector and relates to a drop in Boeing orders.

The headline number was weaker than what people expected. But when you look down into the underlying details, it's not as weak as what that headline number would suggest.

The headline number came in a lot weaker than expected, but when you comb through all the revisions, you come down in line with expectations. The momentum in February is clearly weaker.

The impact of the weaker ISM survey has knocked the dollar lower. The backdrop for the dollar is that it's just consolidating around here. It's a pause for now.

Although growth has declined slightly from the second and third quarters, the market's resilience in the face of rising interest rates, high fuel prices, a weaker Euro, and other potential inhibitors puts the market in a great position to start 2006.

Also, with uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy, and a weaker dollar, that actually fares well for gold. A lower dollar makes it less expensive for traders overseas to exchange gold.

AHC trades at an 18% discount to its peers ... which we believe is wide enough to compensate investors for the risks inherent in the stock -- namely, a price exploration strategy, significant downside risk should oil prices retreat, weaker free cash flow generation and returns.

You will notice drastic line-up changes and improved swims when the second half begins. Unfortunately, for the weaker teams, they can get beat up early in the season. It does give all teams great meets to look forward to.

You've got to put this in context, ... I think they (the critics) would be more worried if the euro had gone up 12 percent instead of fallen 12 percent (from its launch level). We've got everyone trying to manipulate a weaker currency, but when you've actually got one, it's criticized.

All the signals are pointing to a weaker dollar and today's data could precipitate more selling. There's no doubt that the Fed is close to the end.

The economic numbers were on balance disappointing. You also have the dollar a lot weaker today because of the continued uncertainty with the international situation.

The economic figures, especially those on consumer confidence, turned out weaker than I expected and they're negative for stocks . You need to be cautious and selective with technology stocks.

The dollar's a little weaker because Miyazawa retracted some of his comments, indicating there may be a need for foreign exchange intervention,

The dollar is weaker on the back of that, but considering the decline in the index, you would almost think (the dollar) would decline more.

The dollar is weaker initially across the board after the release of the minutes. On your first read through you get the indication they may not be as aggressive as some had been predicting.

The dollar is a mess, interest rates appear to be on the rise, oil prices are going up and some earnings are looking weaker - it all adds up to bad news. I'm taking some profits on certain stocks, but it's not time to go running for the exits just yet.

The drop-off in Treasuries can't be ignored. That is contributing to weaker sentiment in Japanese bonds.

The crowd was unbelievable, they even supported us in our weaker phases. With such great fans behind us we are all looking forward to this World Cup.

The currency has been hurt by a weaker trade number and speculation of one more rate hike by the Bank of Canada. People are not looking to buy the Canadian dollar right now.

The combination of weaker industrial production and weaker consumer sentiment number

The city is not receiving compensation for the other 5,472 protected trees (at Home Depot and Wal-Mart), the ordinance was supposed to be stronger but the commissioners made it weaker instead,

The central bank may want any gain not to exceed the appreciation of other regional currencies. A weaker currency will help Taiwan's exports.

The company continues to rapidly expand capacity at a time when demand is coming in much weaker than anticipated, which we believe will have a leveraged and negative impact on margins in the fourth quarter and 2001.

The company as a whole posted a healthy earnings gain, even with the weaker economy.

The company is suffering from a combination of industry issues of weaker volume and high levels of bad debt, aggravated by weak cash flow.

The diffusion index was slightly weaker than expected but capital spending plans by big firms weren't bad for the start of a business year.

An athlete who uses banned substances comes under this principle and therefore I would not support measures to render our legislation -- which is one of the most just and severe in the world -- weaker for people who use (banned) substances.

All of the government statistics have been far less scary than consensus expectations. (Retail sales) were weaker than anticipated and seem to be consistent with the tone.