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We can clearly identify savings... because of the negotiation and compliance with nationwide contracts. We saved many dollars and man-hours in avoiding Y2K upgrades. We have fewer people focused on transaction processing at the business units, allowing them to spend more time on reviewing and analyzing financial results.

We are extremely disappointed with our fourth-quarter operating and financial performance. We have let down our customers, our shareholders and, not least of all, our employees.

We are extremely pleased to partner with ETV Capital and Bridge Bank. Together with the support and backing of our other financial investors, 3i and Scottish Equity Partners, this facility gives us the flexibility and financial resources we need to take advantage of the ever increasing demand for high-performance FPGA computing solutions in the U.S. military and aerospace sector.

We are extremely pleased to welcome Ron, who comes to us with a wealth of executive-level strategic leadership experience, demonstrated business acumen and a solid record of accomplishments in both business and information technology. Information technology plays a key role in our ability to deliver on our business commitments of improving our business operations, enhancing customer service, providing new service offerings and delivering our financial commitments to our shareholders.

Having said that, any single financial institution can have a failure in its internal controls and it only takes one or two transactions to create a significant risk to its reputation.

We've got to solve some of the financial challenges for these students. I can't see any other way to do it but scholarships.

He's a brilliant financial engineer, ... His record is always the same: cut costs, sell assets. That's terrific, only that's no way to run a retail business.

He's a brilliant financial engineer. His record is always the same: cut costs, sell assets. That's terrific, only that's no way to run a retail business.

Having just approved the 2006 annual operating plan, I and the other directors believe the company is essentially on the right course for long-term growth, and that our employees and senior management team have a sense of urgency about improving the company's financial results. However, we will take this opportunity to re-examine the strategic direction of Gateway to fine-tune our products, services and approach to our professional and consumer direct markets.

Hackers are now being lured by the promise of financial gains.

What we will do is work with those institutions to make sure that our rules don't get in their way admitting the students, providing them with the kind of financial aid that they need for their enrollment this fall at these other institutions.

What will most likely occur is a long overdue loss of confidence in financial assets in general, particularly those denominated in U.S. dollars.

What would happen if we accept God's gift of tithing when we accept God's gift of money? If we give off the top, we claim our place as 'givers' before we admit that we are 'consumers.' That puts our priorities in order and establishes a framework of gratitude around the rest of our financial affairs.

What you are seeing now is the buying of individual companies in the Dow for value. It is less a question of tech versus financial stocks, and more a question of looking at specific companies.

Here we are in some of the best economic times many of us have ever seen and they're deeper in debt than they've ever been. I think they sense they are in real financial trouble and if they don't get out of debt now, they wonder what will happen if the economy does turn down?

We are focused on our incumbents right now. We're certainly keeping an eye on the challengers, and we'll do what we can to help support those folks, but no big financial decisions have been made yet.

We think 7.5 percent is a fair offer, given the financial constraints the district finds itself in.

We think borrowers sitting down with their financial advisers or loan officers can make the decisions that are right for them.

We suggest they seek legal and financial advice first.

We take this as the most serious of issues. He has been telling them generally false information about the level of operations, the safety of employees and the financial situation among other things." ()

We talk about the social bottom line and the financial bottom line. A lot of investors would be willing to make a lesser return, but the record shows they don't have to.

With most customers, we have a relationship that started that way. Every financial services company, the Department of Energy--almost everyone got Linux in a nonstandard way on their own. That's not where their competence is. They've got a lot of other problems than building Linux distributions.

We're pleased that the Executive wants to widen access to higher education, but we need to make sure that they put in place the necessary support package to make sure students do not have to give up their studies for financial reasons.

We're obviously pleased to be finished with it. It's made us better. We examined all of our processes and controls, and I really think we have strengthened our financial reporting and controls.

We're in the middle, almost the end of the senior year. They've done all their hard work; they've finally been admitted. Now Mr. Financial Aid comes along and asks, 'How are you going to pay for this adventure?' and it becomes another round of hard work.

We're in the midst of a very difficult time in the telecom industry. Demand has been very week, particularly among the telecom-intensive sectors such as travel and financial services, ... We think 2003 will be another tough year in the telecom industry.

We told you from the outset we would be disciplined and we wouldn't bid against ourselves, ... Consummating a transaction would have required us to give up substantially more Comcast shares than we originally proposed. That didn't make good financial sense, particularly given these results.

I also believe the financial backers (of the tribes) may now have very severe second thoughts, ... throwing good money after bad.

We have to be able to restore in the minds of the financial community the creditworthiness of California and its public utilities, or we will not have the ability to borrow the money to keep the lights on,

He wanted to retire, but he was always thinking of financial obligations. He always wanted my niece to become a doctor so she could help the poor.

Having a firm grip on the money that leaves your business is an important aspect of financial discipline. This solution is an effective mechanism that controls costs, gives you greater visibility and allows you to increase your business' bottom line.

He certainly brings a set of financial skills to this job that may be unparalleled in the history of this university, ... I would certainly expect his business acumen to be one of his strengths.

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.

He can only sign a letter-of-intent one time from my understanding. You can have the ability to sign a tender or a financial aid agreement. He elected to go elsewhere, but I don't know if that battle is over yet. We'll see.

I am incredibly excited by what the future holds for Sun and the opportunity to continue working with Scott, and the rest of the management team, to help Sun attain its financial and operational goals.

I am for the first time optimistic that we will pass, after a long time, financial services legislation. In 19 years, we are the closest we have ever been to actually achieving a bill.

I am here today to publicly apologize to the people of the state of Ohio for my failure to provide complete financial disclosure statements to the Ohio Ethics Commission as mandated by law, ... I accept total responsibility for my mistake, and I'm sorry.

I always thought the financial aid treatment was the biggest problem with prepaid tuition plans. This change will make them more attractive. It's a good vehicle to hedge against tuition inflation.

I always tell people that it's not very good to put water features in a bedroom -- not even paintings of lakes and rivers -- because that could lead to losses, particularly financial losses. Sometimes it also leads to a loss in relationship.

If that is what the SEC accepts, then investors are in trouble and our financial reporting indeed needs improving,

If that's the case, we will always be a huge financial burden on the city, and we will always be in a situation where there are financial issues because the cost of health care goes up every year.

If the targets continue to be specific industries such as financial firms and airlines, it's not clear that another terror attack will have strong ripple effects through the rest of the economy.

If that's your only excuse, that your CFO (chief financial officer) was running rampant, then that's negligence.

If the bidders had offered the government a dollar for the Toll Road, it'd be a better deal. So to get $3.85 billion, that's phenomenal from a financial perspective.

If the Fed chooses to do something less than that (half-percentage point), then you're going to have this major disappointment in the financial markets.

if the financial markets were reeling and the images from the Gulf were getting worse instead of better, if energy prices were rising instead of falling. But given the economic data and financial markets, there's no reason to make a symbolic move.

If the board is uncomfortable with the financial situation, and if the board does not feel like these agreements will go forward, the board could vote to file Chapter 11 (Thursday).

He was a strong leader and dedicated his paper to excellence as well as financial success, and there weren't many of those.

He has a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge in leading the financial strategy and direction of large companies. We're continuing to grow at a rapid rate.

He has been a financial institution. No one can replace him. He brought financial journalism to a new level with his trademarks of honesty, humor and fairness. He always looked at both sides of the issues. His only bias was toward optimism.

He has been careful to address all possible concerns about his leadership in Congress, in financial markets and among his Fed colleagues.

He has now paid his debt to society. He has confessed. He has been punished and his family has been brought to financial ruin and as he tries to pick himself up off his knees, the office of independent counsel comes around and tries to prosecute him again.

He was the safe choice, somebody with unquestioned qualifications. They needed somebody that everybody, including the financial markets, would react positively to.

He was the sole support of his family. They're in very difficult financial circumstances.

He would make an excellent Assemblyman. Running Clifton Park, which is a growing community, is a big-time job and, as a banker, he has a good financial background.

His wide range of creative, financial and business experience, his commitment to storytelling featuring members of under-represented communities, and his insight into the North American film and television industry make Michael Jenkinson the ideal choice.

His strong leadership in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks helped to calm the financial markets by passing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.

Historically, the ease of access of records and court approval came in business cases. But that body of law has been transplanted with little thought to personal, medical and financial records.

Go in and physically meet your financial source of advice.

Going forward, our strong market position and continued focus on growth and productivity should enable us to deliver financial results that reflect the quality of our people and our technologies.

Going forward, we expect to grow these businesses, as well as continue to develop our financial services and asset management operations.

There is an awful lot of capital out there for financial buyers to acquire these types of companies.

There is an emerging opportunity for commerce on the web and this agreement allows Yahoo! flexibility in aggressively pursuing this opportunity while retaining 100 percent of the financial benefit of Yahoo! shareholders.

There is an enormous economic and financial challenge facing us as we try to provide that education,

There is an epidemic of bad water on first nations, ... Will you stop the platitudes, stop telling first nations you feel their pain, and start making some financial investments to improve the quality of water in their communities?

The pace of innovation in financial services is ever increasing. There is a new hook weekly.

There are short-term costs related to rescue efforts but it will probably have more of a psychological than a financial effect.

there are no signs of stress in the financial sector.

Under Chairman Greenspan, monetary policy has become increasingly transparent to the public and the financial markets, a trend that I strongly support.

Under its current business model, the Postal Service's financial future is not viable.

Under political pressure and lure of financial reward, Senegal has restored diplomatic relations with China and decided to maintain with us only economic, business and cultural ties,

He sees an explicit medium-term inflation target as an anchor for financial markets and a mechanism for Fed accountability.

He's a very bright guy. He'll figure his way out of this. The financial world is a very small place. When you're on the board of a company engaged in financial transactions, this sort of thing may happen.

There is a strong, long-term American interest in closer economic, trade and financial relations with China, ... Business Day.

We feel it is important to provide this technology to maintain our position as the world's leading international financial centre. We are responding to the increasing time pressures faced by City workers by providing the technology for them to stay up to date.

Having civil and criminal identity theft penalties in place and continuing to inform Californians on how to prevent the theft of their personal or financial information will help stem this invasive crime.

The purpose of this memo is to advise you to closely monitor personal financial information -- including personal credit reports -- in the wake of these disturbing developments,

There is going to be a whole new dynamic in that area. I wouldn't be surprised if it changes the way that people think about the financial district.

There is no evidence to show, and it is not credible to argue, that Mr. Sevan, who spent forty years with the U.N. and ran a $64 billion program, would jeopardize his career for $160,000, trust a person he had never met (Abdelnour) to carry out the scheme and report the proceeds on his U.N. financial disclosure forms.

There is much discussion within the SEC about how Sarbanes-Oxley may be imposing a greater cost than anticipated. Perception can be every bit as important as reality in financial markets.

He is actually doing the right thing for himself because he is preserving himself in power, and he puts himself in a position where he can bail out his cronies who are in financial difficulties, including his son and so on,

He is obviously establishing his credentials as an inflation hawk, which is of course what the global financial markets want to hear.

We've been trying to see whether the improvement of the economy and financial market will carry the day in terms of consumer confidence, or if worries about labor will dominate. It looks like the 'glass-half-full' view is winning.

We've been very prudent in this area over the years, with close and active oversight by the audit committee, ... But, in the current world, it's become more important than ever to make sure that our shareholders -- and the market as a whole -- have full confidence in our financial reports, including the integrity of the auditing process.

We try to make sure our front line people who work with our patients are familiar with the guidelines and who will qualify. It's kind of like going to college and applying for financial aid. It's there if you qualify.

The purpose of our public schools must be first and foremost to provide quality education for our children. While this should be done within the financial means of the district, the emphasis must be on providing a quality education.

He not only was articulate in his views, but justified his views without making financial markets balk. He was impressive, maybe not as impressive as Greenspan, but Greenspan had 18 years to practice.

He doesn't have a financial interest in the company,

We took just 117 days to conduct a complex financial process that typically takes nine months.

We think (Ford) plans to be more aggressive with design and technology in its vehicles, to be faster in the refreshing of its vehicle lineup and to make added cost cuts that will help improve financial performance over the rest of the decade. However, we do not believe the restructuring will meet all of Ford's objectives and we think that not all benefits will accrue to the bottom line.

We're proud of the long history of our financial institutions and trade activity in the Asian market and are now equally excited at the prospect of broadening our activities for clients to include capital markets solutions. We believe the strength of our integrated services will help us raise our profile in this very important region.

Joe Mansour put his life at risk and made enormous financial sacrifices for his country. I hope that in the end the system that until now has failed him will set circumstances right.

My purpose in temporarily suspending fuel tax collection is to relieve some of the financial burden placed on Georgians by disruptions of our fuel supply resulting from the effects of Hurricane Katrina,

My preference would be to see a dramatic increase in the dividend; I think they'd get more bang for their buck. They clearly have the financial capability to triple it; I think they could attract more investors and get a higher stock price more readily.

Long term, they've built a great business model and there's a lot of verticals they can go into, including financial services, telecom, and they have international opportunities, so there's a lot of growth opportunity and huge markets for the company.

Longview Solutions is proud to support FEI. Our focus enables us to provide FEI members with a targeted perspective on corporate performance management and financial issues. We are thrilled and look forward to this strategic partnership.

Looking at the price tag is not the way to do it, ... If a school charges $25,000 per year and you qualify for $15,000 in financial aid, then your out-of-pocket expense is $10,000. Yet many people will look at the price tag without thinking about financial aid, and that's a big mistake.

Lobbyists do a ton of information gathering work for the legislative process. How could you seriously consider a banking bill without having people in the financial institutions involved?