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The improving job market in the past few quarters has reinforced consumer confidence both in their own job security as well as in the state of their personal finances. Hong Kong people are more willing to put their hands in their pockets now.

The improving job market is boosting consumer sentiment. Employees are beginning to see a somewhat better chance of receiving wage increases this year. If oil prices stabilize as we expect, consumers this year should see their paychecks stay ahead of inflation.

The improving stock-market environment as people start to price in the end of Fed tightening has positive effects on Asia. Lower interest rates are positive for stock markets and they diminish the importance of relative yields.

The improving trend is positive for consumer spending, albeit modestly.

The incentive for CEOs who focus on improving their quarterly reports is short term, at the expense of long-term, sustained growth. And so you see things, as we have seen in recent years, where CEOs are more willing to play with the books or make acquisitions that look good in the interim but may detract from the long-term mission.

The important thing is improving some aspects - mainly rebounding. We've got to rebound. We've got to be more consistent.

The increasing strength of our balance sheet and improving fundamentals in sales and margins are allowing us to stay on strategy this year as we did last year and invest for the future as we continue to seek out new sources of growth and opportunity,

The guys are continually improving and making major waves within and outside the region with their accomplishments.

The guys had a great week of practice and have the common goal of improving their times from last week.

The essence of what we do is improving talent and performance across the enterprise. We believe Ahern Rentals is an excellent example of how customers can apply our solution to meet their most-pressing needs. Ahern can get new hires up to speed more quickly and provide learning in a variety of methods, including off-line accessibility.

The e-Terrain technologies are practical, feasible, real-world solutions. In every case, they preserve - and in most cases improve - our breadth of capability. We are not prepared to dilute the essence of Land Rover. But we are committed to improving fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions.

The focus all week has been on improving our Nos. 4-7 spots and it paid off.

The cause here is improving Minnesota in the long run. I don't see myself, and I guess I don't see other candidates, doing showboating if it's going to harm the overall objective of improving things for Minnesotans.

The UK carbonated drinks market is flat. However, we have been improving our market share slowly.

The U.K. over the past six months shows us how the economy can go from looking quite weak to improving in reaction to a rate cut. It will also occur in New Zealand, so the RBNZ is unlikely to cut aggressively.

The ultimate goal really and truly addresses our rabies control and prevention program in addition to improving the care for the animals, and lastly it is an initial step to help control the pet overpopulation we have in El Paso. It's a huge problem.

The (European) markets on Wednesday are buoyed by some fantastically good figures from SAP, which have come on the back of things improving in New York and then that was followed through this morning by some very good (technology) performances in Tokyo.

The major markets overseas - Europe, Japan and Asia - have fairly solid underlying momentum. Japan is certainly improving and Europe is more like the Queen Elizabeth slowly turning around.

The main thing is the economic news looks like its steadily improving and that should continue to help stocks.

A good start. You score 62 points, give up 13. We still have a lot of improving to do.

A lot of times, people will get down on the situation with the unions and with the UAW. But this wouldn't have worked without good engagement at the local level with the UAW. They understand that improving quality and productivity is important for their long-term success as well. It's been a real team sport.

The distribution of cards through third-party vendors is starting to take hold. They will be able to expand their brand and reach, improving market share.

The difference in this year and last year is that this group is really focused on improving every day.

The finance minister is assuming an optimistic outlook for tax revenues, especially corporate taxes. He expects corporate tax collection to increase a hefty 28.4 percent, despite indications that industrial activity is rolling over. Perhaps he is betting on improving compliance.

The common theme here is that as the low-cost segment has moved toward improving their product and offering more amenities, the major carriers as a whole have moved toward reducing these amenities. The products look almost the same.

The conditions are improving to some degree and we did not experience treacherous weather overnight, but there is still the chance for icing.

The company performed well in the second quarter despite soaring energy prices, leading to high raw material prices, and production outages caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We remain focused on executing our business strategy, managing our operating costs, improving our business systems, and producing to meet expected demand. At the same time, energy-driven record high fertilizer prices have caused many of our customers to delay their purchasing decisions. As a result we expect a challenging third quarter.

The companies that are seeing strong gross margin improvements are getting it not from improving their merchandising mix, but from improved buying. Retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are lowering their cost of acquiring products. Sears on the other hand, continues to struggle with the turnaround of its department stores and problems with its credit card unit.

The jury's still out, and I'm not satisfied. But attendance is gradually improving with each game.

The kids are having fun, and I'm sure that comes along with winning. We're playing a lot better as a team. The challenge now is to keep improving in February, and we have to do that if we want to play as well as can at the end of the season.

The kids are improving from last week. The big surprise for me was Justin Bowie in the long jump. We just have to keep improving and good things will happen.

You can't underestimate the long-term impact of the events center. This always has been about improving the quality of life here, and this is a great step.

The idea for the bypass was the brainchild of the Nine Nissan DAC. It's benefited the local economy by creating jobs, but also by improving the traffic flow in the area.

The idea is to come up with a sentence that makes the individuals coming into the program better drivers, safer drivers, improving the safety of everyone around, ... And it seems to work.

You could see the younger guys improving and all of us getting better.

This is all about giving people time back and improving their quality of life.

These four (along with seniors Tyler Russell and Cody Hagerman) have set a tone for our program, now and in the future, with how hard they worked. When I think of Brandon and Chad, I think of all the hours they put in the gym improving their skills.

These funds will help to ensure that our first responders have access to the best training and equipment available, improving their operational capabilities and enhancing public safety in New Hampshire,

These girls worked really, really hard in the summer at conditioning. They worked hard at improving and have done a great job. Even the six girls that sit on the bench, I know I can count on. I'm confident putting them in for anyone at anytime. I know they'll give 100 percent.

Alecia keeps improving in the steeplechase and is becoming more efficient with the barriers and the water obstacles.

For folks who are used to slower connections, cable modems, and DSL are drastically improving just the speed of getting text-based stuff.

Ford is committed to improving fuel economy, and many consumers are anxious to do the same,

For many years, we have looked at the managed care system as a managed cost system, and we have done almost all we can. Now, we are looking at improving the overall health of our employees as a way to reduce costs.

It's the event that's the most precarious and you really have to have the mental focus and it's confidence and it's experience. That's what the season is for and I see it improving every meet and that makes a coach feel good.

It's the right strategy for niche brands like Mazda and Fuji Heavy. Improving outlets will directly lead to increasing sales.

The Nine Network experienced a difficult year. This level of cost growth is not sustainable and the newly installed management team have embarked on a vigorous review aimed at improving operating efficiency.

It's money that will go toward improving the water systems, for things like new pumps and desperately needed infrastructure repairs. It's working capital for us.

Athens has stimulated the city's development by improving its infrastructure for the Olympic games.

It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.

It's a real benefit to the community to help the lower income people with their housing needs, improving their homes and making them safer,

It's all about practice and consistency. The team is improving on a daily basis. They will be in the hunt at the end of the season.

As we work to restore our margins and profitability to historical levels, we are keeping our focus on the core values that have served Lear well over the years. This means running the business with a customer focus and continuously improving quality and service levels. At the same time, we are working collaboratively with all of our customers to reduce product costs and improve overall value.

As work on improving the performance of full-line stores progresses, it has become clear that a broad cosmetics business no longer fits with our financial and strategic objectives for Sears full-line stores,

Eighty-five percent of our participants represent a family intact, with a mother and a father. Improving literacy throughout the family increases their chances to become active in their child's education and their community.

That's pretty good for a rookie, ... I'll just kind of keep improving and my role will keep growing.

That's pretty much been par for the course lately. I'm hoping we're improving with as easy as we're making things look.

Anyone who knew my father knew he was an extraordinary and special person who brought humor, energy and optimism to all his infinite endeavors, especially those involving promoting and improving his beloved New Hampshire. He will be greatly missed but always remembered.

This petition should be a wake-up call to those claiming that the Columbia Basin salmon can be recovered without significant change. We should focus on identifying solutions to the challenges we face, such as improving water use efficiency and finding alternative means of providing the economic benefits of the lower Snake River dams.

They have been, for the most part, improving and playing well together and if I thought any differently than (believing) they will play better, then we should have five more guys in here fast. We have to play better as a group and I have every hope and confidence they will.

There's a lot going right with Wal-Mart. They've also done a lot of good things in terms of improving the presentation and the content of the merchandise in their general stores.

It wasn't just my stomach, it was my whole body that felt better today. I just felt like I had a lot more energy. Who knows exactly what it is but hopefully it's on the improve and keeps improving each day.

It was definitely a completely different atmosphere than at the Big East meet, but that's OK. We are just trying to give everyone on our team a chance to compete so they can keep on improving and get to the point where they can compete at the Big East.

It was definitely a goal of mine. But I haven't had the results in the last few weeks, so I'm going to focus on staying in the top three and improving my skiing.

It's evident that businesses are beginning to see slow but improving economic growth in both Connecticut and the U.S.. But they are concerned about what direction the Federal Reserve will take this year and how its actions could potentially and quickly turn slow growth into stagnation.

It seems on its face to have some real possibilities for improving the quality of life in the city and a more convenient transportation option.

Today, Minnesota takes another step toward reducing our dependence on foreign oil while improving our environment and our rural economy,

What that comparison told us was that the law was improving business, ... Last year the state collected $4,869,000 (in food and beverage taxes) and this year they collected $5,824,000. When you look at those two numbers there?s clearly no drop in revenue. To the contrary, based on the information we have so far, the law is having a positive effect on businesses.

The public is frustrated and disappointed with what they see as a lack of progress in improving the quality of education. Because the issue is so important to them, (voters) want to see officials at all levels engaged, even if they're not directly involved (in education).

We will simplify integration between systems throughout our network while improving the user experience. It supports our objective of increasing the value of our development investment while reducing operating costs.

We have to continue to improve on our team chemistry. We also have to keep improving on our defense and keep playing as hard as we have so far this season.

We are upgrading our opinion on American Eagle to Neutral Weight from Underweight and raising our price target to $25. Although we still question the sustainability of American Eagle's high operating margin and productivity levels, we see risk to the upside in the story in the near term from potentially improving spring product and want to step to the sidelines.

We are very dedicated to continuing - even improving - the tradition of excellence that has been achieved on this amazing piece of land. The magic that has happened here will continue.

We continue to view ourselves as a growth company and continue to work hard at improving the numbers,

We expect the first half of 2001 could be difficult with fundamentals and stock prices improving in the second half, ... The question now is: 'Hard landing versus soft landing?'

We improved by 13 strokes as a team from our last match (a loss to East Union). We need to keep improving to stay in the hunt for the league title.

We're very excited to support the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team because they bring so much passion to the sport. Cycling is about always moving forward and improving on everything you do. At Toyota we can absolutely relate to that.

We're very pleased that Mark is joining Fairchild's management team. His strong financial acumen will significantly contribute to the execution of our strategy. We had a strong finish to 2005 and enter 2006 with great momentum, focused on improving our gross margins and increasing the mix of higher-value new products. This is an exciting time for Fairchild, and we look forward to Mark's contributions as we continue to improve the quality of our business and drive stronger financial results.

We're going to be highly competitive. Most of the other teams in the league have a lot of upper classmen; we're heavy in freshmen and sophomores, but they're improving every time out.

We think Hewlett-Packard will finally get credit for improving execution, possibly putting to rest concerns (H-P) is a cost-cutting story that is fully reflected in the stock. We think investors are finally realizing that cost cutting is only part of the story.

It is quite clear that several specific steps would need to be taken by Pakistan to move this process meaningfully forward. We, on our part, remain fully committed to improving relations between the two countries.

It's a great feeling and I am very proud of the guys. They have been improving since the first game and our intensity has gotten higher.

It is still far too soon to say how the economy will respond to Katrina, but so far, so good. Things are improving so far about as quickly as could be expected.

It's about improving business processes. That's where most businesses will see value. It will be in integrating voice into other business applications.

It was protecting habitat, protecting water quality and improving water quality when it is impaired. Providing more public access and reducing flood damages. The group voted and ranked - that's how they decided what was important for the watershed.

It's a very small decline, ... It's definitely settling in a downtrend and all the information from the surveys and from that kind of data point to the labor market stabilizing and improving and we should see that in the payroll numbers.

It's a very small decline. It's definitely settling in a downtrend and all the information from the surveys and from that kind of data point to the labor market stabilizing and improving and we should see that in the payroll numbers.

It was a simple decision, really. The circuit was just too tight and we're improving it to maintain Long Beach's status as the premier street race in America. It will not only make for better racing this year, but will provide much more excitement when standing starts are adopted for the Champ Car World Series in the future.

It was a well executed match, considering that only one team member has played before...they did well and we will only be improving by strengthening weaknesses observed.

It was a year of transition. But we did well to keep improving and fighting until the end.

This week, we'll work on improving our shot quality and reassuring our defensive responsibilities. We have some tough district matches right off the bat, too.

This was our third loss in as many games, but I feel like we are still improving with each game. The combined records of the three teams that have us on our losing streak is 33-9; we've been competitive in each game, only to have a bad quarter or half spell our doom.

We had a few things to test today and every step we made seemed to take us in a positive direction, so I couldn't be happier really. The bike is getting better and better and we just keep improving so that is all I can ask for.

We have a bit to go from going to a bowl game every year to trying to win a national championship. But we're building. We're getting the talent where you don't have to put 50 pounds on them in order for them to play. We're improving from year-to-year and week-to-week.

We knew improving to second place would be hard, but Carlos did really well today and like last year he came frighteningly close to winning the Vuelta's last time trial. Menchov did well as expected and that didn't leave us much hope. But it was a tough fight out there and we're happy the podium spot is ours without hassle.

This was the first game in about a month where I don't feel like we took a step forward. We'd been improving every game up until today.

This team works better than other teams we've had in the past as far as improving themselves on the court, and the attitude is always positive. But this team has its own personality, and unfortunately, it's a passive one.

We want to get students involved with everything from improving the campus social life to fighting higher tuition.

We just need to continue to progress. The season is still young, we're only 20 percent through the season, but we just need to keep working on our skills so that we are improving up to the start of the ACC season against Georgia Tech.

The more research we do, the more we find out. Men benefit from these findings, too, because, ultimately, everybody's health is improving by finding out what works better or the same or not at all.

It makes me mad that I missed so much time. I never had any big injuries in the minor leagues. I thought I was having a really good year and it was tough to have to sit out that last month or so of the season. I wanted to keep improving and helping the team.