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When the oil market notices that China is back, and remembers the fire that China's exploding oil demand lit under prices last year, the 'China factor' alone should be sufficient to floor near-term prices.

When I look around the globe outside the United States I see nothing but a huge bull market going on wherever you look. We're sitting here in the United States and looking at flattish markets and thinking things are not so good.

When I made the model of what I wanted, I looked at what the Brigade was and did the opposite. The Brigade didn't make it and they had no right making it. They didn't market the team, they ignored the community, and they didn't tie into the wealth of talent in Section V. We're doing everything right.

When I grew up, swimming pools were a big thing, but people now can afford to put up a $300 above-ground pool at their house. There is just not as big a market for pools anymore.

My family and I cook at home almost every day together. The kitchen is the central and most important room in the house; it's a great way for us to connect. We love going to the farmer's market on Sundays as a family and choosing the ingredients together.

My guess is it won't be very exciting because he already told us three weeks ago what he thinks. He's certainly not going to say anything that suggests the Fed might be thinking about not cutting rates as soon as the market thinks but I don't think he'll want to give the impression that they're going to slash rates even more aggressively.

My guess is that Apple won't just pass Microsoft in market capitalization, but will go way beyond it.

My guess is that is that at the moment these numbers seem to be supporting the slow down story, ... But the market is pretty much ignoring it and moving on.

My guess is the action of the Fed was pretty much discounted by the market already.

My guiding principle is that the remedy should seek to 'restore competition' in the market for PC operating systems, ... What does it mean though, to 'restore competition' to a market that was monopolized prior to the illegal acts? The short answer is that the remedy should lower entry barriers and thus offset the harm to competition caused by Microsoft's conduct which raised those barriers... An effective remedy must be forward-looking and not merely focus on the particular products or technologies that posed a threat five years ago.

My gut tells me that spreads and yields are still too high to see a flood of deals. But if the market continues to improve, we will be at a point where a pickup in deals would be feasible.

Like any indicator, whether it's the Super Bowl or anything else, it's sometimes right and sometimes wrong. It's just not very rational to conclude that if January is a bad month, the market will have a bad year.

Like anything, if you are looking to reach less acculturated fans, the first aspect is to give them an understanding of the game, because they did not grow up around it, ... From the market research done, there is a real openness and willingness for them to become more American, and football is part of the American experience.

Should the global economy suffer a period of slower demand, which is a distinct possibility given rising interest rates, a slowing housing market and high debt, then the demand profile on the metals could suffer. In turn, these lofty metal prices would then look out of place.

Should the job market continue to strengthen, the bond market might become a far less placid place than it has been lately.

Should they lose all that in the absence of finding another market for that wheat, you'd expect earnings to be impacted.

Shrugging off statements by the Fed last week, mortgage rates remained relatively more stable than bond market yields. Without a key indicator that would move it one way or another, the financial market is in something of a state of limbo.

Some might wonder, is the Internet search business booming enough to justify the lofty stock price--which includes a price-to-earnings ratio 175 percent greater than its peers and a total market value 20 times greater than its annual revenues.

Some of it is housing. But ... earnings and a couple of companies saying things are going to be a little better than expected are what's got this market trading higher.

Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude.

Some calamities - the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America's Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known.

Some company earnings have been good, but we had large retailers in the past couple of days warning about a slowdown in sales. That is enough to get the market a bit concerned with a possible slowdown, ... Add higher interest rates to that mix and what you have is the housing sector and financial stocks suffering.

Some consuming nations - if not the market - are still asking OPEC to increase production, so I consider it highly likely that they will raise the quota by at least 500,000 barrels per day.

Omnicom has fallen back in market share, and an acquisition of Aegis would vault it right back on top along with WPP. So strategically it would make a lot of sense for Omnicom to take this step.

Of all the economic statistics, the labor market best highlights the underlying strength of the Australian economy.

Of course the market is expecting 25 basis points.

Of course the market is still very focused on high-techs and information technology-related issues, but today we saw a bit of buying in other sectors.

Obviously, we're starting to get the news from Katrina on the real situation, and the market is viewing that as not as bad. What's really driving it is when some refiners will come on line. That kind of certainty gives the market a platform to move higher.

Obviously we're getting to the point where everyone would have to agree that, on a short-term basis, the market is overdone on the downside.

One rule of thumb to keep in mind is that any monies for short-term goals such as this home purchase should not be invested in the stock market. Market volatility could present problems if you do not have a longer time horizon for such investments.

One option would be to aggressively build up market share to reach the necessary critical mass,

One of the things the market wants to see is that the Fed is finished raising interest rates.

No doubt bears will highlight the rise in continuing claims, up another 29,000, but we are unmoved: A rising ratio of continuing to initial claims signals accelerating productivity growth, not a shaky recovery, ... Labor market conditions are improving -- but we still expect a soft payroll report Friday.

One-time-use camera category has grown to be 218 million units annually and we expect it to account for 38 percent of total film volume in the U.S. in 2005. A simple and affordable one-time-use digital camcorder could spur growth in the digital video market in a similar way,

One thing that's in the future is the technology revolution, ... But I can't think of any one thing that will drive the market higher.

One thing that's very clear is that we need to maintain a general balance of capital inflows and outflows. How to promote the domestic funds to enter the overseas market will be the focus of our work over the next period of time.

One thing that tended to surprise a lot of people this year is that the market was going up on the back of very little net foreign inflow.

One thing that we have seen in the market over the last few years is a tendency for movement to be condensed in very short time frames.

One thing the company loses by not being part of J&J is not having more money for market development education and training

One thing they are better able to do is listen to buyers more accurately, ... If you can design it fast and build it quickly on a flexible production line, your risks of putting it in the market are greatly reduced.

One way to entice people away from solutions they've used is to go to market with a good quality product. You also create a low-cost or no-cost system that people can experiment with. More importantly, you offer a platform that offers very low entry-level expenses for developers to start playing with.

Online theft has changed the business model of filmmaking because the DVD market is very soft. So, more ambitious, compelling, character-driven narrative of a certain budget level isn't really a viable business model in the eyes of the studios right now.

Only 10 New York Stock Exchange stocks made new lows yesterday, so it's clear that there is a great deal of underlying market strength. Industrials remain the clear winner, as they reached another new high yesterday. Financials had a huge rally and also closed at a new high. Leadership will eventually shift back to tech, energy and basic materials, but we're not there yet.

Only 35 to 40 percent of future projects are expected to move forward by 2010. There is insufficient market demand to absorb all of the units currently in the development pipeline.

Only a couple of companies in the world have the experience of building these machines, although the market need, if RFID did take off, would be for about 1 million of the machines running in parallel.

Only as we expand the market can we enable more and more producers to come in.

No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market.

Non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia can only celebrate Valentine's Day behind closed doors. Apparently, this has led to a huge black market for flowers and wrapping paper.

Nonprofits don't have the money or time to market themselves and artists need help getting their work out.

One of the best ways to gain a new appreciation of Windows 98 is to install Linux on the client side and try running it. Linux is mostly gaining mindshare and emotional share, not commercial market share.

One important thing in the application process for sellers will be to verify that their items are produced locally and are from those counties. The Farmer's Market is for the nature and well being of the local community and for those producers trying to boost their business.

one final ugly dip in the market to wring out remaining excesses.

One can argue that the market might've gotten ahead of itself, and might have pushed up prices of some of these companies a bit too high. But the recent drop is an overreaction. I see this as a buying opportunity. Prospects for the sector are still extremely positive.

One month does not make a trend. The pace has been so strong the last couple of years that they've outstripped physical production and worn out physical resources. There may be a desire to extend the market by constraining it now.

One month doesn't make a story. But it's certainly very encouraging, especially with the market worried about inflation.

One more solid salvo from the Fed, combined with a tax cut, could be the combustible combination to get the market going.

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One of the signs is that when companies do pre-announce, they haven't been hit as hard this time around, so that suggests the market is starting to look longer term and saying these values are not that unreasonable.

One of the things he has begun to do, and continues to do, is focus on Asia. The stock market is going to be stable, you are not going to be able to have high-powered growth.

One of the things that DARPA helps provide is funding to get a technology to a certain maturity level, ... That makes DARPA more important in the rolling out of technologies from the defense industry because the market now demands that maturity.

One of the things that has gotten our interest is the fact that Apple only has a couple percentage points of PC market share. Apple doesn't need to do a lot to have meaningful gains. The new operating system clearly ought to help them.

One of the things that interested me is that Matt is a tremendous businessman. He's as safe a place to invest as the stock market and he's got a unique, patented product.

More young families, children, teens. The demographic is changing fast. We are seeing more of that market here.

Mortgage approvals are also clearly above their average for the last decade of 100,00 strengthening the argument that the housing market in 2006 will see the first rise in activity since 2002, after three consecutive years of decline.

Monday was a very big day but the market is volatile and I guess there was some profit taking but industrials and some insurers are stable.

Money market and checking account rates are more closely tied to Fed activity. Some banks are offering higher interest rates on checking and money market accounts, but these are promotional rates that are temporary and do not affect the core product interest rate.

Money should flow into Japanese government bonds, including from foreign investors. It wouldn't be surprising for the recent rise in yen interest rates, which had been ignored by the market until now, to garner attention.

Money, while clearly helpful in solving myriad problems, can often conceal a business's real flaws. It can also risk rigidifying a company's business model at the very moment it should be in 'customer discovery' mode or iterating around market opportunities.

More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone, ... The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.

More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone. The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.

More than ever before, people are looking to the stock market as the key to the economic recovery.

More and more companies are going to be scrutinized in the coming months, but despite all this gloom and doom, the market is holding up pretty well with a few notable exceptions, like WorldCom.

More and more human resource executives are coming to the realization that they can no longer drag their heels on hiring decisions. If they do, it is increasingly likely that the candidate will be off the market before the offer is made.

More Kentucky businesses, especially restaurants, are going smoke-free voluntarily. If an increasing number of restaurants are doing that on their own, why do we need government interference? Why not let the market decide?

More likely is that we'll get some sort of advance that takes the market to new highs.

Monsanto is desperate to recapture royalties from its GM seeds, and terminator is the perfect solution because it would be able to biologically ensure that farmers have to return to the market every year.

No one knows what the market will look like next year and a profit warning from Intel does not bode well.

No one likes to lose money in technology, ... We marginally broke 3,500 and everybody has been looking for a giant capitulation day. We may not get that but this is a market that is healing.

No one likes to lose money in technology. We marginally broke 3,500 and everybody has been looking for a giant capitulation day. We may not get that but this is a market that is healing.

No one has a feel for where the bottom is. The bond market is in a holding pattern waiting to see what the stock market does.

No one has ever done this before. We think it will be a huge market and we think it will help drive database growth for years to come.

No one's going to be keen to buy the market now with the ECB meeting looming. We're likely to get more reminders that inflation is higher than the ECB would like and they will be raising rates again in June.

Of continued concern will be high gas prices and a housing market that is slowing down considerably. But so far consumers have not turned negative, and their positive sentiment is helping fuel the economy.

My daughter and son-in-law sold their condo (because of a troublesome downstairs neighbor). They are in a rental waiting for the market to go down, and I think they are right in doing so.

My concern is, do they have the big picture right? They're moving in the right direction. Obviously, they're in a perilous situation. They continue losing market share. Their costs are increasing. You can't sustain that.

My expectation is that Microsoft's entrance into the security product market will drive out many of the smaller vendors within 24 months.

No one won in the past market environment. A lot of people will be changing chairs.

Maybe handset sales in China are okay but that's not enough for the U.S. tech market to rally on. Companies here are still cutting capital expenditures.

Maybe the market is looking for a stronger economic team. O'Neill has not been embraced by the Street and someone with stronger ties might make them happier.

Maybe the market wants to pay that, but I wouldn't want to do that,

Maybe the stock market bottomed on Sept. 21 and maybe the economy did the same.

My favorite market at the moment is Treasuries. The Fed will probably halt at 4.5 percent for six months or as much as a year.

Poor on-time performance is the airlines' fault to the extent that people want to buy their products - the fares are ridiculously low. There's a highly competitive market that benefits consumers because they'll get somewhere cheaply. They just might not get there on time.

Plus, weve offered 25 percent of allocations from the naming rights at the stadium, so in our estimation, the city would receive a minimum of three times what they are receiving now, which is doable in a market of this size. Any team in a market the size of Hidalgo County should be aiming for higher attendance than what it is now.

Positive earnings reports combined with an absence of negative ones could be enough to get the market going.

Post 'quadruple-witching', it would not be unexpected to see the market settle down a bit.

Policy makers are doing their best to try and convince market participants that there is a benign resolution to all our problems. That may not be the case.

Policy makers want to make sure in the language of their statement that whatever they do, it's meant as insurance -- they don't want to create alarm about the state of the economy, but they also don't want to create alarm in the bond market about the end of accommodative policy,

People were unable to make claims because of the hurricane. The labor market will certainly take a short-term hit in the aftermath of the hurricane; only if gasoline prices remain higher will the economy take a sustained hit outside of the affected regions.

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.