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Strong demand for digital consumer electronics such as flat panels and mobile phones is helping to make people optimistic about technology stocks.

The bias still seems to be to the upside. Buyers are optimistic and see the long-term side of the market. The downward pressure now is not that great. The money flow has just been too strong.

The biggest difference would be the experience factor. I'm very optimistic about their attitude. I've watched them, and they take their attitude from us. They play with the same maturity that we do.

The airport authority is optimistic it will be constructed.

The negotiation committee remains optimistic that an agreement can be reached without work stoppage.

Not because of who you asked about, I think it's unfair to talk about specific players at this time. All of our players come with the idea of helping in order to try and keep almost all of them back with this organization. I spent a lot of time with Anthony McFarland today (Thursday) because he's our player rep, discussing the situation and negotiations and how it will affect the league as a whole. I'm pretty optimistic about the attitude of the Buccaneer players.

This is just so great. I feel much more optimistic because you struggle to find help and you finally find something that you think will work.

Despite all of this, we continue to be cautiously optimistic on developing Asia.

Despite facing some growing pains in 2005, it was an outstanding year for Drew. We made significant strides by gaining market share and increasing efficiencies for new products, as well as improving results at businesses acquired over the last two years, all while maintaining excellent customer service. We continue to invest heavily in growth in terms of capital improvements, product quality programs, and most importantly, in people, and we are optimistic that these investments will continue to yield favorable returns.

The November performance of the Restaurant Performance Index is a positive sign for the restaurant industry heading into the new year. Of particular note is restaurant operators' optimistic outlook for the overall economy, which rose to its strongest level in nine months.

Consumer confidence readings continue to indicate a strong overall economy. Consumers are not only optimistic about current conditions, but their expectations for the next six months signal continued low unemployment and minimal inflationary pressures.

Consumers are more optimistic during this holiday season, and retailers hope this means that they will hear the ringing of cash registers in what has been a lackluster sales period so far. This augurs well for a continued expansion of the economy next year.

Consumers continue to be optimistic about the economy here in Florida. The employment situation here in Florida is better than it has been in decades, at least in terms of people having jobs. The stock market had a pretty good run in January, too, ending near 11,000.

Consumers have grown increasingly optimistic over the last three months, ... The recent turnaround in the stock market and an easing in unemployment claims should keep consumer expectations at current levels and may signal more favorable economic times ahead.

Consumers remained optimistic about their present situation, but going forward, sentiment is a bit shaky.

It's tracking very strong. We feel very optimistic about this season.

It sounds good to be top of the league. That's three good results and we have to try to keep it going. I couldn't have imagined this six weeks ago. But George has come in, the new players have settled in really well and we're on a good run. You can feel the excitement around the club just now. There's a real feeling in the dressing-room that we can keep this going. There's a long way to go but we are optimistic for the season. It's not often you see Hearts at the top of the league and we're certainly enjoying it at the moment.

Their earnings were ahead of forecasts and they gave fairly optimistic guidance going forward.

The Fed sounded optimistic about growth, but its view that the risks of inflation and inflation expectations were reduced is the hallmark buy signal for the back end (of the bond curve),

The Fed's rate hike on Tuesday was expected and the Fed's cautiously optimistic outlook calmed the market. As a result, 30-year fixed mortgage rates should stay steady near or just below 6 percent for a while, giving prospective homebuyers another chance to get in with a low rate.

The lack of improvement in labor market conditions continues to dampen consumers' spirits, ... Despite September's retreat, consumers remain cautiously optimistic about the outlook for the next six months. Consumer spending is likely to continue at or near current levels.

It's been tough so far, but the weather is picking up. I'm very optimistic that we'll get this program going.

It's illegal for teachers to strike and counterproductive to raise it. Mayor Bloomberg gave the teachers the largest raise in history and is optimistic that we can agree to another one.

It seemed optimistic to begin with. The fact that the gains have not been sustainable is not encouraging.

It seems everyone has been a bit too optimistic on shares.

It's definitely not out of the woods yet in terms of mobile infrastructure, ... However, we are relatively optimistic overall for 2002. We are expecting an overall 7 percent growth in the infrastructure market, which means that perhaps sometime in quarter 1 or 2 that Ericsson will be in a position to outperform forecasts simply because it has the greatest exposure and is the world leader in its field.

It's very, very early in the earnings season, but so far it's been pretty good. We started (the day) with people optimistic after yesterday, but the enthusiasm has faded.

They both have a positive approach, and they both have an optimistic vision. Where we need 15 percent, we've got 9 and he's got 6, they'll come to us, and where he's got 9 and we've got 6, we'll go to him.

I guess we'll be optimistic and do the best we can with what we're going to get. We're looking forward to next season, but it's going to be very hard to adjust.

I think $8.6 million is a very low number. That's kind of optimistic thinking.

I just don't have a gully in front of my house to take it away. I'm more optimistic this will work than my neighbors (are optimistic).

His doctors were very encouraged, because there was less damage to his tendons than feared, and they're optimistic about his recovery.

I'll tell you how optimistic I am: I've been married less than a year, and I'm building my wife a new house, ... She's putting in all these things to keep me going, and rocking chairs are one of them. But I'm not going to use them for a while.

I really, really want to. I plan on it. I'm optimistic about it.

I really, really want to. I plan on it. I'm optimistic about it. But I have to also call it like it is right now. Is it possible that I can't anymore? It's definitely possible.

In time, targeted gene therapy may help improve the outlook for many types of cancer. While we have a long way to go, I am increasingly optimistic about new gene therapy approaches to earlier treatment and, ultimately, to a strategy that may help prevent cancer development.

Investment bankers were being a bit too optimistic in terms of deal flow. The market has stabilized but I don't think there is a lot of enthusiasm yet. We are not yet in a strong, up market. Putting in 30 deals, when a couple of weeks ago there was hardly any, may have been too much to bear.

Investors are taking stock of earnings and questioning whether they should be as optimistic as they are.

Investors have lost sight of what these companies have to do now to comply with SEC regulations. There is no reason for anybody to give optimistic forecasts since you may put yourself in legal jeopardy.

I really think we can be more optimistic than we could have been six months or a year ago.

But I am optimistic that rebuilding efforts will restore lost GDP by the first quarter of next year,

But I am optimistic we will pull it out. I am optimistic Congress will do the right thing,

I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death] is so plainly doomed to failure that is - and the death penalty - must be abandoned altogether. I may not live to see that day, but I have faith that eventually it will arrive.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

Im a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think The Waterhole is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a precarious race straddle that most members of the breakthrough generation seem to reject. Even the most well meaning white Obama supporters seem to take deep satisfaction in this idea. Obama, they insisted, could be raceless, a reasurringly optimistic view of America's deepest burden that ignores countless peices of evidence to the contrary.

I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

By my assessment, I am looking at an optimistic scenario whereby I hope the combination of the two biggest parties will lead to tackling of the problems,

The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of one as evidence of unsoundness, irresponsibility.

I am very optimistic because I have seen the changes in my lifetime. I have seen the world change for the better. We always think that present times is terrible, that what's happening today, it was never worse, that the world is going in the most awful direction. But I think that the world that my grandchildren will have will be better than the one I had when I turned 20.

I pushed off a little and felt a little pop in my foot. I'm optimistic everything is well. I shall be in the mix like I always have been.

I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and then walk over and pet them. I'm like the optimistic dieter who fills her closet with clothes two sizes too small and dreams of the day she can wear them. I know just what I want to do when I retire.

So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.

Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer.

Households are maintaining relatively optimistic assessments of economic conditions, largely in defiance of actual events.

Households' economic attitudes have declined modestly over the last six months, ... But the level suggests consumers remain very optimistic about their personal financial condition.

He's optimistic about his participation at the World Cup.

I don't know if a deal is going to get done. I'm not optimistic at this point.

I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.

Generally investors remain cautiously optimistic and certainly aren't looking to abandon equities quite yet.

Hulk, ... is only one of a variety of films (from Universal this summer), including 'Bruce Almighty,' '2 Fast 2 Furious' and 'American Wedding' (the 'American Pie' sequel opening Aug. 1) that make up our entire portfolio. We've already grossed $435 million in six weekends with three films. With three other films coming out this summer, including the third installment of one of our most successful franchises ('Wedding'), we're truly optimistic about the performance of Universal's entire lineup.

I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries, but realistic in the sense that they're not idealistic, they're not optimistic, not pessimistic, and not propagandistic. They're an analysis of a situation. I call it as I see it, so to speak.

The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well.

Things didn't go as well as we would have hoped last year, but I was very optimistic that would have been turned around based off our discussions and the way things were going with our workouts,

These talks will continue and we remain very optimistic about the outcome.

They were very optimistic going into the Olympics that they would be in the finals.

They made a lot of tactical errors in the race. They weren't in a good position for the break, but I'm optimistic for the rest of their season.

It's hard to be optimistic or pessimistic at this point. It hasn't started,

It's a matter of how do we get there. We're very optimistic that this will be in place this coming school year.

I remain optimistic for two reasons. One is it's not as if we haven't done anything to date. We have done a lot of the work that needs to be done in these types of negotiations. I also believe there is an understanding on the other side with respect to the issues that are facing the game. The only thing we need to get our arms around and come to an agreement on, and I'm not going to suggest it's insignificant, is what's the proper way to resolve these issues.

I remain optimistic that if we fly by this summer, we will be able to get three flights off. But time will tell. This is not like the railroad.

I remain optimistic that we should probably be in the $700,000 to $800,000 range. That's assuming we don't get any real heavy major labor intensive litigation.

I remain optimistic that we will get something done there. ... I think in the fall you will see us heavily engaged on the Social Security issue.

I remain very optimistic about our long-term opportunities to grow profitably in the domestic marketplace.

And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?

Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.

I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.

Perhaps I am still very much of an American. That is to say, naïve, optimistic, gullible. In the eyes of a European, what am I but an American to the core, an American who exposes his Americanism like a sore. Like it or not, I am a product of this land of plenty, a believer in superabundance, a believer in miracles.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

An optimistic outlook for the economy indicates a robust demand for funds, increasing the pricing power of the banks.

As expected, February sales fell short of last year's record-setting performance. Still, we remain optimistic about the prospects for a 'soft landing' and healthy auto sales.

As expected, we experienced payback in September following a strong performance to start the quarter. We're optimistic we can close the year on a positive note with the introduction of our new mid-size cars.

A very important factor is the fact that inflation expectations are well-controlled and well-contained, which means that the Federal Reserve, unlike the 70s, doesn't have to react violently in terms of raising interest rates to contain the second- and third-round inflationary impacts. So I remain pretty optimistic about the economy,

The industry's relentless downsizing, health care cost shifting, job exporting and visa importing strategies are causing tech workers to be less optimistic about their futures in one of America's most important industries.

The forecast seems optimistic because so many factors are out of Sony's control,

The Forest Service is coming to the table on this, and I'm very optimistic that we are going to get there.

The gains in those sectors is very good news, ... Investors are buying into riskier areas and it shows they're more optimistic about the economy and earnings.

The gains in those sectors is very good news. Investors are buying into riskier areas and it shows they're more optimistic about the economy and earnings.

The game experience of the front seven gives us optimistic views that we will be able to continue our sack accumulation records.

The Culver-Judge campaign is excited to go to the voters with a positive, optimistic television campaign.

(The cruise line is) optimistic that we will be able to board the ship and depart tonight.

The fourth quarter was a good quarter. We are optimistic given that the outlook for global economic growth is good.

The goal for the campaign is $30 million. Actually, we're doing fantastic. The target date is to have it all raised by the end of 2007, and I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll have reached our target well before that time.

The goal for this program was to open the door to sport for these service members, and it's clear we did that, ... With the programs being organized at the military and VA medical centers, I am optimistic that this introduction has started some of these service members down the road to everyday activity in sport.

The general sense of disappointment is pretty widespread in the Herald company, but we've been through worse. I'm quite optimistic that this will turn out well for Grand Forks and the Herald.

The chief is optimistic things will be calm because they were the last time. We don't anticipate any problems.

The economy was able to shake this off. That makes me a little more optimistic than I would have been about $70 oil.

The guidance, although somewhat more optimistic than it has been, didn't really hit a home run,

The doctors are not optimistic about the situation, whether he can make it through the rest of today.

The doctor's said that I couldn't come back. But coach (Jack) Clark was always optimistic that I would be back for this.