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In Europe, (earnings) numbers are still being revised up, ... Estimates have risen by 11 percent in the past six months in Europe compared with 6 percent in the United States.

In the current year, when we revised our budget in the fall, we recognized a very substantial increase in costs of all utilities - electricity, natural gas and steam. Both natural gas and steam costs are rising very substantially.

The board believes that it is in the best interest of shareholders to proceed with the merger agreement at the revised terms. Our enthusiasm for this agreement and its potential continues,

The near term gyrations in the dollar are more keyed in to the TICS data, and the revised view that Fed is not likely to be as aggressive as the market thought.

Congress may have done a poor job when it revised these statutes. There have already been some problems with it.

Construction spending in November outpaced even the upwardly revised October and September totals.

It's pretty good job growth. Revised numbers show job growth was stronger than we thought in the second half of last year.

It's quite likely, considering their revised guidance for the year, that the second quarter for AAPT was a bit of a shocker, really due to the fact that it looks like Telstra's been pretty belligerent in back-dating contracts on rather nasty terms.

The consumer electronics industry continues to enjoy healthy growth and consumers are faring even better thanks to competitive pricing and overall price deflation, ... While price declines and competition place pressure on profit margins, these factors also help drive total unit sales as consumers flock to join the digital era. With this in mind, we have upwardly revised sales projections for several product categories in our updated 2005 forecast report.

Clearly, events on July 7 and the British Airways strike in August had an impact on level of passenger growth ... as a result, BAA has revised its passenger-growth forecast slightly lower from 3.5% to 3% for the financial year,

If there was a surprise (in the GDP report), it was that the deflator and core PCE were revised up a bit. So, slightly slower growth than expected, although it's still a relatively robust 4.1 percent.

Investors are going after Merchants Bank stock as the revised plan is better than expected.

Before the meeting, we had revised our contract based on talks with (Imagine Schools and the charter school group), ... By the time we got to the meeting, we had an idea of where we were.

By applying a more sophisticated planning process, the manager may conclude that even small adjustments in the time or location of activities can avoid or adequately mitigate the conflict. The revised policies encourage this kind of forward-thinking management.

It's very possible their forecasts could be revised upwards, seeing the GDP results of the final quarter last year and seeing the world economy is doing fairly well.

I remain cautious. I wouldn't be surprised if demand assumptions get revised down in 2006 and with supply coming on, that's going to have a negative impact on commodities prices.

The mystery is how to square with this with both the Redbook and Bloomberg chain store sales surveys, which pointed to a huge gain, ... Maybe it will come in March, or today's numbers will be revised up. Either way, this is a brief diversion, not a change of course.

The bottom line is that France seems to have run through a metamorphosis from a euro-zone driver to a growth laggard. Those who revised up their euro zone GDP growth outlook for this year on the back of strong German survey data might now be forced to take the much less upbeat French growth picture also into account.

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) was looking for domestic debt at year-end 2005 to be worth 19.6 percent of GDP. That can now be revised down to about 16 percent.

The EU has carefully analyzed the (first WTO) arbitration award, revised its proposal accordingly, and initiated consultations with our Latin American and ACP partners on this basis,

The map was clearly revised to cherry-pick customers. The staff's rush to get board ratification was a 'cover their tail' tactic.

The market behaved worse than most anticipated going into this period because the conditions of the economy were worse than any of us judged it to be. Earnings were revised down steadily and that kind of downward revision was not tolerated well.

Although earlier estimates have been revised up slightly, the new figures confirm that the sector was in technical recession in the first half of 2005. In spite of the minimal increase in output seen in July, the sector is persistently failing to establish a sustainable recovery.

The company's original business plan needs to be revised as new goals are set.

The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading. People will pay more attention to the recent economic data. Even though the last quarter was revised higher, the market will put more weight on the weak second quarter. This will impact the equity market negatively.

It is worth noting that, in its revised forecasts for GDP growth, the OECD saw fit to raise its 1999 forecasts for most (euro-zone) member-countries, as compared with its June projections, but lowered those for Germany and Italy.

At first, we reckoned a par score would be about 200, but we revised the figure down when we realised how much moisture there was on the ground. Dougie bowled superbly and was on an hat-trick at one stage. He deserved his excellent return of four for 23.

It's not something to confuse, but something to try and clarify to people that this is something that should be done, not in the constitution but in the revised code,

It's not so much the revision...as much as it is I think the markets are anticipating a revision for the next figure. In other words, you'll see this 193,000 probably revised up. That's basically overshadowing the headline number.

There was some evidence when we filed the update last week that there was some question as to whether even the revised reduction was appropriate, given what's going on in the energy markets.

It's a revised proposal that takes into account the matters directors raised at our last meeting (with Holmes a Court).

It was a tight budget year, but the administration's support for Guam is evidenced in the renegotiated Compacts of Free Association, which made the Compact mandatory rather than subject to the uncertainty of annual appropriations. The revised Compacts also increased Guam's impact aid from US$5 million annually to US$14 million annually.

It looks as if second-quarter GDP will be revised downward to 1.5 percent or slightly less than that.

Coming after the inflation report last week, GDP is likely to be revised higher. It will give the pound a push, fueling the argument for no rate cut this year.

The ITT board of directors will exercise its fiduciary responsibilities and consider Hilton's revised offer in due course.

The details of the GDP report may have given Treasuries a boost as the Fed's preferred inflation target, the core personal consumption expenditures index, was revised down to 1.7 percent from 2 percent for the first quarter,

Otis has a new lease on life. The revised report means the base will continue, but with new missions that will give it a strong future role in protecting the security of the Commonwealth and the region.