Also, musicians and authors will go outside of the major industries to speak directly to consumers. That's starting to be a small trend now, but we see that becoming a very major trend within about two years.
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ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO It's an alarming trend to see two and we're basically in the middle of whale season. DAVID SCHOFIELD Going forward, we would expect to see satisfaction trend back upward now that the holiday rush is ov... LARRY FREED The movement to notebooks for people who are largely not mobile workers and were doing it because of... PETER SUTHERLAND We still see lower rates later in the year, but for now, with the economy growing at about trend and... GAVIN REDKNAP Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA That in itself is a major accomplishment. But we have also remained friends and are still married to... JAMES BRADLEY Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER There is a widespread growth trend in the world economy. Although margins may be tight in some indus... ZEINA LATIF We've expected existing home sales to weaken for some time. It does appear that we're starting to se... GORDON KETTLE We're dirty pop. It's a trend now, but we were the first ones to do it! JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW It looks as though there's been a change, but two points do not make a trend. We will have to calcul... DAVE FORNEY We kill each other, ... Black men are in pain, and, in some cases, black men are reacting to years o... ROBERT ATWELL It's a very delicate balance for retailers to decide when to transition into the next season, ... So... ERIC BEDER The bull trend experienced over the recent few years is resulting in a self-fed dynamic -- the trend... FREDERIC PANIZZUTTI Most sites aren't personalized, because they've only just gotten their basic businesses up on the We... BILL BURNHAM Smaller hotels in in-fill locations are a major trend in New York. The sites are not big enough to h... SEAN HENNESSEY To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Integrated security will absolutely be a trend. In fact, I would go so far as to argue that if you d... JOEL CONOVER How to be a Poet (to remind myself) Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. <... WENDELL BERRY if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The things that have been accepted in recent years have been the ones that cut costs for producers. ... BARRY NELSON I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it. CHRIS MARTIN I think it is a very positive trend if we are moving away from agriculture ... which is very destruc... JASON BELL To be, or not to be, that is the question. 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