If raw materials pick up again, of course we have to go back to product prices. But if raw material prices are stable we will not go through to our customer.
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HELMUT PANKE Recent volatility in raw material prices, however, makes first quarter forecasting difficult. WILLIAM JOYCE WORMS'-MEAT, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. AMBROSE BIERCE What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER We are doubling our capacity for the raw material over the course of the next three years. NABEEL GAREEB Gasoline prices are a direct reflection of the cost of the raw materials to produce the gasoline, no... REX TILLERSON It can affect the homebuyer down the road. Of course, prices are going to go up through all this; th... BOB STONE There's huge demand. These users are realizing that with such high raw material prices, it makes sen... MARK PERVAN Every article is carved by hand, so prices depend on both the raw materials and the workmanship. YE LING It hasn't happened yet, ... I'm sure their prices will go up but our prices won't go up. JOE ROGERS My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it deli... EVAN DAVIS I think within a couple of weeks, (gas) prices will revert to pre-Katrina levels. But I also believe... A. F. ALHAJJI Natural gas prices will be bad as well, we shouldn't expect prices to go back down significantly. AGBELI AMEKO We've gone from zero percent of our raw materials purchased in Asia to 75 percent of our raw materia... ED SAWYER Short-term benefits from a surge in demand and higher selling prices are likely to be offset by high... LISA WRIGHT We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL How can it be "mutually beneficial" to sell at world market prices the raw materials that cost the u... ERNESTO 'CHE' GUEVARA We tried to fully push raw material price increases through to the end market. MATTHIAS ZACHERT We have to find alternative ways of producing our raw materials without asking nature to do it for u... JOCHEN ZEITZ Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if ... BARBARA AMIEL As soon as the gas prices jump, then people are in here looking at the hybrids. If prices drop a lit... BILL SPENCER If commodity prices are no longer going up then food prices in the grocery store will no longer go u... MATT MARTIN We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of ... DEEPAK CHOPRA To meet the challenge of stable (raw material) supplies we believe the solution is to invest in coun... XIAO YAQING I think it's justified that prices are going up. We could see prices go up even higher if we find ou... VAHAN JANJIGIAN Sorry to be crude but we did not pick these prices out of our nose. VLADIMIR PUTIN The sustained high level of oil and sharply increased gas prices have driven up energy and raw mater... IAN MCCAFFERTY Near-term gasoline prices are likely to go somewhat higher. Are we going to see two bucks again? Not... DAVID HACKETT The company performed well in the second quarter despite soaring energy prices, leading to high raw ... FRITZ CORRIGAN We are supporters of market economy and know our raw materials are affected by fluctuations of the w... KARSTEN KEUNECKE We have corn production, the growers, we have the expertise to provide the raw material. DON SCHURR Inflation is going to continue to rise based on the disruption from the hurricanes, high oil prices ... CARL RICCADONNA People have gotten used to the fact that gas prices come and go. If energy prices turn around, the i... BOB BRUSCA That is why Christians are told not to judge. We see only the results which a man's choices make out... C.S. LEWIS We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw mate... DEEPAK CHOPRA If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would... YUSUF HAMIED Inventory of our thoughts is the raw material We use to carry out planning & executing Tasks ASHISH SOPHAT Oil prices, I think, are something to keep an eye on. So far, they have not influenced the inflation... BILL HORNBARGER If things go up, my prices go up, and I'll pay more to my workers, and so on. ELI GOLD We expect ongoing pressure from higher raw materials. BODO UEBBER Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and t... GOPAL AHLUWALIA Elite has grown gradually since we started in 1999 and while we are a small company, we doubled our ... EDDIE ESTRADA The trend upward is definitely a direct result of Hurricane Katrina. The price of crude oil is set i... LEE PEACOCK Prices are rising because of expectations. If we have it in our heads that oil is going to do well a... DAVID ANDERSON It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL If our projected use is different, prices could change. We will look at it again mid-year. BOB COLEMAN The adverse external factors -- unfavorable exchange rates, high raw-material prices and intense com... HELMUT PANKE Our lot prices last year were about $50,000 to $60,000 under comparable lots in Canby and Oregon Cit... DICK BAILEY We all keep hoping the prices are going to go down, but they don't. MIKE SIMMONS While tire pricing remains strong, high raw material prices and potentially weak high-margin markets... HIMANSHU PATEL If we're honest, most of us are doing okay. CRAIG GROESCHEL Ticket prices are going up. You have to pay for the product. BRUCE LAKEFIELD We work continually to hold costs down. However, we are now faced with unprecedented increases in en... WAYNE YAKICH When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you le... RENE REDZEPI We still have the raw material, there is no doubt about that. JIMMY ADAMS It's not as if we haven't dealt with crude prices at these levels, but again you're pushing up again... JOHN HUGHES Israel will not tolerate Iran developing nuclear power, even if Iran claims it is for peaceful purpo... ROBERT KIYOSAKI Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely t... T. BOONE PICKENS Feeder-calf prices could hold in the mid-$90s at the lows if exports are back to 2.5 billion lbs. �... RANDY BLACH Overall, their entry into the market will do wonderful things. But unless we managed this change wel... CLIFF BREWIS Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into othe... THEASTER GATES We've taken our timely raw-material timber-pricing data to the next level, which will ultimately hel... PETE STEWART If these assets were set up as a revolving fund with which Japan could import raw materials for its ... JAMES FORRESTAL If you let the free market operate unchecked, prices will go down. JOHN MAXWELL Some expected elements that will push the prices up have not taken effect yet. For example, the refo... ZUO XIAOLEI As competition is reduced, prices go up. You will be able to get where you are going, but it will co... WILLIAM HUNTER We don't expect to see land prices ever come down, but it's a lot harder to say whether building mat... DAVE LOVELAND Predicting what is going to happen in the next month is difficult. Prices probably will go up just b... ROB SCHLICHTING That's why gas prices are so fast to go up and so slow to go down. GEORGE HOFFER If gas prices go up, the consumer is going to be a little tighter than they were. ROBERT JOHNSON Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation... IM NO JUNG DRAM (dynamic random access memory) prices have come back a little bit. Although they are not that s... STEVE APPLETON If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we shou... ADI GODREJ Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or deba... CATHY BETTER Hope is the raw material of losers. FERNANDO FLORES Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an e... CHARLES HOLLIDAY Our models show to keep inflation at bay, we would have to go very much higher, even up to 16 percen... GOVERNOR DAVID ODDSSON I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all. BRUNELLO CUCINELLI As commodity prices go up, ultimately everyone will raise prices, including Tiffany. Tiffany wants t... MARK AARON If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds b... PETER SINGER Refined product fundamentals are quite strong and likely to pull up crude prices. If one adds to all... ANTONIO SZABO Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the es... E. J. HOBSBAWM Prices aren't likely to go up from here. KARL CASE There's a very widespread fear that if property prices go down and the refinancing boom goes away, t... DAN MCNEELA Some of the capacity will go away if fuel prices stay this high. It (oil prices near $50 a barrel) c... BETSY SNYDER The price range looks reasonable given its leadership status in the industry. Profit growth may be h... ANDREW CHAN We will probably go through a week of escalated prices and tightened supplies, especially for indepe... GARY HARRIS Globally, steel shares are up as some people are pricing in potential takeovers. Consolidation will ... JASON TEH If it gets colder than expected then we could see interruptions and prices could go higher. ANDREW MORRIS If fuel prices had not risen to record levels, we would have achieved it. WILLIE WALSH We're going to fill up all of our buses, and hopefully, we'll bring them up and if we have to go bac... GINA MARTIN
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