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Brave lodgings for one, brave lodgings for one,
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Such as take lodgings in a head that's to be let unfurnished.
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a welcome reduction from the previous months. While incr...
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CATHERINE ROSSI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE L. ROSSI The nation's 925,000 restaurants -- even through the challenges of rising energy costs and major hur...
HUDSON RIEHLE With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout th...
GREG WALDEN The bulk of the increase is due to salaries and benefits. But utility costs have become a major fact...
FRANK CONNOLLY One side believes prices are established by supply and demand, ... The other believes prices are the...
JERRY TAYLOR The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I...
ESMAEL ADIBI Fixed costs like salary, retirement, taxes, utilities, software, and general supplies are the brunt ...
WILLIAM POWELL We haven't ever before seen such sharp increases in costs as over the past two years. It's more than...
EIVIND REITEN We have tremendous concerns in three areas: transportation, because of rising fuel costs; utilities,...
WAYNE BLANTON This is just part of a demand for more rate increases. They are using it as an excuse.
DOUG HELLER Foreign companies are mostly worried about the possibility of rising costs.
CHRISTIAN DOERINGER As far as energy prices and core consumer prices, so far it is all smoke and no fire. Rising energy ...
CHRIS RUPKEY Annual increases in line with the inflation rate will help companies plan and budget for postal cost...
GENE DEL POLITO Senators Collins and Carper have been outstanding as the true drivers of postal reform. Postage cost...
CRAIG FLOYD It's a little scary. Our employees deserve annual increases in salaries. We have new technologies an...
GARY GREENSWEIG
Brave lodgings for one, brave lodgings for one,A few feet of cold earth, when life is done;
Such as take lodgings in a head that's to be let unfurnished. SAMUEL BUTLER
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished. SAMUEL BUTLER (1) Rising energy costs not only threaten our economy and our state's competitiveness but also greatly i...
GOV. DONALD CARCIERI We see slippage in retail construction as a function of increases in energy costs, which cuts into d...
CLIFF BREWIS We based these charges on expected trends for the rate increase effective this month. We are all see...
BECKY COFFEY
The cost of evictions varies a lot, but it could be for landlords an expensive process as well. Amon... MATTHEW DESMOND
Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy. SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL
In my considered opinion, salary is payment for goods delivered and it must conform to the law of su... LEO TOLSTOY It is crucial that restaurants match sales with shipments. If demand for an item exceeds supply, ind...
JOSEPH FLOWERS We know that customers are tiring of these electric rate increases. However, we are building a new p...
DAVID KYTO As far as the biggest surprise goes, it would have to be that the increase in energy costs did not i...
GEORGE SCALISE The company is not seeking increases for operating and maintenance costs such as employee wages and ...
DAVID KYTO You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.
GARY AKRIGHT We work continually to hold costs down. However, we are now faced with unprecedented increases in en...
WAYNE YAKICH The operating environment for automotive supply companies remains as challenging as ever with a lot ...
MARK P. FRISSORA Competition lowers costs and increases choices for consumers. It's especially important that consume...
JEFFREY SCHMIDT Some customers have nearly doubled their energy costs. For those customers, demand response programs...
JEFF SIEGEL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up ...
PETE DOMENICI This summer's hurricanes served as a trigger point to start slightly slower economic growth. Higher ...
ED SULLIVAN
Lending rate is a function of both liquidity as well as credit demand. ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA We are very pleased with the success of our pre-painted steel business. Customers continue to reward...
MARK MILLETT It's still an issue for us. For some specialties, going elsewhere in the country could mean a salary...
GARY GREENSWEIG These are important numbers, particularly the one on employment costs. There's some concern about ri...
ADAM BLANKMAN We did not start as friends, but as people who respected and admired each other. Crucial, absolutely...
RAYMOND JOSEPH TELLER Many companies may be hesitant to increase employee compensation because of other expenses impacting...
MAX MESSMER Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them...
DANA SPIOTTA
Rising energy costs kill jobs and hit America's poorest the hardest. ELAINE CHAO Short-term benefits from a surge in demand and higher selling prices are likely to be offset by high...
LISA WRIGHT Inflation for August was 0.1 per cent a welcome reduction from the previous months. While increases...
COLIN STEELE While many companies use multiple logistics cost measures, the primary metric chosen can have a sign...
DAN GILMORE
Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases... SAM GRAVES Supply isn't going up as much as demand so the prices of metal, especially that of copper and zinc, ...
SALLY YEO Staggering increases in the price of gas are having serious ripple effects throughout the economy an...
COLLEEN KELLEY In the last few years, Quaker has become a more efficient manufacturer, as evidenced by steady incre...
ROBERT MORRISON In the last few years, Quaker has become a more efficient manufacturer, as evidenced by steady incre...
ROBERT MORRISON We are always pleased to be able to pass along savings to our customers. As a result of recent marke...
CHARLES RAWSON The art is figuring out how to run the supply chain as efficiently as possible, while dealing with b...
CHRIS HOLT Severe operating challenges still confront GM, including mix, pricing and market-share pressures plu...
ROBERT BARRY This is likely to continue as demand for power grows mainly in the developing economies. But coal mu...
CLAUDE MANDIL Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CREWS CUTTS That's the major driver of stock markets today. The rising interest rate cycle is close to an end.
AGNES DENG We envision an open block trading market where predatory market impact costs are eliminated, and tra...
FRED FEDERSPIEL Domestic supply is very tight. And that's terrific for the airlines. So, this is the best pricing en...
GLENN ENGEL Rising demand for energy, food and raw materials by 2.5 billion Chinese and Indians is already havin...
CHRISTOPHER FLAVIN
Labor costs are moderating, productivity is rising and pricing indicators are all very subdued. IAN STEWART
Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM Our savings programs are delivering well and, together with an improved mix, they have enabled us to...
PATRICK CESCAU [The rise in energy costs caused by Katrina is] going to start taking money out of people's pockets ...
HANS OLSEN Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS Michelin and the industry continue to pass on rising material costs through tire price increases. Ti...
ADAM JONAS It won't solve everything, but this bill can hopefully lessen the impact of the hurricanes and risin...
BILL GRANT
To economists, prices serve as crucial signals to producers and consumers. In a regulated market, th... ALEX BERENSON As for restaurants and fast-food places who tip tons of oil down their drains, they are routinely en...
ROSE GEORGE Forty U.S. dollars per barrel is a reasonable price, taking into consideration production costs, sup...
DON VOELTE Investing in energy efficiency is a win-win for companies, schools and homes. Business owners, schoo...
DEBORAH JORDAN Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan recently stated that increases in unit labor costs wou...
JOHN GRAHAM In an environment where trade spend costs are rising faster than sales, charting a path to higher im...
ANTHONY WILSON Wages aren't keeping up with skyrocketing energy, housing, medical, and education costs. What's more...
JEFF ANDERSON We expect 2006 to be a better year. As energy and material costs, including resin prices, appear to ...
RONALD BROWN Inflation for August was 0.1 per cent
a welcome reduction from the previous months. While incr...
COLIN STEELE The most important reason for rising costs is that we are so good at developing new ways to diagnose...
ALAN GARBER
Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of ener... GORDON BROWN Employees are bearing more of the costs because double-digit increases are unsustainable.
BLAINE BOS The figures reflect good growth and bode well for 2006 for two reasons: international prices (for co...
JOSEPH RAMOS
The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of be... BEN AFFLECK If you care about progress in market opening, you are going to have to have more ambitious compacts ...
GENE SPERLING Attendance was up, restaurant and hotel lodgings were up. Theme park attendance was up.
MICHAEL CUGGINO When energy costs go up, we still get the same rate.
BILL MERCK We still have a positive outlook on commodity stocks, for both oil and metals. Demand is continually...
CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because...
SIGMAR GABRIEL Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ...
JAN LEROY The challenge there is that we're looking for larger users, and there's been some leveling off of ac...
LARRY BURKHARDT In Indian markets ARPU does not matter; what matters are costs and [the] per-minute realization of c...
MANOJ KOHLI There are lots of things on the table, but there's nothing that will have a significant impact on th...
DREW ALTMAN Build the prisons and they will commit the crimes.
BRIAN SPELLMAN The reason for that logic and rationale is that technology costs continue to fall every year, and as...
LINDSEY TIPPINS These tests certainly carry weight and drive decision making for our system. They are an important p...
SHARON DYE We expect global demand for waxes to grow at an average annual rate of 1.0% over the next 15 years, ...
BILL DOWNEY Many Mexican companies have adapted to softer demand by cutting costs and this will be extremely pos...
GEOFFREY DENNIS The resilience of the group's operations has produced good results despite tough trading conditions ...
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