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ALAN OSTER The market has calmed down slightly after its little rally at the start of the month and is now awai...
MARCELO GUTERMAN The exposure of such, either firms or aircraft, just undoes years of cover building and makes Americ...
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FRANCIS CHEUNG It was an OK quarter from the top line perspective, but the results were weaker than expected, large...
ERIC BOSSHARD The results were a bit weaker than expected, not due to its operating earnings but because the speci...
KONRAD BECKER Growth was slightly better than we had expected, chiefly due to resilient domestic demand such as co...
ATSUSHI TAKEDA Spending was up, a little weaker than expected... Nevertheless, the trend has been upward and it loo...
PATRICK FEARON We are seeing stronger growth for the semiconductor industry this year. They need new capital spendi...
FRANK WANG We won't change the capital spending plans at either company.
MAX CHENG If we get a big kick start to the quarter with a strong April, that could offset us being a bit weak...
BOB SCHNORBUS Our lower-than-expected revenue for (the fourth quarter) appears to be influenced by the current wea...
BOB GOLDMAN The earnings are good and better than expected in some business areas, and also reflect improvements...
LUCIO DI GERONIMO But despite the limitations of trading income, this is still a massive start to the year. It is much...
KONRAD BECKER A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest cataly...
ADAM ADELMAN (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON It was a very bad day. The telecommunications sector has a very big weighting on the index.
LUIZ MARCOS PRUDENCIO This is certainly weaker than expected,
PHIL HILL It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW From an operating point of view, the result was slightly better than what we expected.
JAY KIM The robust hopes for capital spending aren't yet realized, but there's clearly an improvement. IBM's...
MARC HEILWEIL The forecast may suggest weaker-than-expected computer monitor demand.
FRANK WANG The profit margin index is well above the 50%-level, indicating that, for most firms, profit margins...
DONALD A. NORMAN As of January 1999, companies are spending an equal amount in IT and outside, for things like risk a...
LOU MARCOCCIO The much weaker-than-expected rise in payrolls truly confirms the cautious demeanor expressed by var...
ANTHONY CHAN While bond buying by pension funds and life insurance firms was expected, the market didn't see it.
MARI IWASHITA A May rate cut is more likely than not, but the Bank is likely to need to see ongoing signs of lower...
ALAN CASTLE Liam was a big part of our plans for next year. It is a big loss for the club. He was brought in for...
IAN MILLWARD The results are definitely better than expected. Even the subscriber additions are certainly better ...
BARRY RICHARDS How these companies sound isn't a terribly good basis for investing right now, ... The fact is that ...
ARNIE BERMAN You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in th...
GEOFF KIEBURTZ It wouldn't be strange to see them continue to fall but they could also rise, and that would be beca...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI They can clarify the thinking behind a policy change by using the report to suggest the economic rec...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI Imports gained more than exports, mainly due to high oil prices, but the rise in imports also reflec...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI Although the trade surplus declined for the ninth straight month, both exports and imports were up s...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI With the economy in a slump and corporate earnings continuing to deteriorate, this pressure is unlik...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI As companies have finished restructuring and the economy is expected to keep growing next year, you ...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI The underlying Mercedes margin excluding one-off items and provision releases was significantly weak...
ADAM JONAS The capital expenditure numbers were stronger than expected.
HIROKAZA YUIHAMA Our organic revenue growth was 2% in the quarter, which was a bit stronger than expected in Fire and...
ED BREEN The headline number came in a lot weaker than expected, but when you comb through all the revisions,...
JEFF PALMA Revenues turned the corner and were up slightly from last year, driven by significant year-to-year g...
ANDY BRYANT Less-than-expected household spending is a big concern. People are speculating that domestic-demand ...
KATSUNORI HIRAI Although the cooling U.S. housing sector is going be a major drag on consumer spending as 2006 unfol...
SHERRY COOPER The traffic was much weaker than anyone was expecting. My guess is no one knows for sure how bad it ...
RAY NEIDL This is actually a little worse than I expected, and particularly bad when viewed within the context...
KURT BARNARD The housing starts figure coming in down 5.6 percent was weaker than expected and seems consistent w...
PATRICK FEARON Low and declining inventory levels naturally lead to increased production to build inventories in an...
ANDREW NORWOOD The sectors we had expected to expand, such as general machinery and electric machinery, did indeed ...
TAKUMI TSUNODA Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY The continued weakness in DRAM (dynamic random access memory) prices, driven by excess capacity, com...
JAMES MORGAN
Venture-capital firms invest in trends by projecting returns. But most projections are pretty much b... VINOD KHOSLA The market is wondering whether U.S. growth can maintain the current rate, and a weaker reading than...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'
CARMEN BUSQUETS The outlook for grain prices is lower than expected a month or two ago, and the outlook for hog pric...
DAVID NELSON This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expect...
ALI NIMESH This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expect...
ALI AL NIMESH The headline number was weaker than what people expected. But when you look down into the underlying...
JAY BRYSON We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA The settlement was a hair higher than we had expected. But this was the first time that the lawsuit ...
BARRY RICHARDS Lower than expected utilization of health care services was the main driver. Health plans would like...
DON MOORADIAN Shares rose because the notice promises measures to develop a more stable capital market and resolve...
ZHANG QI Modestly weaker-then-expected capital goods orders data suggest a slight shift in growth toward Q4 a...
DREW MATUS Looking ahead, domestic demand will be increasingly fuelled by the growth of business investment to ...
WARREN JESTIN
In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than f... JACOB LEW The inventories number was weaker than expected and suggests they may detract from growth in the thi...
ADAM CARR However, the governor's proposing a lot more spending than we are. It's unclear how he plans to pay ...
DON PERATA Weaker mortgage lending in the first half of 2005 led to annual totals weaker than in 2004, but gros...
DAVID DOOKS We spend two to three hundred million dollars in capital improvements for sewers from our capital sp...
CHARLES STURCKEN It has been an exciting, sometimes bumpy ride since we accelerated our plans and became involved in ...
COLIN KOLLES Both robust global demand and a weaker sterling in the months ahead should allow the external sector...
ASMARA JAMALEH The value of a business is a function of how well the financial capital and the intellectual capital...
DAVE BOOKBINDER
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. JOHN WYCLIFFE We're beginning some big plans for celebrations all year long.
KAY CRITES Businesses continue to look at the future with some skepticism. Companies again report weaker employ...
ALAN OSTER The market has calmed down slightly after its little rally at the start of the month and is now awai...
MARCELO GUTERMAN The exposure of such, either firms or aircraft, just undoes years of cover building and makes Americ...
MICHAEL SCHEUER The data from the German states suggests that the increase in inflation at the start of the year is ...
JUERGEN MICHELS A lot of people were showing us business plans, but Fogdog was out there executing for three years,
KATE BUCKLEY
This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above nor... BOB ANDERSON The survey was much weaker than expected indicating the bank's rate cut has done little to assuage t...
RICHARD MCGUIRE Treasuries remain under pressure and only weaker-than-expected data seem likely to reverse the curre...
CYRIL BEUZIT The Street was expecting $4 billion, so on the capital spending front it was a disappointment.
ERIC ROTHDEUTSCH
Our results were helped by lower-than-expected spending in the first quarter, ... While we expect th... PHILIP KNIGHT Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
MARC ANDREESEN Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES
Everyone thinks money is the capital needed to start up a business or any project of choice. I, howe... SUNDAY ADELAJA Business spending is evidently strong and will remain so for the rest of the year, driving overall e...
HIROAKI MUTO There are two stories at work. The first is that we see surprising strength in exports. But imports ...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER The window of opportunity for Internet startups to get in before the big guys is closed in most case...
KATE DELHAGEN Home sales in June dipped more than expected following record activity at the beginning the year, wh...
MARTIN EDWARDS A domestic-demand-driven economic recovery is continuing, albeit at a slightly slower pace in Q3, .....
SEIJI ADACHI A domestic-demand-driven economic recovery is continuing, albeit at a slightly slower pace in Q3. St...
SEIJI ADACHI It was a slightly negative day, partly because of waiting for when the Fed will start raising rates,
LARS KRECKEL Although weaker than expected, interpretation of the release is clouded by the unusual drop in food ...
GWYN HACCHE That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left.
R.J. SCOTT Everybody thought that screen time was bad for vision. Well, it happens that spending a lot of time ...
DAPHNE BAVELIER The growing concern with business input costs such as energy and insurance ... will start to hamper ...
CATHERINE SWIFT
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Funds management has been a standout, but is as expected, given the strong investment markets. Busin...
ATUL LELE We do not believe that September was the bottom, but December or March may be. We recognize that car...
JOZEF STRAUSS
The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. DANIEL WEBSTER 'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst ...
P. CHIDAMBARAM
