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FRED DEMLER There's demand in all of the resource stocks. It's going to continue. There's clearly long-term grow...
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KRIS LATHAN The telecom industry in general and Nortel in particular are facing an enduring prospect of low grow...
DUNCAN STEWART We will continue to drive for at least 10 to 12 percent annual earnings growth.
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY There are good growth prospects in the provinces. They are likely to get the higher demand going for...
KOJI UCHIDA A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act...
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SIMON WARDELL Inventories will be rebuilt for some months to come and that will bolster economic growth.
DEAN MAKI Warmer-than-expected fall weather and high prices have reduced energy demand in the western hemisphe...
BART MELEK Capital spending is strong and will continue to be a key driver of growth. Japan's economy has clear...
SEIJI ADACHI The path of least resistance for the Australian dollar is down. Base-metal prices are likely to cont...
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LINDA CASEY Inventories were getting burned down heavily in January and February and that should continue into M...
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ERIC BOLLING The rise in power prices was much greater than any kind of demand growth could have produced.
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INGRID STERNBY Supply concerns at the forefront of market attention and any threats to production are feeding strai...
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There is very strong demand and we don't see that demand receding. Prices are not going back to the ...
RODRIGO RATO The pull back in housing remains orderly, at least in the existing market. But the red flags are up....
JOEL NAROFF With the gas prices so high, you're going to see a lot of drive-offs,
DAVE BENNETT The scramble by resource companies to boost capacity to meet world demand and take advantage of reco...
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KAREN BURK Prices are being pulled from pillar to post at the moment, which is all a consequence of a tight mar...
DANIEL HYNES Most gas retailers in Georgia have maintained fair prices, reflecting the basic law of supply and de...
SONNY PERDUE While we continue to assess the damage from Katrina, the threat to production of new storms is attra...
GERARD BURG Base metal prices have been much firmer lately, with declining inventories for zinc pushing up price...
JOHN ING The strong car sales was propelled by flourishing demand for low-emission cars as a result of the go...
ZHU YIPING The figures continue the recent run of reports suggesting that underlying inflationary pressures rem...
NICK KOUNIS There is no prospect that gains in oil prices will calm down any time soon.
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ALAN NEVIN Crusoe is not the chipset that's going to drive meaningful growth.
HANS MOSESMANN It's as good as it gets. You've got low inflation, minimal wage pressure, great productivity, boomin...
DAVID RESLER Property developers are enjoying profit growth driven by rising rent and land prices in urban areas....
ATSUSHI OSA Last year when gas prices reached over $3 a gallon because of Katrina, people stopped driving. It co...
ART KINSMAN Supply isn't going up as much as demand so the prices of metal, especially that of copper and zinc, ...
SALLY YEO We also generated significant positive cash flow, which we will leverage to fuel the profitable grow...
JOAN HOOPER The big issue is what demand is going to be next year. High prices tend to attract higher production...
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TAKUJI AIDA Whether it's 7 percent or 7.3 percent the point remains the same: Growth is really strong and what's...
STEPHEN SLIFER With few signs that consumer prices are about to break to the upside ... along with signs that aggre...
ETHAN HARRIS Our success in 2005 sets the stage for enormous growth and opportunity in 2006. Going forward, we wi...
JASVIR GILL A self-sustaining recovery depends on job growth. And I think we will get some going forward.
GERALD COHEN Prices will continue to wander higher as confirmation of the damage comes in.
AARON KILDOW Chinese growth will either be strong or very strong. They have a voracious demand for energy that wi...
JOHN S. WATSON The good news for workers is that productivity growth cannot continue at this pace. Demand will tran...
BILL CHENEY If demand continues to surge along you are going to have high prices. Our forecasts currently assume...
BRIAN FISHER Going forward, [sales] volumes will be dampened by high gasoline prices and other energy costs, now ...
CARLOS GOMES It's a business that is driving growth today and we expect will drive growth in the future.
AMANDA PIRES Fuel prices remain a major risk but now appear to be on a slow downward trend as global economic gro...
BRIAN PEARCE The current background suggests that the market will continue to cool in a contained fashion, but it...
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EARL SWEET But given the low level of inventories, strong global demand and lack of a cushion, we believe the m...
LARRY GOLDSTEIN In this situation, where you have strong global growth, constraints on the supply side and a general...
INGRID STERNBY It's been a very warm winter in the U.S., so prices are pressed to fall as inventories build and dem...
FRANCISCO BLANCH We have high crude prices. We have low inventories. We have strong demand. All of that would be a re...
DANIEL YERGIN face fundamental challenges, including excess capacity, declining demand, mounting inventories and w...
PRINCE ALBERT The growth in demand for low cost airlines has been unprecedented and is likely to continue unabated...
NEIL JACOBS All the fundamentals would suggest that we are going to stay at these high prices. Inventories are l...
FRED DEMLER There's demand in all of the resource stocks. It's going to continue. There's clearly long-term grow...
BRIAN TORA Demand is so high and capacity is so low, we can go from comfortable to uncomfortable inventories wi...
TONY NUNAN Gasoline prices have begun their seasonal move higher. Increased prices can be attributed to tighter...
KRIS LATHAN The telecom industry in general and Nortel in particular are facing an enduring prospect of low grow...
DUNCAN STEWART We will continue to drive for at least 10 to 12 percent annual earnings growth.
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY There are good growth prospects in the provinces. They are likely to get the higher demand going for...
KOJI UCHIDA A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act...
ALBERTO RAMOS With steady supplies and high inventories, at some point prices are going to have to retreat.
SIMON WARDELL Inventories will be rebuilt for some months to come and that will bolster economic growth.
DEAN MAKI Warmer-than-expected fall weather and high prices have reduced energy demand in the western hemisphe...
BART MELEK Capital spending is strong and will continue to be a key driver of growth. Japan's economy has clear...
SEIJI ADACHI The path of least resistance for the Australian dollar is down. Base-metal prices are likely to cont...
ADAM CARR As Japanese companies can no longer absorb the entire negative impact of rising basic material price...
JUNICHI MAKINO We're going to see continued growth in demand for drilling activity and exploration activity. With p...
EDWARD HEMMELGARN Every quarter the mobile [drive] demand is increasing . We think we will continue to gain share in 2...
JOEL HAGBERG Continued strong economic growth and falling gas prices in the fourth quarter leaves me hopeful that...
JAMES CHESSEN The declining price of gasoline echoes a recent drop in crude oil prices. The drop in oil appears to...
KRIS LATHAN Some of our test wells are looking good. Natural gas prices continue to go up. Demand is going to in...
MARK BOTTRELL
As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an impor... TIMOTHY GEITHNER Prices are in the toilet. Everything I've read and everyone I've talked to in the industry, they all...
CHRIS KELLEY It's a supply issue. Inventories are down, and demand starts going up because you're getting into th...
LINDA CASEY Inventories were getting burned down heavily in January and February and that should continue into M...
ERIC ROSS At a certain price, Americans say, 'Okay, I'm not going to drive anymore' or, 'This is getting too e...
ERIC BOLLING The rise in power prices was much greater than any kind of demand growth could have produced.
DANIELE SEITZ We still saw growth last year even with higher oil prices. Countries have adjusted, with interest ra...
LUZ LORENZO Rapid demand growth has created capacity constraints that are supporting higher prices and expanding...
GEOFF KIEBURTZ we believe that the impact of these hurricanes on pump prices will soon be behind us. As more refine...
BILL GREEHEY Gasoline inventories are expected to decline going into March, which may lead to a further rise in o...
HIROYUKI KIKUKAWA A lot of people who over-improved did a cash-out refinancing when rates were at a low, expecting hou...
SAL ALFANO The first quarter is history. The focus is on what are prices going to be going forward. When they'r...
GENE GILLESPIE I am concerned a little bit about housing prices, because I think demand will continue to be strong,...
ANGELOS ANGELOU Supply and demand continue to drive this market out here, more so than interest rates. Interest rate...
DAVE NASH Rising energy prices will further subtract from already-falling real income growth in Japan. In our ...
CARL B. WEINBERG Nigeria isn't enough to continue to push crude oil prices higher due to current ample supplies in th...
MAKOTO TAKEDA Low and declining inventory levels naturally lead to increased production to build inventories in an...
ANDREW NORWOOD If demand should continue to plummet, a lot of retailers will find themselves with too much inventor...
KURT BARNARD Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings ra...
JAN HATZIUS Strong employment and income gains, coupled with low mortgage rates continue to bolster consumer con...
BOB DUGAN Given the fact that prices of perishable foods already started to rise and an imbalance in supply-an...
TATSUSHI SHIKANO We continue to forecast solid low-to-mid-teens sales growth and high-teens earnings per share growth...
GLENN NOVARRO The drive and motivation to succeed that these individuals possess contribute to the overall success...
MICHAEL SAUNDERS A slump in growth will continue until rising U.S. demand triggers an export-led recovery in Asia, mo...
RICHARD MARTIN We've been very pleased with the adoption of the browser, ... will just continue to power us going f...
ANDREW WEINSTEIN One of the reasons we had the housing market surging ahead was because of the low cost of borrowing ...
ALAN GIN When demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Until supply increases to the point where it more than sat...
LEIGH MORRIS We believe colder weather is helping keep inventories under control. We expect international sales t...
JOSEPH AGNESE Going forward, inflationary concerns will only gain steam, the U.S. dollar will continue its downwar...
EMANUEL BALARIE Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI I think we are still in the early stages of the bull trend in copper. We have years of strong prices...
INGRID STERNBY Supply concerns at the forefront of market attention and any threats to production are feeding strai...
INGRID STERNBY The lower numbers we have seen have attracted buying interest from a combination of end-users and sp...
INGRID STERNBY Besides, an increasing number of strikes have lead to disruptions in supplies.
INGRID STERNBY Investment funds believe that there's more move on the upside.
INGRID STERNBY There are many supporting factors. The uptrend will remain in place.
INGRID STERNBY Zinc prices are up on low capacity utilization rates at Chinese zinc smelters due to concentrate sho...
INGRID STERNBY The decline in US aluminum consumption in 2005 involved a great deal of de-stocking. As such, we exp...
INGRID STERNBY
There is very strong demand and we don't see that demand receding. Prices are not going back to the ... RODRIGO RATO The pull back in housing remains orderly, at least in the existing market. But the red flags are up....
JOEL NAROFF With the gas prices so high, you're going to see a lot of drive-offs,
DAVE BENNETT The scramble by resource companies to boost capacity to meet world demand and take advantage of reco...
ANDREW HANLAN While it's true that there is stronger growth in demand for DVDs, many of our customers have VHS rec...
KAREN BURK While it's true that there is stronger growth in demand for DVDs, many of our customers have VHS rec...
KAREN BURK Prices are being pulled from pillar to post at the moment, which is all a consequence of a tight mar...
DANIEL HYNES Most gas retailers in Georgia have maintained fair prices, reflecting the basic law of supply and de...
SONNY PERDUE While we continue to assess the damage from Katrina, the threat to production of new storms is attra...
GERARD BURG Base metal prices have been much firmer lately, with declining inventories for zinc pushing up price...
JOHN ING The strong car sales was propelled by flourishing demand for low-emission cars as a result of the go...
ZHU YIPING The figures continue the recent run of reports suggesting that underlying inflationary pressures rem...
NICK KOUNIS There is no prospect that gains in oil prices will calm down any time soon.
SEIJI ADACHI California cannot continue to sustain skyrocketing housing prices that have ballooned over the last ...
ALAN NEVIN Crusoe is not the chipset that's going to drive meaningful growth.
HANS MOSESMANN It's as good as it gets. You've got low inflation, minimal wage pressure, great productivity, boomin...
DAVID RESLER Property developers are enjoying profit growth driven by rising rent and land prices in urban areas....
ATSUSHI OSA Last year when gas prices reached over $3 a gallon because of Katrina, people stopped driving. It co...
ART KINSMAN Supply isn't going up as much as demand so the prices of metal, especially that of copper and zinc, ...
SALLY YEO We also generated significant positive cash flow, which we will leverage to fuel the profitable grow...
JOAN HOOPER The big issue is what demand is going to be next year. High prices tend to attract higher production...
DAVID O'REILLY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES As we are going through this crisis, the fundamental laws of economics tend to apply forcefully - if...
BILL DOUGLASS The shrinking trade balance isn't a bad thing because it's partly a result of strong domestic demand...
TAKUJI AIDA Whether it's 7 percent or 7.3 percent the point remains the same: Growth is really strong and what's...
STEPHEN SLIFER With few signs that consumer prices are about to break to the upside ... along with signs that aggre...
ETHAN HARRIS Our success in 2005 sets the stage for enormous growth and opportunity in 2006. Going forward, we wi...
JASVIR GILL A self-sustaining recovery depends on job growth. And I think we will get some going forward.
GERALD COHEN Prices will continue to wander higher as confirmation of the damage comes in.
AARON KILDOW Chinese growth will either be strong or very strong. They have a voracious demand for energy that wi...
JOHN S. WATSON The good news for workers is that productivity growth cannot continue at this pace. Demand will tran...
BILL CHENEY If demand continues to surge along you are going to have high prices. Our forecasts currently assume...
BRIAN FISHER Going forward, [sales] volumes will be dampened by high gasoline prices and other energy costs, now ...
CARLOS GOMES It's a business that is driving growth today and we expect will drive growth in the future.
AMANDA PIRES Fuel prices remain a major risk but now appear to be on a slow downward trend as global economic gro...
BRIAN PEARCE The current background suggests that the market will continue to cool in a contained fashion, but it...
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