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DAVID DOOKS If we see an upward trend in delinquency ratios, we tighten our lending, but we have not had to do t...
RICHARD HERRINGTON Overall, the mortgage approvals and lending data indicate that the more robust housing market activi...
HOWARD ARCHER The universe of mortgage lending has gotten to the point where there is a place in it for everybody.
JOE MAYS Spending was up, a little weaker than expected... Nevertheless, the trend has been upward and it loo...
PATRICK FEARON There was a notable pick-up in the buy-to-let sector in the second half of last year, so that lendin...
MICHAEL COOGAN The Mountain States region experienced growth significantly higher than the rest of the nation. The ...
ERNIE GOSS Lower figures for the recently released producer-price index and consumer- price index, and lower bu...
AMY CREWS CUTTS Unfilled orders earlier in the year contributed to weaker sales results for the balance of the year ...
JACK WARD Overall, 2005 saw higher numbers of shoppers on the High Street than in 2004, though this camouflage...
NATASHA BURTON The 30-year [fixed-rate mortgage] came in under 6 percent for the last 22 weeks of this year. As a m...
AMY CUTTS The 30-year [fixed-rate mortgage] came in under 6 percent for the last 22 weeks of this year. As a m...
AMY CREWS CUTTS The recent set of data came weaker than a market consensus, but the basic trend is that the economic...
SUSUMU ABE The last few months of 2005 marked the first time since mid-2004 that the fixed-rate mortgage was ab...
VINCE MALTA The conventional consensus is these factors will produce a weaker market for farm equipment in 2006....
ELI LUSTGARTEN We expect the weaker economic factors to begin to dominate over the next two to three months and to ...
GREG FUZESI The large increase in profitability was due to the bank's strong expansion in retail lending, especi...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS From the lending side of things, I have not heard of any shortage of funds for lending.
MATT DIERSEN The prospects for a rate cut have certainly increased. You have weaker inflation and in addition the...
GEORGE BUCKLEY I think we probably finished 2005 in slightly better shape than we were in 2004, but not much.
BILL EISER Growing inventory of existing homes indicate we are now in a buyer's market! We started strong in 20...
DENNY GRIMES The annual percentage increase in house prices nationally in 2005 was the smallest for 10 years.
MARTIN ELLIS While the February mortgage lending and approval data are relatively healthy, there are hints that h...
HOWARD ARCHER As indicated earlier, we were disappointed in our 2005 financial results. Despite certain areas of o...
JACK WARD It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending t...
PAUL SINGER I wouldn't view this as the start of a weaker trend.
HASEEB AHMED![]()
Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
EDMUND PHELPS When I was covering them, they had nothing and the league knew it. I mean, in 1986 David Archer led ...
CHRIS MORTENSEN Mortgage lending is an opportunistic business and when business declines, the instinct is to consoli...
CELIA CHEN The most serious risk to medium-term inflation is the continuing strength of household spending, sup...
ALAN BOLLARD It is the quality of lending over the quantity of lending.
LEWIS THOMPSON PRESTON The dollar's bearish (weaker) trend is expected to continue unless the GDP figures are significantly...
YASUHISA ISHIDA It's good for the U.S. to see a relatively weaker dollar, but it's not a good idea for the U.S. Trea...
ASHRAF LAIDI The diffusion index was slightly weaker than expected but capital spending plans by big firms weren'...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI![]()
Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love.
KHALIL GIBRAN It's been an unusual year for Kentucky's labor market. Kentucky had the best year of job growth sinc...
CARLOS CRACRAFT When you look at why people move, moving for a job is really an important reason. With weaker employ...
BILL FOX A similar seasonal pattern occurred in 2004 but then the TAI retracted only four index points from t...
RICHARD DOWNING In 2005, lending markets continued to support deals in the ARM industry and buyers were particularly...
MARK RUSSELL Another thing that sets us apart from most lending institutions, is at MNB you can borrow up to 90 p...
DON BISHOP Another thing that sets us apart from most lending institutions, is at MNB you can borrow up to 90 p...
DON BISHOP Raising the lending rate is the first tightening of the controls.
BA SHUSONG Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lend...
BILL DEDMAN In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker...
FREDERIC BASTIAT Although weaker than expected, interpretation of the release is clouded by the unusual drop in food ...
GWYN HACCHE The headline number came in a lot weaker than expected, but when you comb through all the revisions,...
JEFF PALMA Performance had been mixed early in the year, but they finished on par with last year after a strong...
JOSH ROSENBERG The expansion in retail lending, the lower provisions and costs are the main drivers for the return ...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow ...
MATT TAIBBI Compared to the 30-year fixed mortgage, the 40-year fixed mortgage offers monthly loan payments that...
THERESA PARKER There are various negative factors which have clouded the upward trend of previous days.
HECTOR PEREZ We forecast an increase of approximately 15 per cent in operating profit after tax for the half year...
CHARLES CURRAN We are disappointed with these results. The combined effects of weaker demand in the industry segmen...
DAVE HOUSE![]()
If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB As an individual investor, you're basically lending to the government for an additional 30 years com...
ADAM BROWN Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they bu...
ELIZABETH WARREN Funds management has been a standout, but is as expected, given the strong investment markets. Busin...
ATUL LELE A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of...
UDAY KOTAK As we expected, mortgage rates moved upward a little in response to the current volatility in the fi...
FRANK NOTHAFT We're glad to see the agencies address this issue because the switch to higher risk mortgage lending...
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insufficient to account fully for racial or ethnic differences in the incidence of higher-priced len...
JOHN TAYLOR The trend for leisure fares has been upward all summer (averaging 16% more than a year ago), and it'...
BOB HARRELL It's tough because I'm 30. Motivations are weaker. I have my knee, which hurts. You play week after ...
ALBERT COSTA Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY There are two stories at work. The first is that we see surprising strength in exports. But imports ...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER The weaker tone continues today, as in addition to bearish US inventory data, a slight warming trend...
ED MEIR![]()
Net income for the first three quarters of 2005 is nearly equal to all of 2004,
MICHAEL EISNER![]()
The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lend...
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.
BERT LANCE The one half of 1 percent applies to vote totals between candidates or whether a ballot measure is a...
JENNY NASH If you remember, fall of 2004 spiked high for us. We served as an evacuation site (during and after ...
DANIELLE COURTENAY Overall, we achieved solid results in 2005, with strong income growth in our tobacco businesses part...
LOUIS CAMILLERI![]()
If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hr...
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS![]()
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out...
BETHANY MCLEAN My concern is that what's happened here is that inflation is higher than the Fed anticipated. On top...
ALAN RUSKIN The first byword is that lending to family and friends on a handshake is probably one of the most sp...
CATHERINE WILLIAMS It makes sense to look overseas as I doubt there'll be much demand for lending in Japan.
HIROYOSHI NAKAGAWA![]()
Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
"That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS We are pleased with the Bank's results for the first half of 2005 as we had positive contributions f...
KENNETH WALKER Life's Irony;The weaker vessels reach orgasm first.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) While sales were weaker than anticipated, profitability increased on the back of cost-cutting.
IVY ZELMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Bundled services platforms enable banks to strengthen their roles as lenders and create a sophistica...
DAVE BLACK The bigger bubble is actually in the financing of homes. Mortgage lenders have loosened their lendin...
ED YARDENI Though the economy is weaker than a year ago, this continued high level of warnings is a real concer...
ANDREW WOLLASTON![]()
Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-...
VINCE CABLE Earnings may surprise on the upside because of stronger than anticipated credit growth. There's been...
JACK CHEMELLO In September of 2004, the board approved an incentive based increase in salary. Their salary increas...
TRACY HATMAKER GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold fo...
BRIAN REDICAN![]()
"I'm weaker than you know."
JOHN MAYER![]()
I'm weaker than you know.
JOHN MAYER Well-intentioned people on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers are serious about ending abu...
BILL FAITH Fourth quarter 2005 base earnings were robust due primarily to increased volume in our Consumer Pack...
HARRIS E. DELOACH 2005 was a fantastic year for punters which impacted our gross win percentages.
PATRICK KENNEDY In the near term, there is a bit of support for the front end, due to these weaker numbers.
CYRIL BEUZIT The ballooning inventory of available foreclosure properties should be an area of concern among lend...
BRAD GEISEN Growth in real gross domestic product amounted to 4.5 percent in 2004, and preliminary anecdotal evi...
XOLILE GUMA Some investors focused on domestic demand-led sectors, while high-tech firms appeared to be weaker d...
MITSUSHIGE AKINO If lenders are forced to scale back student lending because private student loans are subject to ban...
TRENT FRANKS Whatever agreement we come to, if we do come to one, if it doesn't change business as usual in preda...
BILL MASON
DAVID DOOKS If we see an upward trend in delinquency ratios, we tighten our lending, but we have not had to do t...
RICHARD HERRINGTON Overall, the mortgage approvals and lending data indicate that the more robust housing market activi...
HOWARD ARCHER The universe of mortgage lending has gotten to the point where there is a place in it for everybody.
JOE MAYS Spending was up, a little weaker than expected... Nevertheless, the trend has been upward and it loo...
PATRICK FEARON There was a notable pick-up in the buy-to-let sector in the second half of last year, so that lendin...
MICHAEL COOGAN The Mountain States region experienced growth significantly higher than the rest of the nation. The ...
ERNIE GOSS Lower figures for the recently released producer-price index and consumer- price index, and lower bu...
AMY CREWS CUTTS Unfilled orders earlier in the year contributed to weaker sales results for the balance of the year ...
JACK WARD Overall, 2005 saw higher numbers of shoppers on the High Street than in 2004, though this camouflage...
NATASHA BURTON The 30-year [fixed-rate mortgage] came in under 6 percent for the last 22 weeks of this year. As a m...
AMY CUTTS The 30-year [fixed-rate mortgage] came in under 6 percent for the last 22 weeks of this year. As a m...
AMY CREWS CUTTS The recent set of data came weaker than a market consensus, but the basic trend is that the economic...
SUSUMU ABE The last few months of 2005 marked the first time since mid-2004 that the fixed-rate mortgage was ab...
VINCE MALTA The conventional consensus is these factors will produce a weaker market for farm equipment in 2006....
ELI LUSTGARTEN We expect the weaker economic factors to begin to dominate over the next two to three months and to ...
GREG FUZESI The large increase in profitability was due to the bank's strong expansion in retail lending, especi...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS From the lending side of things, I have not heard of any shortage of funds for lending.
MATT DIERSEN The prospects for a rate cut have certainly increased. You have weaker inflation and in addition the...
GEORGE BUCKLEY I think we probably finished 2005 in slightly better shape than we were in 2004, but not much.
BILL EISER Growing inventory of existing homes indicate we are now in a buyer's market! We started strong in 20...
DENNY GRIMES The annual percentage increase in house prices nationally in 2005 was the smallest for 10 years.
MARTIN ELLIS While the February mortgage lending and approval data are relatively healthy, there are hints that h...
HOWARD ARCHER As indicated earlier, we were disappointed in our 2005 financial results. Despite certain areas of o...
JACK WARD It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending t...
PAUL SINGER I wouldn't view this as the start of a weaker trend.
HASEEB AHMED
Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired. EDMUND PHELPS When I was covering them, they had nothing and the league knew it. I mean, in 1986 David Archer led ...
CHRIS MORTENSEN Mortgage lending is an opportunistic business and when business declines, the instinct is to consoli...
CELIA CHEN The most serious risk to medium-term inflation is the continuing strength of household spending, sup...
ALAN BOLLARD It is the quality of lending over the quantity of lending.
LEWIS THOMPSON PRESTON The dollar's bearish (weaker) trend is expected to continue unless the GDP figures are significantly...
YASUHISA ISHIDA It's good for the U.S. to see a relatively weaker dollar, but it's not a good idea for the U.S. Trea...
ASHRAF LAIDI The diffusion index was slightly weaker than expected but capital spending plans by big firms weren'...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI
Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love. KHALIL GIBRAN It's been an unusual year for Kentucky's labor market. Kentucky had the best year of job growth sinc...
CARLOS CRACRAFT When you look at why people move, moving for a job is really an important reason. With weaker employ...
BILL FOX A similar seasonal pattern occurred in 2004 but then the TAI retracted only four index points from t...
RICHARD DOWNING In 2005, lending markets continued to support deals in the ARM industry and buyers were particularly...
MARK RUSSELL Another thing that sets us apart from most lending institutions, is at MNB you can borrow up to 90 p...
DON BISHOP Another thing that sets us apart from most lending institutions, is at MNB you can borrow up to 90 p...
DON BISHOP Raising the lending rate is the first tightening of the controls.
BA SHUSONG Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lend...
BILL DEDMAN In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker...
FREDERIC BASTIAT Although weaker than expected, interpretation of the release is clouded by the unusual drop in food ...
GWYN HACCHE The headline number came in a lot weaker than expected, but when you comb through all the revisions,...
JEFF PALMA Performance had been mixed early in the year, but they finished on par with last year after a strong...
JOSH ROSENBERG The expansion in retail lending, the lower provisions and costs are the main drivers for the return ...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow ...
MATT TAIBBI Compared to the 30-year fixed mortgage, the 40-year fixed mortgage offers monthly loan payments that...
THERESA PARKER There are various negative factors which have clouded the upward trend of previous days.
HECTOR PEREZ We forecast an increase of approximately 15 per cent in operating profit after tax for the half year...
CHARLES CURRAN We are disappointed with these results. The combined effects of weaker demand in the industry segmen...
DAVE HOUSE
If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you. NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB As an individual investor, you're basically lending to the government for an additional 30 years com...
ADAM BROWN Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they bu...
ELIZABETH WARREN Funds management has been a standout, but is as expected, given the strong investment markets. Busin...
ATUL LELE A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of...
UDAY KOTAK As we expected, mortgage rates moved upward a little in response to the current volatility in the fi...
FRANK NOTHAFT We're glad to see the agencies address this issue because the switch to higher risk mortgage lending...
ALLEN FISHBEIN
insufficient to account fully for racial or ethnic differences in the incidence of higher-priced len... JOHN TAYLOR The trend for leisure fares has been upward all summer (averaging 16% more than a year ago), and it'...
BOB HARRELL It's tough because I'm 30. Motivations are weaker. I have my knee, which hurts. You play week after ...
ALBERT COSTA Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY There are two stories at work. The first is that we see surprising strength in exports. But imports ...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER The weaker tone continues today, as in addition to bearish US inventory data, a slight warming trend...
ED MEIR
Net income for the first three quarters of 2005 is nearly equal to all of 2004, MICHAEL EISNER
The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lend... NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.
BERT LANCE The one half of 1 percent applies to vote totals between candidates or whether a ballot measure is a...
JENNY NASH If you remember, fall of 2004 spiked high for us. We served as an evacuation site (during and after ...
DANIELLE COURTENAY Overall, we achieved solid results in 2005, with strong income growth in our tobacco businesses part...
LOUIS CAMILLERI
If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hr... WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out... BETHANY MCLEAN My concern is that what's happened here is that inflation is higher than the Fed anticipated. On top...
ALAN RUSKIN The first byword is that lending to family and friends on a handshake is probably one of the most sp...
CATHERINE WILLIAMS It makes sense to look overseas as I doubt there'll be much demand for lending in Japan.
HIROYOSHI NAKAGAWA
Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China.""That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS We are pleased with the Bank's results for the first half of 2005 as we had positive contributions f...
KENNETH WALKER Life's Irony;The weaker vessels reach orgasm first.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) While sales were weaker than anticipated, profitability increased on the back of cost-cutting.
IVY ZELMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Bundled services platforms enable banks to strengthen their roles as lenders and create a sophistica...
DAVE BLACK The bigger bubble is actually in the financing of homes. Mortgage lenders have loosened their lendin...
ED YARDENI Though the economy is weaker than a year ago, this continued high level of warnings is a real concer...
ANDREW WOLLASTON
Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-... VINCE CABLE Earnings may surprise on the upside because of stronger than anticipated credit growth. There's been...
JACK CHEMELLO In September of 2004, the board approved an incentive based increase in salary. Their salary increas...
TRACY HATMAKER GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold fo...
BRIAN REDICAN
"I'm weaker than you know." JOHN MAYER
I'm weaker than you know. JOHN MAYER Well-intentioned people on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers are serious about ending abu...
BILL FAITH Fourth quarter 2005 base earnings were robust due primarily to increased volume in our Consumer Pack...
HARRIS E. DELOACH 2005 was a fantastic year for punters which impacted our gross win percentages.
PATRICK KENNEDY In the near term, there is a bit of support for the front end, due to these weaker numbers.
CYRIL BEUZIT The ballooning inventory of available foreclosure properties should be an area of concern among lend...
BRAD GEISEN Growth in real gross domestic product amounted to 4.5 percent in 2004, and preliminary anecdotal evi...
XOLILE GUMA Some investors focused on domestic demand-led sectors, while high-tech firms appeared to be weaker d...
MITSUSHIGE AKINO If lenders are forced to scale back student lending because private student loans are subject to ban...
TRENT FRANKS Whatever agreement we come to, if we do come to one, if it doesn't change business as usual in preda...
BILL MASON
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