We are pleased to report the 33rd consecutive quarter of revenue and earnings growth, ... We are especially pleased with the balanced growth rate across almost all countries in both Europe and the Americas.

John Chambers

These are not cuts, these are modest reductions in the rate of growth.

Josh Bolten

Obviously with all of the rate increases we're seeing statewide and across the country . . . this should be a welcome respite to our customers in Marion County.

Barry Bowman

We're looking at raising our prices from the current rate of $1 per mile. So far we've been able to maintain them, but we're looking at going to at least $1.25 per mile to eat up some of the cost of the mileage.

Robert Wiggins

A lot of people will transfer their balances (to a lower-rate card), but then fail to send more than the minimum due.

Michael Kidwell

There's a high rate of solvency if we have a clear photograph. It's harder to catch the robber if you have a poor quality picture.

Frank Bochte

Although the numbers are not all that bad, it is signaling the Fed is definitely closer to the end of that line (of rate hikes) and that has just put a real dark cloud on the buck right now.

John Beerling

With higher auto prices helping to offset the usual price discounting seen in other categories like clothing in December, the annual rate of core inflation is expected to move up to 1.7 per cent during the month.

Carl Gomez

I am confident that China will continue its prudent and cautious exchange-rate-policy.

Helmut Schmidt

We can expect a jobless rate of 9 percent by the summer, and that can have a positive impact on consumers confidence and on spending. The government's betting it will have a psychological impact.

Marc Touati

It's been great; it's been fabulous. I myself have not gotten one negative response. We tried to do it and have done it in a way that we described. What it's going to enable us to do is keep the Smith Center a first-rate facility.

Dick Baddour

The reason that we are in the position we're in is because of all the non-union stores that are around us that give a lower rate than we do, and therefore we have to maintain our presence in the market by maintaining our level that we presently have.

David Sanderson

It's going to give them a higher attach-rate.

Don Grantham

We will wait until taxes are actually implemented, that revenue is being collected. We will look at whether or not the tax rate will increase, but we assume it will.

James Mccormack

Strong figures will certainly re-ignite expectations of further Fed rate hikes.

Toru Umemoto

Due to the Fed's preoccupation over inflation pressures, next Thursday's CPI report will be the main focus, but the obsession over global central bank rate hikes should subside because there is nothing major on the next week's calendar.

Randy Diamond

If Greenspan signals more of a turning point in the U.S. rate cycle, that could be positive for the dollar, but we don't expect that in the near term.

Peter Fontaine

It's a job seekers market now. The job growth rate in Lee County for the statistical area was the highest in the state of Florida.

Barbara Hartman

Boeing and related employment in Washington should grow at a healthy rate for at least the next two or three years.

Mike Parks

While people are trying to price in the end of the rate hike cycle, it's a bit premature to do that. In yields, the trend is up at the moment.

John Wraith

Since that rate of return is determined by a percentage of the company's value, the sale is more likely to move forward quickly if the rate base is higher.

Pat Call

We have a long way to go in terms of pricing in further Japanese rate hikes. That's the point, which we think the yen will really start to rally.

Shahab Jalinoos

I've spoken to many chairmen in other universities, both in the Florida State system and outside, and they all say the failure rate in mathematics is high.

Julian Edward

The current exchange rate is an improvement, but it's still a challenge for us.

Helmut Panke

US import growth continues to slow as we see home sales there have peaked and interest rate hikes continue.

Paul Tang

The dollar remained firm against major currencies, supported by growing expectations of further interest rate hikes in the US.

Nobuaki Kubo

Rate increases is one of a number of questions that personal lines companies, like Allstate, will face.

Paul Newsome

I was very disappointed with the board's performance during the election months, ... I felt that they let me down. I felt they let the rate payers down.

Alan Turner

I think what the governor has done with the $208 million in price increases is a very important first step. It pays for about a 4 percent inflation rate. It helps us not to lose more money.

Tony Marshall

We see a big upward trend in energy prices, but without that, the inflation rate is going down. The ECB looks at the headline figure, and as long as it's above 2 percent, it's a reason to increase rates.

Matthias Rubisch

Over the past 12 months, we have expanded our loan portfolio and anticipate that because of the high growth throughout the Tampa Bay area we should be able to continue at that rate this year.

Brian Peters

Stockholders are earning very healthy returns. There is simply no need for huge rate increases for consumers.

Pat Clark

There isn't enough good news right now to really get people involved. Most professionals and individuals are just holding, looking for some clarity on the transition in Iraq, looking for some clarity on the presidential election, and, perhaps more importantly, looking for some clarity from the Fed on rate rises.

Rick Meckler

I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. That's when the crime rate goes up.

Ice Cube

We anticipate that with this bond election, we will be able to do the same thing we did in 2000. We don't expect this to have an impact on the tax rate.

Ray Laughter

Most of the market is anticipating a couple more Fed rate hikes and I guess the risks are if we can read anything into (the minutes) that would indicate otherwise.

John Beerling

The market has believed that next year the Fed will ease down while the ECB amps up its rate hike cycle. These comments put a little bit of a damper on that view.

Greg Salvaggio

Our utility rate has not been changed in at least 10 years. In some cases we are selling electricity for less then we are buying it for.

Glenn Thomas

This high rate of child victims is behind the heightened concern and the growing number of states passing laws that provide for notifying neighborhoods when sexual predators move in.

David Beatty

In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growth path. Even though oil prices are higher, the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Therefore, we see consumers' savings rate falling and spending up.

Michael Englund

Overseas investors appear to be on hold on concerns about further US interest rate hikes.

Hideo Mizutani

The money we are seeking is the amount we paid in excess of a just and reasonable rate, according to formulas established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Tom Dresslar

Momentum in the economy is gathering pace and the ECB are likely to give quite a hawkish outlook in the press conference, which could trigger further bond losses. Today's rate increase certainly won't be the last.

Gernot Griebling

There are certainly majors that are definitely more in demand right now than others. Computer science, computer engineering, information technology nursing, civil engineering and accounting would be some of our majors that currently have the highest job placement rate. A lot of it has to do with jobs that deal with supply and demand.

Jason Eckert

I think those people may have already been starting down that pathway toward Alzheimer's, and you can delay or reduce the rate of that pathway proceeding.

Dr. Eric Larson

We want to hit a 50 percent run rate for Windows Vista premium in the first 24 months. That's a substantially more aggressive run rate than we were able to hit with Windows XP.

Dave Block

It doesn't look like a rate cut is in the cards.

David Leaver

Lower tax rates would allow our businesses to grow at a much faster rate. It allows us to hire more people, to pay a higher wage, to invest more and to increase the pace, of course, at which our businesses can grow if we're not hampered by higher taxes.

Michael Crow

When you think of the person who goes to Disneyland and spends $500 and puts it on the credit card and their interest rate is 15 percent (debt) ... the person that puts it in the credit union is getting 4 percent (gain). The difference is close to 20 percent.

Dan Casey

The ice sheet is losing mass at a significant rate. It's a good indicator of how the climate is changing. It tells us we have to pay attention.

Isabella Velicogna

The domestic [U.S.] economy looks strong. If it weren't for the situation overseas, we would probably have an interest rate hike today.

Michelle Laughlin

No one really expected a lower rate. It's just that, in the absence of good news, a flat rate added to the profit taking.

Marcos Basaglia

DVD is not good. It isn't secure, the capacity is too low, the bit rate is too low.

Frank Simonis

Lowe's today is in a better position to weather interest rate increases because we've shifted our customer focus.

Robert Tillman

With the release into the commercial market with Ingram, we've had a massive adoption rate of our technology.

Scott Herron

Inflation is once again confirmed to be not much of a concern and well under control outside of the energy sector. That's helpful. It takes a little bit of pressure off the possibility of the Fed going much beyond another two rate increases.

Owen Fitzpatrick

It was an extremely confusing quarter. It looks like their tax rate was lower than expected, so I think they did a little bit better than people were expecting. But it seems to have been driven by the tax rate.

Bill Leach

I counsel anyone who asks me, they ought to get out of their adjustable-rate mortgage now if they're going to live in their house for more than three or four years.

Christopher Davis

Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the economy cools. Interest rates are on hold.

Jarrod Kerr

Basic maintenance and repairs have been made in subsequent decades. But upgrades necessary to keep it in top condition were deferred, in part from a rate freeze that was in effect for years.

Susan Leal

It's my impression that with this relatively low infection rate growing, Vietnam is very poised and ready and committed to stopping HIV/AIDS.

Tea Leoni

Investors are pretty much focused on the home sales figures today. Weaker data will reduce expectations for further rate hikes in the U.S.

Michiyoshi Kato

There was an indication that the cabin may have been pressurizing at a slower rate than expected.

Amanda Tobin

The Nasdaq is very unstable and we are tagging along with it. Everyone had hoped that the market would do well because of the rate cut and yesterday's fall.

Bruno Otero

Wage and labor conditions have been a lot stronger than expected. We expect the bank to end its zero-rate policy in the third quarter.

Hiroaki Muto

We are pleased the proposed general rate increase for electric customers will be considerably less than we originally expected. Energy prices have been rising dramatically throughout the nation during the past year and it is gratifying that we are able to announce an adjustment that is more favorable to our customers.

Mary Simmons

There is no limit to the rate of inflation in health care costs relative to the cost of other things.

Michael Hurd

And the misuse rate is about 90 percent in Brevard County, based upon the child passenger safety check up events that we have held locally.

Michelle Fischer

At this rate the investigation might take another year or two. Cooperation in good faith should be diligent and timely.

Detlev Mehlis

If we had achieved an even higher adherence rate, I believe the study's results would have been more dramatic.

Dr. Ross Prentice

The work rate was spot on - which just makes our earlier displays so disappointing.

Dave Carroll

It feels a lot different this time, ... Traditionally, you get interest rate cuts to stimulate domestic demand that is just foundering. ? But the U.S. economy doesn't need a kick in the pants right now to get it going.

Charles White

Mouser grew sales 30% in 2005 and over the past five years our compound annual growth rate was 22%. I believe the growth can be sustained.

Kevin Hess

I think the market is in a dangerous position. It has gone a long way toward pricing out a [Fed] rate increase, and that does leave you vulnerable if data comes out pointing to inflation.

Mark Cliffe

Much faster growth rate than the number one company.

Jonathan Gray

We expect interest rates to remain at 4.5 percent until the end of the year, but another rate cut cannot be ruled out.

Peter Spencer

The story there is more positive, not just from the current-account surplus, but also from the interest-rate side and growth, ... These will help the baht.

Craig Chan

Celena is a first-rate performer and an engaging person. We're all excited to have her as part of the Dallas Stars family.

Ralph Strangis

It is a 100 percent certainty according to the U.S. interest rate bonds that Mr. Greenspan will cut rates by 25 basis points.

Tom Hougaard

The market is wondering whether U.S. growth can maintain the current rate, and a weaker reading than expected for GDP will pressure the dollar.

Akifumi Uchida

As our product line continues to become more diversified, we have become less dependent on Prozac performance. Major products introduced in the last five years accounted for fully one-third of our sales in 1999 and had a combined growth rate of 41 percent during the year.

Sidney Taurel

What we're trying to do as the local health community and state officials is to determine which factors are impacting the immunization rates in Utah. What interventions can we incorporate to improve that rate?

Audrey Stevenson

The company's projected annual growth rate is about 7% and it demands the increase of the raw material base.

Sergei Bogdanchikov

The odds clearly favor the Bank of Canada raising the overnight rate by a quarter point on May 24 to 4.25 percent.

Craig Alexander

They are a first rate professional theatre and there are fewer and fewer of them around the country, but at the same time I think people are more open to new ways of developing new musicals.

Ted Chapin

I do not expect core inflation to rise much above these levels. But were it to do so, this would seal the case for more rate rises.

Paul Ashworth

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

Agnes De Mille

There won't be any surprises from the Fed today and that means another quarter-point rate hike. We are expecting the market to be very quiet today until the Fed releases its statement and we get more direction on future rate moves.

Tadashi Tsukaguchi

Luckily, it looks roughly like less people die with Ebola subtype Sudan, ... Also, the hospitals there are more sophisticated so the there's a better survival rate.

Scott Dowell

We've seen for six months on the trot the Bank of England asking for higher rates. A new chancellor will have to build credibility with markets, so he'll almost certainly have to deliver a rate hike if one's asked for.

Michael Dicks

Rates in Europe are set to rise while the Fed is entering its final leg of rate increases.

Yasuhiro Miyata

The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentials as dealers foresee another interest rate hike in March.

Kosuke Hanao

We've been working on this for months, but this is the first step for consumers. They are merging into our network and into our rate plans. The next step will be changes in billing and in the name of the company. That won't happen until sometime next year.

Chris Hunt

We believe the rate has peaked already. Bank Indonesia will want to make sure that inflation is on a definite down-trend before they cut.

Fauzi Ichsan

We expect the replacement rate to be at 75 percent in 2006 and at 100 percent in 2010.

Carlos Morales

The Bank of Canada cannot afford to be complacent if it wants to keep inflation in check over its 18-24 month time horizon ... Look for the overnight rate to peak at 4 percent.

Marc Levesque

Investors increasingly fear that the US Fed will soon end its rate hike policy, which will keep the dollar in a weak tone against other major currencies.

Osamu Takashima

Fifty companies have moved to Louisville because of UPS in the last five years. The growth has been unbelievable. We added 15,000 new jobs last year, and the unemployment rate is 3.5 percent.

Mike Bosc

We believe that this tax rate, at 20 percent, is a significant increase in tax and may lead us to not developing all of the resources that are there on the North Slope.

Richard Owen

The focus for the company was originally more on training, but that didn't grow at the rate I thought it would so I started doing more car audio also.

Luke Gray

The dollar's got a lot of supportive factors going for it, at a time when we're not so sure elsewhere, ... The market's getting more and more confident about rate increases in the U.S. and that's making the dollar look good against everything.

Niels From

At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years.

Arthur C. Clarke

The speech quietly signaled a 25-basis-point (quarter percentage point) rate hike in February, and was consistent with a further rate increase in March or May.

Conrad Dequadros

The continuing decline in the rate of cancer deaths once again affirms the progress we have made against cancer, ... But the report also highlights the need for an acceleration of research as the population of the United States ages.

National Institute

Some energy drinks beverages can boost heart rate and blood pressure, and cause dehydration and restlessness.

Daniel Marks

It looks like any move by the Bank of Japan away from its zero-interest-rate policy has been pushed out even further into the future.

David Solin

It's going to take a turnaround in the earnings picture, ... I think the upside begins when we get our next rate cut.

Andrew Barrett

High interest rates have affected car and motorcycle sales. The high interest rate climate has affected consumer demand; retail sales have been affected.

Henry Ho

There was decent strength across the retail sector. These numbers are consistent with an economy growing at a comfortable rate, a pace that would allow the Fed to continue to raise interest rates in a measured fashion.

Patrick Fearon

Iraq's economy is forecasted to grow at a rate of 4 percent this year, and accelerate into the double digits next year. Per capita income is nearly double what it was two years ago.

Heather Layman

The rise in foreign reserves demonstrates the strength of China's economy. But the extraordinary growth has also had some negative impact and brought with it foreign exchange rate risk.

Xiao Zhuoji

The spring race, we have a 99-percent renewal rate on tickets, ... For this race, it's 99.6 percent, which proves that 0.4 percent of the people don't renew their tickets to Bristol. We figure those are the ones that died.

Jeff Byrd

Activity has now contracted for two consecutive months, albeit mildly. As noted in the January release, the sustained strength of the rand exchange rate probably explains much of the pressure on manufacturing.

André Roux

Take a message to the nonbelievers: Nothing happened. The evacuees are law-abiding citizens. In fact, our crime rate in Lake Charles has dropped in the last two weeks.

Don Dixon

If we didn't have those programs, we would have an additional 80-plus people at any given time housed in custody, which would put us well into the 300s, and we can only hold 305, ... This year we have an average of 275 inmates a day. If we didn't have these programs, we would have 80 more people on top of that average. The Corrections Standards Authority rate of capacity of the facility is 296.

Tim Pearce

If the Bank of Canadian continues to hike rates after the Federal Reserve pauses, it will narrow the rate differential between the two. This will make the Canadian dollar more favorable.

Michael Woolfolk

The question must be asked, can we afford to raise the rate? [For] a lot of federal workers, especially those who do delivery and just going to meetings, it can be very costly ... It'll be interesting to see if the rest of the Senate embraces this.

John Townsend

This is the hard policy question. They [network operators] want total control. My point is, is there another way to give them a rate of return? I don't know.

Lawrence Lessig

Buying momentum for stocks is shrinking. Overseas investors are pulling their money out of Japanese equities now as they are worried about the impact of interest rate hikes on the U.S. economy.

Hajime Yagi

Kyle can play either right back or left back. He is a tenacious defender that has a big heart. He's excelled both on and off the field and he will bring an excellent work rate to UD.

Dennis Currier

People have had issues with loud exhausts from motorcycles. Many of them are not muffled. They have straight pipes and when they accelerate at such a rapid rate, they are emitting their sound quite a long way away.

Jim Troiano

This should support the dollar. Rate expectations have been the driving force in currency markets this year.

Brad Jones

Anticipation of a 25-basis-point rate cut pushed mortgage rates downward in this week's survey, and we expect to see further downward drifts over the coming week or so as the market moves on the actual larger rate cut itself.

Frank Nothaft

Everyone is waiting to see what happens, although most of the market has factored in a rate rise of about 25 basis points.

Peter Struk

I think there's no question that an improved economy will push Amazon's growth rate up. The question is whether the growth can be faster than that. As long as the company keeps reporting growth that's not less, it'll be OK.

Jeffrey Fieler

Alan Greenspan's rate hikes aren't just to hold down an economic boom. He's trying to bring investors back to the dollar.

James Dines

We really don't have any time to waste. We're losing veterans at such a fast rate.

Jeanette Siemens

We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the Fed may be forced to ease again before it begins hiking rates.

Joe Abate

Despite the rumors on the Internet and elsewhere, this disease is not as deadly as some have made it seem. We don't have all the answers yet, but we are looking at a mortality rate on the order of 5 to 8 percent of dogs that become infected.

Cynda Crawford

The market's been hoping the Fed will announce a shift toward a neutral bias (towards future interest-rate changes), which could help the U.S. market recover.

Toshihiko Matsuno

Interest-rate differentials between the U.S. and the euro zone will remain at least as wide as at present, fueling purchases of U.S. securities by foreign investors, both public and private.

Paul Chertkow

Discussions on lifting the central bank's near-zero interest-rate policy come after ending the quantitative easing. The interest-rate issue should still be under consideration.

Terunobu Maeda

They've got a negative cash burn run rate which is still going to be close to $5 billion this year, and that is really no change.

Dan Genter

An increase in the Fed's overnight rate to 4.75 percent may cool the housing market and slow growth. Treasuries' yield curve may flatten.

Kazuaki Oh'e

With lower-than-expected growth, it makes the job a lot easier for the Fed -- especially with its two new Bush-appointed members -- to pause from its rate-hiking plan.

Paul Mendelsohn

The legislature has failed in its duty to mitigate the rate increase. Obviously the governor is disappointed; the greatest disappointment today was for the Maryland consumer.

Shareese Deleaver

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...

J. R. R. Tolkien

Stocks would really get whacked, because they have priced in that some kind of economic growth is coming. A rate cut would be a sign that growth isn't coming.

Robert Macintosh

The Immigrant Rights Defense Committee is an organization that has begun to grow at an amazing rate. This is an example of how we are seeking to unite efforts for [immigrant] rights.

Gustavo Ramirez

As soon as we get the equipment out of there we will start getting water into the lake at a faster rate.

Monty Jackson

Profits will probably still decline in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the first quarter.

Henry Willmore

Using a heart-rate monitor accounts for these various factors all at once and enables you to train at the best level you can on any given day, in any conditions.

Sarah Rice

We were up 65 percent in that time, so obviously that growth rate was far ahead.

Craig Donohue

To get the most use of your money, ... it makes very little sense (to pay off a mortgage early) if you have a low interest rate.

David Block

The market is beginning to price the end of the (Fed) rate hiking cycle in.

Lars Kreckel

I don't see anything mitigating that, except people taking money out of homes. The negative savings rate means most consumers won't be able to dig deeper into cash supplies.

Joseph Beaulieu

Our nation's slowing rate of improvement should be a concern to us all.

William Mcguire

It's a poor business to get into. Our solve rate is very high.

Paul Mccabe

Compounded annual growth rate will be dropping from 30 percent. It's hard to sustain that without unusual acquisitions.

Paul Klaassen

The gains over the past year have been exceptional, and no one should consider them continuing at quite that rate. That being said, I think that gaming in particular does have continuing upside potential because of pure supply and demand factors.

Dan Ahrens

The crisis is not over. The only thing that has happened is some moderation in the rate of increase of our premiums, but we still have issues in terms of recruitment and retention of physicians.

Andrew Wigglesworth

Chinese government's goal over the reform of foreign exchange rate system is firm, continual, manageable and active.

Jin Renqing

The market has to make its mind up what the Fed rate cut means.

Jane Foley

Most people are wary of the absolute lowest rate.

Charles Collins

It's safe, easy, and accurate. The error rate of an e-filed return is less than 1 percent. The error rate of paper returns is 20 percent.

Jesse Weller

The long-term growth rate of Yahoo is not as good as some people thought.

Scott Reamer

The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth in the economy continue, eventually they (Japan) will depart from the zero interest rate policy.

Brian Arabia

There has been lots written in the last few weeks about my career, most of it inflated or wrong. As a friend said to me, 'At the rate they're going, leave it a few more days and you'll be Pope.

Matthew Pinsent

Interest-rate advantage is still the only game in town for the currency markets. There's no doubt the dollar can gain further.

Armin Mekelburg

Once a beach is nourished, it has to be constantly maintained and re-nourished at a rate of anywhere from every two to five years resulting in a huge expense for the county or government.

Andy Coburn

We'd like to see Bonneville use the (surplus power) sales to keep rates as low as possible. We don't need another rate-raising factor out of our control.

Dave Andrew

For the most part, our board doesn't have much control over the tax rate.

Jim Langstraat

For now, the rate support argument and cyclical factors will continue to support the dollar.

Samarjit Shankar

We've raised the interest rate before and it isn't excluded we will raise it again in coming weeks.

Guy Quaden

Things continue to be strong. We are still at a historically low interest-rate market. And I think it will continue to be that way.

Rob Carter

It's going to be a first-rate production.

Jane Riley

Based on publicly available information, we believe our enterprise subscription revenue run rate is more than six times that of the number two Linux provider.

Charlie Peters

It's all about accountability. If they're going to raise the rate, they can no longer blame the fluctuation of the real-estate market. They can't blame the speculators. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Bob Grantham

Individuals with poor fitness are at markedly higher rate of dying. We should be very concerned about this.

Mercedes R. Carnethon

At the current rate, we would run out (of funds) by the end of January, which would be the earliest we would have to close the fund in the history of New York.

Michael Hayes

The rate of annual growth has been slowing as would be expected, with most of the rise in the market having occurred in 2004 and 2005, but now the price growth curve is flattening out and the market appears to have reached a comfortable plateau.

Howard Morley

Let's assume inflation averages 1 to 2 percent. Then you could see maybe the natural funds rate would be -- I don't know -- 3.5 percent, something like that.

Robert Parry

This precinct, being a large precinct, is below average but that's more than I expected, ... My guess is we might get 200-250 votes based on the rate we are going now. I hope we beat that.

John Knott

With the rate verdict due later, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a 25-basis-point hike is widely expected, there's little consensus as to just how long the aggressive stance over interest rates will now continue for.

Matt Buckland

What I do for people is I look at the weighted average of what their mortgage rate is.

Bob Moulton

Some market participants are beginning to be concerned about the risks of an earlier rate hike.

Tomoko Fujii

The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rates hikes by the BOJ are a long way off.

Yuji Saito

If a deal doesn't get done, bondholders are looking at owning a credit that has seen its financial performance deteriorate at kind of a staggering rate.

Craig Hutson

I am disappointed that Lord Birt did not find a job elsewhere, because he will continue to give his third-rate and amateurish advice to the prime minister. Why could he not be appointed governor of the Falkland Islands?

Norman Baker

This should be an exciting and informative presentation by our state attorney general because as our economy in California has resumed a very rapid growth rate many corporate boards of directors are struggling with pressures to meet new challenges from both a highly competitive global environment and more restrictive legal oversight.

Peter Craig

No one should interpret the remarks as being a prelude for the Federal Reserve raising the Fed funds rate at the December or February meeting. That's not going to happen. If that was going to happen, the chairman wouldn't have made a speech to puncture the exuberance.

Wayne Angell

Do not choose for your friends and familiar acquaintance those that are of an estate or quality too much above yours...You will hereby accustom yourselves to live after their rate in clothes, in habit, and in expenses, whereby you will learn a fashion and rank of life above your degree and estate, which will in the end be your undoing.

Matthew Hale

Many plans offer more than the standard benefit. Most offer a zero deductible and a flat rate, rather than a percentage co-pay. Some provide coverage in the gap between $2,250 and $5,100, especially for generic drugs.

Mike Fierberg

By historical standards, that's a good rate, but we're used to 5 and 6 (percent growth) now, so it's going to feel bad. Perspective gets skewed by prosperity.

William Dunkelberg

Interest rate uncertainty and the fact that major blue chips have already announced results force a new correction on the market.

Ben Kwong

We're amending the tax levy for 2005 to capture the education rate money that's legal since it was approved (by voters on March 21) and modify next year's levy so we maximize state aid.

Cheryl Crates

People are buying the U.S. dollar across the board on expectation of further rate hikes. Rate expectations in Canada have come down. You will see more U.S. dollar strength on the yield gap.

Maria Jones

For economic policymakers, the landscape has materially changed. It no longer would be prudent to regard a Sept. 20 [rate increase] as a foregone conclusion.

Ray Stone

The outlook for the markets is pretty tricky. The Fed is nearly finished with its interest-rate hikes, but it's not there yet.

Philip Barleggs

Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will heighten expectations of at least two more rate hikes from the Fed, supporting the dollar.

Yuji Saito

Of the population we work with, we almost reversed that trend with an 83 percent success rate.

John Gailer

A lot of people will have that mentality of: Why Truman?, but I'll tell you what - we have a lot of good things at Truman. The people who go to school here are pretty fortunate. I'm fortunate to be here. We have the best academics in the conference. Our kids are getting jobs. We've just been named the No. 1 school in the conference for graduation rate. That's what you talk about.

Shannon Currier

The daily rate is usually around $500 per day, ... The current salary is $87,000 annually.

Charles Dunn

A lot of money is very sensitive to interest rate changes but also a lot of money has been put into the high growth technology sector, and the returns are not going to come to fruition in all investments.

Jamie Spiteri

All the conditions are there for further rate cuts.

Alvaro Bandeira

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't as all. You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember, that's where you will find success.

Thomas J. Watson

We've seen an accumulation of strong numbers and sentiment at high levels in Europe. When we look at the numbers we're pretty confident the ECB will accelerate the pace of rate increases.

Cyril Beuzit

Right now, my going rate is $30 an hour, and for me to start getting back to where I was, I am going to have to raise it to $45. Right now I am in the red. Gas has a lot to do with it ? it is just so high.

Jonathan Field

Utilities are always rather dependent on interest-rate developments as a proxy to bonds.

Stephan Wulf

It's gonna be a steady rate so that way you don't have to worry about it increasing. So you'll know how to budget your money.

Christina Scott