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The poet, the artist, the sleuth - whoever sharpens our perception tends to be antisocial... he cannot go along with currents and trends.

Alfred North Whitehead

Although execution remains solid, sales trends continue (to be) soft and key product initiatives have not played out during the last 12 months. We do not see material changes to the Barbie product line in calendar year 2006 and would not bet on a turnaround in calendar year 2007 just yet.

Tony Gikas

My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

Frank Capra

Strong tourism trends could help mitigate lighter local traffic.

Adrianne Shapira

We understand trends change and so can changes to development.

Jeff Gray

As we look at the dynamics of the industry...we see normal seasonal trends (and) good growth, healthy growth. And if what people are saying about our competition and the industry being down, we're probably taking more share this quarter than we anticipated.

Kevin Rollins

These days, you've got day traders working from home, auto mechanics and grad students, who think they have it figured out. In the past, these (types of trends) have ended badly.

Ralph Wanger

We think North American trends are solid and expect Europe to be much improved in 2006.

Bonnie Herzog

Recent oil and fuel inventory trends are clearly demonstrating that the oil industry is no longer in crisis mode and that energy prices are likely to continue to soften.

Bart Melek

More teens are using marijuana at earlier ages, ... We really need to stop these trends.

Richard Carmona

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Larry Schwartz

The group continues to benefit from a diversified global portfolio with our hotels continuing their upward trends, leaving us well positioned for the second half.

Kwek Leng Beng

The average ticket value of these items is quite high, and the market trends are distinctly upward.

Harvey Seegers

These are trends we see continue in the market with the shift to lower-priced machines; the higher-priced machines just aren't selling as well.

Jeffrey Hewitt

We believe that since Intel's pre-announcement in early December that consumer and commercial demand has continued to get worse with commercial showing the most disturbing trends. In addition, we believe that servers, which had actually been on track for part of the quarter, saw some softening that we believe is related to corporate IT budget stretch outs.

Daniel Niles

We generally have had a good feeling going into the third and fourth quarters because the economy is doing better than expected. Semiconductors are going to get a boost from seasonal trends.

Cody Acree

We learn how other schools accomplish their things. It's a way for us to pick up on trends that are happening and what's going wrong or right for each government. They've taken cues from us as well.

Roger Ludy

[Clark said he reviewed local data on black farmers and USDA lending patterns by race, and figured out how much Miller could have made if he had received the same loans as neighboring white farmers.] I looked at a similarly situated white farmer, ... His growth trends compared to Mr. Miller's growth trends. [The white farmer] was a lot further along.

Charles Carter

As an organization dedicated to advancing security worldwide, we are delighted to offer an event this exciting and important to the future of the industry. Every aspect of the Seminar and Exhibits is geared toward increasing security professionals' knowledge and understanding of the trends and technologies that will affect their practice. That it can be this enjoyable is a bonus.

Jeff Spivey

No two periods are ever identical, and we don't expect cars to sprout fins, but we do think that there's a good chance that many of the favorable economic trends of the 1950s will re-emerge in the years immediately ahead.

Gerald Cohen

Red delicious are easiest to pick, but farmers have had to diversify. We need to better understand what the challenges and trends are for them.

Larry Sanchez

I thought volume trends were good. And the recall seems to be a thing of the past.

George Thompson

Rachel has been on top of things since the day she started. She is so quick to discover trends. We are lucky. It gets more competitive out there every year, and we can't sit still for a moment. Rachel never has.

Tom Silverman

Global economic conditions have been progressing as we expected during the quarter, thus resulting in the gradually improving volume trends. I am pleased to say that we are experiencing improving unit case volume trends in each of our operating groups when compared to the trends of the previous two quarters.

Douglas Ivester

Inventory is up 4.7 percent compared to last year, and that's great news for buyers. The available inventory is likely to continue to increase for the next several months, as is consistent with seasonal trends.

Christie Wilson

The emerging markets and the European markets are a bit behind the U.S. in the phase of correction at the moment. From this point on, it's my view that emerging markets will have the sharpest correction from current levels. European markets the next sharpest correction, and Japan will be little affected by interest-rate trends in the United States.

Ron Chapman

The recent deterioration in operating trends and our investment in transforming the business will see earnings fall in the near term.

Sol Trujillo

Climate change is no longer a fringe issue, no longer an issue that can be ignored. These trends present enormous risks and opportunities.

Mindy Lubber

There are a lot of interesting and innovative things happening (in St. Louis). In many regards, it is ahead of the trends nationally.

Walter Plosila

We're not seeing important national trends like the shrinking of crack markets in the 1990s, ... These are responses to local situations, changes in local drug markets and shifts in gangs.

Alfred Blumstein

This sounds ironic, but the growing need for fresh labor and investment are now weighing on profit trends, together with high levels of commodity prices.

Osamu Katano

There has been no impact on Wendy's recent sales trends over the past three days (Friday through Sunday) since the announcement by the USDA that confirmed a single cow from a farm in Washington State tested presumptive positive for BSE.

Jack Schuessler

Let's stop arguing about it, let's pass the president's plan ... more prosecutors, more after-school programs. We can't sit by and watch these trends continue.

Bruce Reed

The latest CBI Industrial Trends Survey was reasonably upbeat and suggests that the weakness of industry seen towards the end of last year may not continue into 2006.

Paul Dales

At its current level, the price of gasoline is not high enough to affect regional trends.

Bryan Singer

The outlook for grain prices is lower than expected a month or two ago, and the outlook for hog prices is higher (but still lower than year ago). Both of these are positive trends for Smithfield's hog production operations, their biggest business.

David Nelson

There's very strong earnings growth. The company is continuing to grow membership. There's also deceleration in medical-cost trends.

Patrick Hojlo

This winter is the first time I am generally discouraged about economic trends in Iraq. While there is some good news, for the first time there is no more good news than bad news.

Michael O'hanlon

I think he will bring a lot of experience with the markets. At the White House that was sort of his key responsibility -- to monitor, analyze and interpret market trends for the president.

Cesar Conda

We continue to be concerned with the recent pattern of (the company's) estimate reductions, sales sluggishness in the core personal-care division, increasing margin pressures and deteriorating working capital trends.

Douglas Lane

We can't expect them to do it for free forever. It's no different than us paying a retired Army general to talk about the war, or to retain ... a retired FBI agent to talk about the latest crime trends.

Chris Hansen

North Carolina will get millions from this sale, while Oregon will likely get tens of millions because of the historical trends.

Norm Johnson

We've made no commitments at this point, but we've certainly considered the possibility of growing, ... We'll make those decisions not based on national trends, but what looks right for Yale.

Richard Levin

Look at the trends. Where we all agree, that's your green light.

Phil Edmonston

While it might be premature to pass judgment on the likely trends of Western European credit quality for the remainder of 2006, it would be rather surprising if the balance were to be redressed in favor of rising stars.

Guillaume Menuet

While our comparable-store sales were negative for the quarter, we are beginning to see improving sales trends in certain areas of our business, reflecting a better balance of fashion, brands and prices. We remain focused on addressing opportunities to increase volume.

Blake Nordstrom

We don?t see this quarter as being a major catalyst, in either direction, but we believe the trends will improve for IBM during 2006.

Keith Bachman

In the next 18 months -- leading up to crucial labor negotiations -- both companies must demonstrate progress in turning around their North American operations to significantly reverse recent negative financial trends.

Robert Schulz

For tech multiples to significantly reverse direction, investors will need to feel comfortable about fundamentals again...including earnings estimates, IT spending trends, and macro issues.

Pip Coburn

Revenue and net income trends remain below our expectations.

George Schaefer

You have to remember it's only exceptional and prolonged heat that changes trends, since the Commerce Department seasonally adjusts out all typical heat. The game is to try to figure out if the weather is seasonally abnormal. Except for this week, we've had a pretty normal summer in the Northeast.

John Ryding

Americans buy way too much stuff. And we buy way too many repeats. We're the land of plenty and we like keeping up with trends. But what you have should fit your home and not the latest trend.

Roma Starkey

Short term price trends will continue to largely depend on gold.

Yingxi Yu

It is those trends that are bothering people. The (premium) pricing trends and (medical) cost trends have spooked investors.

David Shove

It's important for buyers to look at market trends in the neighborhood as well as identifying the restrictions in a neighborhood that can restrict their own property.

Scott Boles

The 8.5 percentage-point gap in cost increases between a best-performing and a poor-performing company is very significant. Through focused initiatives such as building data warehouses and using hard-dollar ROI calculations, best-performing companies lower cost trends, minimize employee absence and earn higher rates of employee satisfaction with their programs.

Ted Nussbaum

The good news is that it is bringing a wonderful group of new employees downtown. And what we're seeing both in terms of regional and national trends is that the health care-related industries are growing and are expected to grow in the future.

Maureen Pero

Inflation trends have been going up and are now getting to the upper end of what the Fed is comfortable with. But it definitely looks like the economy has at least temporarily slowed down.

Steve Van Order

By better characterizing crime trends and patterns to predict where crime was likely to occur, the police department could anticipate criminal activity and proactively place their resources.

Colleen Mccue

There are trends, but anything goes.

Jane Carbonara

Informed journalists can have a significant impact on public understanding of mental health issues, as they shape debate and trends with the words and pictures they convey, ... They influence their peers and stimulate discussion among the general public, and an informed public can reduce stigma and discrimination.

Rosalynn Carter

People are interested in hearing what back to school trends are occurring because that sets up the holiday season. Whatever Intel says is likely to have a big impact on the state of overall tech demand.

Patrick Ho

My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?' Many of my stories and novels deal with psychotic states or drug-induced states by which I can present the concept of a multiverse rather than a universe. Music and sociology are themes in my novels, also radical political trends; in particular I've written about fascism and my fear of it.

Philip K. Dick

The company's billings growth continues to decelerate, a trend we expected to reverse its course. Given that the company's billings directly impact the company's cash flow trends, this deceleration concerns us.

Brad Reback

He didn't follow someone's design. He designed what he wanted. That's an extreme reversal of where trends and styles come from.

Lois Huff

Key trends will be shifts to dual-core processors for PCs, and multi-core processors for servers, to increase performance while maintaining or decreasing chip power consumption. ASPs for all platforms have increased with the economic recovery and will continue to increase with these shifts before price degradation begins.

Jim Mcgregor

We've done a lot of consumer research focusing on trends of the future, ... People want ethnic flavors and bold taste, high-quality food and convenience ... Baja is the quality leader in the Mexican segment.

Jack Schuessler

If we look at trends, we are overdue for a flu pandemic. I would hope we would stay overdue for many, many years but I think we should take that into account.

Sarah Burkholder

Our company has weathered one of the most difficult quarters in history, marked by recession and war. The remainder of the fiscal year should benefit from operating improvements currently under way, as well as favorable trends for some of our most important products and brands.

Bruce Rohde

I think what we are seeing initially is positive, the good trends at the school (Springfield Middle) continues.

Tom Lindly

This news should be taken as a sign that growth will slow in 2006, but it should not be taken as a sign of a drastic change in economic trends.

Dick Green

When you're less concerned with what other people think of you, you're more likely to do things like blast your car stereo or talk loudly on your cell phone in a library or waiting room. It also helps explain some other trends, such as more casual attitudes toward sex, dress and cursing.

Jean Twenge

Some of the trends we saw from Comcast should be reflected in the results of other cable operators.

Jonathan Atkin

There's a confidence in earnings that is offsetting the other trends.

Tony Dwyer

You really have to look at trends -- the daily figure or two days or three days doesn't really mean anything.

Malik Peiris

Neo-imperialist trends in foreign policy have strengthened, and energy has been used as a weapon to achieve those goals.

Andrei Illarionov

I'm not really focused quarter-to-quarter. I'm really focused on the secular trends. And I'm encouraged that the AOL subscription business looks like it's holding together, and they're keeping their market share.

Bill Fries

The group is going through a new phase of its development due to favorable market trends for various raw materials on which we specialize, which enables the company to expand its activities. The negotiations have not yet been finished, but we have entered into a dialog with our business partners and government officials.

Vladimir Potanin

After listening to comments from members, we reviewed the current policy and trends related to the $500 deposit CCEC now requires for new work orders and we adjusted our policy accordingly. We felt this was an area where we needed to make an adjustment and we did.

Dale Thomas

In the second quarter we expect to see continued strength in the steel marketplace. Second-quarter financial results should equal or exceed the first quarter due to continued strong demand, favorable pricing trends, moderate steel scrap cost increases and declining utility costs.

Keith Busse

The strong price action and impressive technical trends in various currencies suggest prices should remain elevated in 2006.

Yingxi Yu

The wealth of information in this Hubble survey, including seeing stars of all sizes in one dense place, provides an extraordinary opportunity to study star formation. Our goal is to calculate the masses and ages for these young stars so that we can map their history and get a general census of the star formation in that region. We can then sort the stars by mass and age and look for trends.

Massimo Robberto

It's a good idea to combine data so you can see broader trends. You can see what different companies are doing rather than look at just one company.

David Delahanty

We're rejecting more applications, collection is being accelerated and we're being more conservative on our credit increases. We're able to predict spending trends a lot quicker than in the past.

Brian Wood

Product design issues are also an important concern here, as the companies have shown little ability to foresee market trends, such as the demand for crossover utility vehicles and gasoline-electric hybrids.

Scott Sprinzen

As Apple and its competitors introduce ever-smaller form factors, flash memory will need to have a higher storage capacity, quicker retrieval speeds, smaller footprints and lower prices. These performance and price trends will make it more economically attractive for manufacturers to swap flash for miniature hard drives in cars, digital music players, and laptops.

Peter Cohan

Overall, trends look good and in line with expectations. We were pleasantly surprised to see expenses decline on a linked quarter basis. Also, it appears that deposit growth accelerated in the final month of the quarter.

Jennifer Thompson

We're near the bottom nationally, but we're near the top in improvement. We have a long way to go, but we're definitely making those trends.

Beverly Brahan

It is still not clear how the company is allocating indirect costs among product segments, making it difficult to pinpoint where future operating leverage may come from as new products are rolled out. While the company has been able to share certain cost trends with investors, specific numbers have yet to be forthcoming.

Sara Farley

Based on the trends we're seeing now, Southwest will be the major carrier this year.

Wayne Shank

The rising influence of celebrities and the focus on entertaining among the Generation X set is a positive trend for the industry. There's plenty of opportunity ahead for manufacturers and retailers who recognize and leverage today's trends in entertaining.

Peter Greene

You get to know the customers. It helps you pay attention to the trends.

Cheryln Bennett

India is an extremely young country and has an average age of 26 - this is driving a lot of new trends. At the same time as the drop in average age, there has been an economic boom and huge wealth creation. You have this young, rich population with nothing to spend their money on. There is a huge groundswell towards adventure tourism. Skiing is going to take off.

John Sims

We think some of the trends from '05 will continue into '06, especially the trouble with SUVs.

Bob Schulz

You've got two trends with this taking hold in the past four or five years.

Stephen Happel

If that turns out to be the case, by November, things could be looking quite different. If current trends continue, Democrats could take control.

Bill Lunch

Black is always a good investment ... You will be able to wear the black you buy now with the trends of the future.

Candy Pratts Price

The market itself is the best, unbiased evaluator of a company's worth. My strategy is to use the market to identify trends and changes ahead of the crowd.

Robert Bacarella

Prudential is proud to be acknowledged by Working Mother magazinefor being a great place for working moms and for our ongoing work/lifestrategy which benefits everyone. We are continually challengingourselves to stay abreast of trends that will positively impact ouremployees both personally and professionally, and help them lead fulland productive lives.

Sharon Taylor

The trends in age-adjusted death rates we expected because we've been seeing an increase in life expectancy for some years now.

Arialdi Minino

The underlying trends look positive, and I'm encouraged by stability in the margin and strength in loan growth.

Joe Morford

I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.

Dick Clark

With the last few years of consecutive declines in attendance, the trends for live concerts overall aren't particularly encouraging.

Jack Liebau

Dick understood economic trends, and he understood what the paper needed to do to stay on top. He also made sure you understood what needed to be done. But it wasn't hard to comply with Dick's wishes. He led by example.

Jack Sweeney

We're not sure what role the weblog will play in the future. But I don't think newspapers can afford to ignore these trends.

David Greer

These are excellent results in a business environment which included challenges of coping with unusual weather patterns and inflationary cost trends.

John Langille

If you look at trends through 2005, we had record (fuel) prices, but numbers were also up for travel. We expect this trend to continue. Fuel frequently is a small part of a family's budget.

Nicole Niemi

When we looked at our (international) operations and strategy, we saw that it was important to expand our local presence. We think there is tremendous value in having local presence. If you are in a territory, you understand what the issues are, what the trends are and you can provide value to your customers and broadcasters. You can't do that from a remote office.

Belinda Menendez

We're a bit surprised at how stable the market is in all categories. Usually one segment of the market will be outperforming the others. Right now, though, the same trends apply to all parts of the market from entry-level on up.

Marshall Prentice

The key thing is that there's a mechanism to spot negative trends and to enable that problem to be brought forward quickly.

Clyde Prestowitz

Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.

Michael Schudson

There are just things that are going to happen that are driven by regional, national and global events, market forces, economic trends that none of us can know today precisely what is going to happen even 10 years from now. Never mind 30 years from now.

Donald Fraser

This record performance was the result of strength across virtually all of our businesses. While the second quarter was characterized by uncertainties that roiled the interest rate, credit, commodities and equities markets, the third quarter saw trends reassert themselves.

David Viniar

While the strong showing at the retail stores and particularly consumer direct was impressive ... margins overall continue under pressure and working capital trends appear to be deteriorating.

Douglas Lane

Eighth-graders tend to be the first ones to show new trends. Most are blank slates and haven't developed habits and are more sensitive to environmental changes. As these eighth graders move up the age spectrum, the high school teenage smoking trends will follow.

Lloyd Johnston

How do we predict trends right now for the future? I think we have done the best we can for now.

Juanita Hayes

It's pretty much the same variables that we've seen all year: softness in the retail ad category and very disappointing auto ad trends. National has been a mixed bag.

Peter Appert

The earnings have been good. It indicates the fundamental trends are continuing to be good for the banking industry. I think we'll see 10 to 12 percent growth for the industry next year.

Ron Mandle

For this market to really push on we need to see unemployment trends drop, so that the retail sector can be certain of making a contribution to the recovery of the U.S. economy.

David Buik

There are a couple of trends building this year. The most obvious one in the consumer category is DVD players, which are affordable to more people now.

Scott Cameron

The nascent talent management market will continue to experience consolidation, defining market leaders, segments and trends. As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and global, companies that invest in talent management solutions and examine it from a worldwide perspective will reap tremendous benefits for their business organization and operations.

Jason Corsello

Economic growth continues on a healthy and sustainable pace with recent indicators suggesting that the holiday season will be solid. Improving trends in merchandise sales, business orders, the services sector and employment in the U.S. remain in place, and this bodes well for holiday sales.

Gene Huang

Technical trends are looking very strong and people find it very risky to go short right now. I think that's why the rally has been continuing.

Yingxi Yu

Architects design a fairly small percentage of homes, but they really are the trendsetters. It helps us find out early what the key trends are.

Kermit Baker

If these trends do not change, there is little hope that the great biodiversity of this unique ecosystem, discovered just 35 years ago, will survive another decade.

Grant Gilmore

Yes, we have learned from the last two years and, yes, there are signs of real progress, but I don't see the kind of definitive trends that would allow you to say victory is assured.

Anthony H. Cordesman

We are able to identify trends within groups of employees at particular sites who warrant additional training efforts.

Leonard Courtright

It's a continual process for us. We're always evaluating the shopping trends. People just weren't going to that store anymore.

Amanda Tate

The Dun Glen claim block lies at the intersection of three separate structural trends whose extensions host several major gold deposits. We are excited to be on the ground in Nevada and look forward to evaluating the results of our initial exploration program in the coming weeks.

Matt Hughes

If economic trends solidify, we should continue to see improving profitability over the second half of the year, even at current aluminum prices.

Alain Belda

These classes (through Tech Prep/College Prep) make me more aware of current trends.

Lynne Webb

Going into the year, our No. 1 challenge was to improve sales trends at Taco Bell and KFC, and I am encouraged by progress at both brands.

David Novak

Above all, this is a trends meeting. SEM is a major annual forum for studying the trends in the world of search.

Harry Collier

One of the big and troubling trends of recent years is that we've been shifting away from focusing on grants to loans.

Christopher King

I think it was a great experience for the young kids and the experienced kids. It's an excellent tournament. It's a great chance for them to see people from all over and see all these different styles and trends.

Vince Bicocca

They stopped following the trends in Eastern Pennsylvania and tinkered much more with variety. There's a huge variety here that you don't see in eastern counties.

Lu Donnelly

Among Internet leaders, we think Yahoo!, owing to its revenue concentration, is most at risk to Internet ad spending trends.

Mary Meeker

Demographic trends are working against the brewers.

Bonnie Herzog

What we have seen in the trends today is that folks under the age of 30 -- most of them are actually multitasking while they are watching TV. We are not trying to change behavior, but we are trying to take advantage of new trends in behavior.

Andy Liu

I think one of the most interesting trends for spring is military. We saw it for fall, but for spring it's being shown with a floaty dress and I think it's made designers very creative, like, how do I do military but lighten it and make it soft?

Constance White

We believe that, with current sales trends still weak, the company's holiday selling season could very well be hampered.

Alan Rifkin

It?s going to be strictly for parents and what they should be aware of as far as the hottest new trends.

Scott Duva

From daily/weekly/monthly reports, I can see how many are reservations, how many are walk-ins, no-shows, or canceled reservations. It helps me look for the trends: It might tell me that a third of our biz is walk-ins, for example. Friday nights might be great on walk-ins, and Saturdays solid for reservations--and that helps me to schedule for staffing.

Michael Luria

A lot of people jump on these items while they're hot and can make a quick profit if they can read the trends. But where they'll be in five years, who knows?

Michael Schwartz

This reflects general globalization trends.

Gwyn Hacche

Today's Bay Area real estate market has all the characteristics of a relatively normal balanced market. We knew the year-ago numbers were unsustainably strong. Right now it looks like current trends will last well into 2006, with strong, but not record-breaking sales, and continued appreciation.

Marshall Prentice

Taken together, the findings and directional trends in the survey may tell us that devoting additional resources to formalized retention programs and focusing on cultural and behavioral issues during recruitment can be effective in lowering turnover.

Carol Westfall

We have continued to see good momentum in all core business areas. These trends underpin our expectation of an excellent trading performance.

Clara Furse

Rural America faces tough economic challenges for a variety of reasons, including global competition, population declines, as well as state and federal policy trends.

Karl Stauber

These let you design your own dress based on this season's latest fashion trends for half the price of department stores.

Heidi Zimmerman

In summary, while it is still early in the quarter, if these trends continue, combined with the anticipated highly competitive environment for technology products during the upcoming holiday season, we would expect to see further pressure on earnings from ongoing operations.

Bruce Nelson

You're going to see those two trends crisscross in the not-so-distant future.

Kevin O'hara

Overall earnings revision trends going into reporting season appear very healthy in an aggregate sense, with the market remaining in net upgrade mode.

David Cassidy

There is no question that these are trends that are going to add to people's anxiety and the process has already started.

David Rosenberg

The market had already factored in the pretty weak results in beef, but Pilgrim's Pride earnings highlighted the difficult trends in poultry. We anticipate poultry pricing will be pressured through at least spring, barring any notable AI outbreaks.

Farha Aslam

I don't follow trends. If anything, I think it's my job to create trends.

Matthew Williamson

The cost situation and trends in Europe are looking less bad than some had feared.

John Faucher

When you follow the demographic trends, there was a lot of business formation back in the middle-1940s continuing through the 1970s. Now transactions are being driven by ownership transitions or estate planning.

David Blair

These positive trends underscore the economic growth we are experiencing across the state.

Diane Rath

Kerry had an opportunity in the debates to show the American people his strength and conviction and to lay out his plans, and people have responded very positively to that. So we see trends nationally moving in our direction and trends in battleground states moving towards us as well.

Mark Mellman

There will be 125 lots, featuring 44 contemporary artists - the post independence generation who I believe have created their own sensibilities with an eye on international trends.

Dinesh Vazirani

We continue to believe the company's assumptions appear to be somewhat aggressive given the recent softening in demand trends and the weak orders in the quarter.

Patrick Murray

The thing is, for the last four or five years we've been the hottest building market in the United States. I think it's just natural they'd want to participate in that particular geographic area. Not only that, every indication, despite national trends, is that we're going to be a very hot market for the next 10 years.

Michael Reitmann

I think it could set some trends.

Bob Noonan

Until evidence of an improvement in Eckerd stores and overall trends, we remain on the sidelines with respect to these shares.

Patricia Baker

Japanese officials make statements like that when we see very rapid movements in the foreign exchange markets because they are concerned such moves can build into stronger trends.

Niels Christensen

Amazon has been consistently beating sales and earnings estimates and the stock should respond to overall macroeconomic trends.

Dan Geiman

It incorporates all the trends in one product. It's healthy, indulgent and convenient.

Sarah Kennedy

We plan to rebuild as the city rebuilds. New Orleans is an important city to us. We have employees who are anxious to get back to work, but we don't want to give anyone false hope for when we will start more flights. We're looking at this much as we would look at a new startup city. We'll watch the trends.

Paula Berg

If these trends continue, Nextel will likely exceed our expectations for 2002.

Paul Saleh

This is a big issue for Los Angeles, obviously, because it has such a large number of second-generation kids - kids whose parents are immigrants - and when we looked at it down the road and some of these projections, obviously L.A. is at the cutting edge of these trends.

Hans Johnson

Trends bubble up from Miami.

Linda Blakely

The reality is that both trends are occurring. The dramatic fertility decline during the 20th century coincided with improved health, access to family planning, economic development, and urbanization.

Carl Haub

They are still riding the early wave of one of the strongest trends in consumer banking, which is online bill payment.

David Scharf

Quite honestly, when we first began the survey, the financial applications seemed to be the ones people most wanted. As you can see, however, things have changed quite a bit. Common areas now seem to be Internet publication, design, and multimedia. These types of trends have not always been so.

Scott Morris

There are quite a few new gadgets coming out mid-to-late November. The all-in-one feature and wireless are the dominant trends in consumer electronics.

Scott Cameron

In the short term these difficulties won't have too much impact because of the broader trends that are under way. But if this continues it may start to have an impact on the strength of house prices and inward investment.

Tom Vosa

The booking trends at theme parks are still quite hard to read. As we look forward ... in the near term it's difficult to read the signs.

Tom Staggs

We look at food trends. We know trans fats have a bad rep, and we thought this would fit as an overall meal.

Tom Mcgrane

Resale and bargain stores are one of the hottest retail trends today. The more bizarre the better, because it draws people in, sets it apart from anywhere else.

Paul Bensman

You really have to have records that are several decades long, or centuries or millennia even. It's only when you look at long records you start to see trends.

Gordon Hamilton

We have found that these releases focus attention on short-term sales variations rather than the overall business trends that are critical to management decision and to quarterly and longer-term earnings results.

Richard Sharp

If you believe that the market is what rules in this world, all the trends in corporate America say that increasing amounts of policies that promote diversity are good for the bottom line. Companies aren't doing this because it's nice; they do it because it's good for business.

Gary Gates

The numbers look okay. The EPS (earnings per share) is slightly better than what people were expecting due to lower depreciation and lower leavers costs, but trends in the business remain weak.

Stuart Gordon

[Communities that do step up to reverse poor nutrition trends often face considerable opposition from soda and junk food manufacturers, but while] it used to be that industry always won, that's not always the case now, ... because schools are already in the business of feeding children; it's a matter of changing what's offered, not necessarily taking on new responsibilities.

Margo Wootan

While it's imprecise to extrapolate trends from a single distribution center, in our view the activity levels at this facility demonstrate that Amazon is highly likely to meet or exceed our December quarter revenue estimate of $1 billion. Shipment levels appear to be at least on plan, with a very high backlog of orders to be filled.

Jamie Kiggen

Although it's encouraging that they've cut the rate in half, you really need to look at it on a yearly basis and look at the trends.

Lindsay Hayes

For years healthcare has been moving away from the inpatient care trends that our current facility was designed around. Outpatient services at SCMC (e.g. physical therapy, outpatient surgery, CT scans) have increased 33 percent over the past five years. The new facility's floor plan is arranged to accommodate this continuing shift in services.

Todd Willert

It's starting to creep up again. We're seeing some trends that we have to watch and make sure don't confirm themselves.

Ted Chaiban

That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.

Gianni Versace

As such, it represents that transition in space today. The next phase of space development will see the intermingling of these two trends.

George Whitesides

The current real estate market in Baton Rouge provided this opportunity, which is representative of our continuing strategy to invest in attractive millennium growth trends.

Anthony Moore

We have continued our focus on driving the operational performance of our hotels to maximize returns and have delivered first half results in line with our expectations. The group continues to benefit from a diversified global portfolio with our hotels continuing their upward trends, leaving us well positioned for the second half of the year.

Kwek Leng Beng

The financial trends at Telstra are not good. We've got a cost structure we can't afford.

Sol Trujillo

The digital home is currently one of the most exciting trends in the consumer electronics industry.

Ari Virtanen

It means that given the trends in other parts of the country, B.C. is an increasingly important part of [the Liberals'] coalition of voters.

Tim Woolstencroft

Retro is one of the biggest retail trends of 2005. We have seen it in clothes and music; now it's the turn of confectionery to delve back in time.

Graham Walker

We're seeing revenue stabilization in most key markets. We're looking for evidence that that stabilization can turn into improving profit trends.

Mark Swartzberg

We just don't see how current U.S. strategy is going to reverse these very dangerous trends.

Alan Tonelson

Strong lending results, respectable deposit growth, well-behaved credit trends and excellent results from some of our fee businesses have not been enough to overcome the performance in spread-based revenues.

George Schaefer