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After the pre-Christmas upturn, we are now back to the reality of a tough, discount driven retail market.

Kevin Hawkins

Given the fact that investments in rural areas still yield low returns compared to those in urban areas, it may be difficult to see an immediate upturn in overall nationwide land prices.

Tetsuro Sawano

I don't think there's signs of an upturn yet.

Peter Crowley

The numbers are very positive, as they are much stronger than expected. It signals an economic upturn in the coming quarters.

Stefan Bielmeier

All the factors point to an upturn from here.

Tony Norfield

We attribute the upturn in the '90s to a generally more conservative attitude throughout the country and increasing interest in religion.

Cliff Brewis

I'm not looking for quite the same steep declines this year, but early August has already been weak and we are definitely trending a lot lower for the period. You're not likely to see another sustained upturn until the end of the year.

Jeffrey Hirsch

You're still in the beginning of the upturn in its long-cycle businesses, and that's why it's projecting very strong earnings momentum for the next several quarters.

Steve Roukis

The chip industry is on fire now. It looks pretty apparent we're in the early stages of an upturn in the entire semiconductor industry.

Paul Wick

It is a good time if you're willing to accept slow growth and slow improvement. We do not anticipate at this time that the foreseeable future will bring a real strong massive upturn in consumer spending.

Kurt Barnard

The economy is compounding saturation issues in the installed base, ... So I think until we see consumer confidence improve and the general economic situation improve, then we should not expect the upturn.

Charles Smulders

The underlying rise in mortgage lending was close to trend in January, suggesting stronger growth towards the end of 2005 may not have established a sustained upturn in lending.

David Dooks

The upturn in MCV sales, which first became apparent around the middle of 2004, is clearly the driving force behind the market at present.

Frans Cloete

While the economy has not turned around yet, the worst may well be over. The upturn in confidence is being driven by growing confidence about the business outlook and job prospects. Consumer expectations for the future are now higher than they have been in more than a year.

Lynn Franco

This gain exceeded any of the quarterly declines in gross margin as we moved throughout the downturn in 2001. This reinforces our belief that TI will experience significant margin gains as we move back into an upturn, and we continue to expect our margins at the next peak to exceed those at the prior peak.

Bill Aylesworth

In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the upturn, ... I would say that a cut would fit into the environment now.

Gernot Nerb

Its seems the worst slump in recent business history is behind us now, and the we begin to see the start of a new upturn in the business cycle, ... We are encouraged by the improved performance in many of our businesses, especially in semiconductors and components.

Gerard Kleisterlee

We went into recession in March [2001], and in April we had our first decline in payrolls. Firms responded really quickly to the downturn, and we don't see any reason why they won't respond quickly to the upturn as well.

Melanie Jani

It's certainly consistent with the idea that the upturn has ended.

James O'sullivan

Business conditions remain weak with little visibility. An upturn is not viewed as likely before year-end.

Brett Hodess

The insurance market shrugged off the record hurricane losses of 2004, but the combined impact of Katrina, Rita and Wilma was clearly more than the market was ready to absorb in 2005. So far it seems only property insurance has been affected, but it remains to be seen if the rise in property rates will be the catalyst for an overall upturn in prices and a harder market.

Karen Beier

In bad times, short-term issues often come to dominate the policy agenda. However, neglecting our long-term priorities in the present economic slowdown would be a serious mistake. Only a dynamic and competitive enterprise sector can pull our economies into a new upturn.

Erkki Liikanen