Our call was based on the next six to nine months where we think that oil pricing is at the top end of its trading range. And speaking about the production cutbacks that you alluded to, we are concerned that the OPEC nations will start to overproduce once again going forward over the next several months because of how high oil prices currently are. And we have a hard time seeing how investors are going to make money going forward from these current levels.
Quotes about cutbacks (16 Quotes)
It's not the first time in the history of OPEC that we've had problems with cutbacks, and when the price goes up, then the cheating starts.
The figures are not proof yet of an economic slowdown as they are being distorted by cutbacks in work creation programs.
While costs and the balance sheet are not stellar (industry mid-point), the carrier is in a unique position to benefit from capacity cutbacks and more aggressive pricing in '06.
People notice things like cutbacks. They do notice, even if they don't have school-aged children. They really are paying attention.
For most companies, cost reductions and cutbacks have done little to fuel real growth in either sales or revenues, ... Increasing worker productivity and innovation represent the best paths to business growth.
Sometimes it was nice cutbacks by the running backs, ... Sometimes we had some guys out of the gap. It wasn't like they were just blowing us off the ball. When you've got a good cutback runner, you've got to play your gap.
The Prison Service must now ensure that implementation of plans for sufficient activity places do not face delays or cutbacks.
If the consumer gives up here -- if these layoffs lead to a break in confidence and more cutbacks in spending later, we will be on the brink of or perhaps into a recession.
We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.
The respondents in this month's poll were quite bullish. The dynamic is that fewer and fewer companies are expecting cutbacks. That raises the average.
Hospitals all across America are struggling to fund a lot of things because of cutbacks on reimbursements. For a lot of reasons, hospitals are trying to be more creative about generating new revenue streams.
The Alliance at IBM is still an active campaign, but we've not been able to build enough support to get to the point to have a vote, ... But the pension changes there, or the cutbacks and pension changes just announced at Hewlett Packard show the need for unions. They're unilateral, with no one in position to speak for the employees being affected.
At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking your head against a brick wall.
Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
The outlook remains poor, ... Production cutbacks at Ford and GM, mediocre personal income growth and record trade deficits all bode poorly for economic growth and jobs creation.