The US industry's position is let's work hard and get a defensible plan that we can both stand behind...and feel comfortable with. As soon as the US government signals to the industry that they have a separation plan within grasp, you will see the US industry step forward in support of the civilian nuclear initiative on Capitol Hill. You will see US industry pushing Capitol Hill... in moving that legislation.
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The reason I got involved, ... is that my family is in the granite business. Swenson and (The H.E.) Fletcher (Company) owned Redstone for 43 years, after the Great Depression.
If they activate him, it doesn't take a lot to line him up tell him to go like hell and we'll throw you the ball. He's a talented guy and Tay Cody is a good player, and they get a draft pick. It's a trade I think will help both teams.
Right now business stinks, consumer confidence is down, the travel industry is suffering and the economic reports haven't been good and any economic recovery is going to be linked to the war. There haven't been too many first-quarter negative pre-announcements, but I'm still worried about corporate profits in the first quarter.
This is the direction that the music business is going. The music and records we produce drive an artist's career. But our margins are under threat and our marketing costs are getting more expensive. We should share in the other revenue streams that are created.
those businesses, we hope, will be employing and paying residents of the affected area.
Cost saving is a big piece of what oil companies have to do. This is a commodities business, so the companies that do it best are the ones that do it more efficiently.
There might be some disappointment related to the latest trade volume data, especially the Chicago Board of Trade, where volume rose only 4 percent over year ago levels.
The main reason businesses should care now is because they need to account for the liability and in order to account for a liability in a year's time you need to start accounting for it now.
The digital revolution will bring massive benefits, for viewers and the industry, and confirm Britain's position as the world leader,
As we've transitioned from a business company into the consumer space, we had to look at how we talk to our home and small business consumers in a different way,
I don't see that the level of funding was really a contributing factor in this case. Had this project been fully complete, it is my opinion that based on the intensity of this storm that the flooding of the business district and the French Quarter would have still taken place.
I think there is a very long road to go before institutions and businesses, large and small, get a handle on this. The fact that we get breach after breach points to that.
But I wouldn't be surprised if there was a trade. There are a number of teams that could use him.. .. There are a lot of moving parts in this that could include the draft and could maybe include Brett Favre.
Last year I'd have to say he was the highest-earning male model in the business and I don't see it curtailing anytime soon.
There are some questions about the future of the paid-preparer part of their business. Whether the decline in clients was a bump in the road or a trend is unclear.
Mr. Bush likes to point to the fact that Texas is an industrial state and that's why it's so polluted. That's not the case. In fact for the industries we look at, California has far more of these big industrial smog polluters. But California enforces the law. Texas doesn't.
What you're seeing is a frontal assault on business as usual - the politics of insiders using the system to benefit themselves and their friends.
Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one.
They chose Bali again to humiliate Indonesia, who claimed to have dismantled JI. This shows they are still in business and it will encourage more to join them.
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The Bells and rural companies are much more insulated from competitive threats because they tend to be in the bundle business. I think the stock prices now reflect longer-term optimism.
There is a lot of interest in that site. If the right things happen, that land will become very valuable, and all the existing businesses would probably be relocated.
Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.
If you're Intel and you're trying to get the industry to do more digital media, what better prod could you have than Apple Intel gets a better thrust into the living room through Apple, and gets its other customers to try and keep up.
It just amazes me that AOL can be so intransigent, ... AOL's Instant Messenger is the industry standard. It's used by millions of people . . . It would be in their best interest to see that everyone else adopts their instant messaging standards. All they're doing by blocking traffic is encouraging people to have their own instant messaging clients.
It's time for investors to unload over-valued chips to reap gains. Concerns of overcapacity still cloud some industries.
It seems that the oil industry is making a real good start at coming back, ... It's a vote of confidence on the repairs.
The perception could be that that relationship would influence the outcome of this transaction. It's one thing to lobby, where you represent a client, but you're not involved in the decision-making process. It's another thing when you ... can impact someone you have a business relationship with.
China is ready to increase friendly exchanges... and expand bilateral exchanges and cooperation in politics, economy trade, culture and tourism.
We're not going to stop pedestrian access to London -- London is open for business, ... What we can't have is tens of thousands of demonstrators in Whitehall when Parliament is sitting.
Certainly none of us did a good job forecasting what the impact of 911 would be on the industry,
We had record new adds and profitability. And we posted the lowest churn ever recorded in the industry.
It is unfortunate there has been the development that we have had to interrupt the trade of beef with the United States. But once the problem is resolved, probably we are going to resume the trade.
As we complete this fiscal year, we are focusing our efforts on expanding our services to include mobile entertainment, either through acquisitions or through internal growth. We believe the opportunity within the mobile industry is with mobile entertainment, including such things as ring tones, wallpapers and other sources of media.
It's almost like a lobbyist tax, to hire somebody out of K Street (the Washington lobbyists) with local taxes and tuition dollars to work on their behalf.
I don't have a selfish bone in my body. I understand that moving on is part of the nature of this business. My assignment was up in Philadelphia. I did exactly what I was supposed to do there. It's not bittersweet at all. I feel exactly the same way I have for my 13 years in the NFL. You don't like watching two other teams going to the Super Bowl. But I'm overjoyed for them.
When I started in the business, I was told that if I made it, I would not do so for a good many years, because of the physical and vocal type I am.
I wanted to learn more about the industry and set myself and my company apart from the competition.
Last year we had spectacular growth but our clothing business was pretty stagnant. It has big potential.
I don't think there's any doubt what an institution like CU does for business, ... I'd love to challenge other local businesses to step up and support the school.
I support, encourage and nurture unique, creative expression in the music and motion picture industries. I believe in the power of these mediums to change and enrich lives on both sides of the camera and microphone. I am committed to the process and grateful for how it has changed me. I will live and do business in honor and with integrity striving for excellence. In all of this I will seek, find and celebrate the best in you.
With the costs Maytag has, they've just become less and less competitive. This industry is so competitive and having appliances coming from China at a fraction of costs at Maytag and Whirlpool only adds to that.
She's a perfect fit. She can conduct an interview better than almost anyone in the business. It's why (former 60 Minutes chief) Don Hewitt tried to get her long ago.
The board believes there is likely to be greater long-term value for shareholders by separating AGL into an energy business and an infrastructure business,
I did want to expose the pharmaceutical industry a bit, ... The industry promotes itself very well. I think the film helps people see it in a different way, not through its press releases.
We need to get the government off the back of the business community. We need to be a more job-friendly place.
We're seeing the right signs that the business is on track with our plans.
In building the business, we had the chicken and the egg issue to overcome.
We believe that any changes or new solutions should be developed at the federal level by private and public payers and industry.