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M&A activity has been the pattern for some time. Whilst we still have a decent macro background combined with low financing costs there's probably more to come. It's probably supportive of a relatively cheap market.

M&A activity has been a key influence on sterling over the recent weeks and months ... and if that's going to be a continuing theme, then that will at least provide a floor for sterling.

M&A activity and corporate earnings underpin the equity market. Investors now are coming around to the correct perception that first-quarter numbers are going to be very good.

Management will not comment on the status of the DOJ settlement discussions, but it appears to us that things may be heating up, ... There appears to be a flurry of activity on the settlement front, but no way of gauging probabilities.

Manufacturing activity in the region appears to have cooled off. We suspect it will be another month or two before auto manufacturers start ramping up production to replenish sales-depleted inventories.

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region ended the year with good momentum.

(Meijer) knew, or should have known, that criminal activity in its ... store and surrounding parking lot was a frequent occurrence.

We observed rapid growth comparable to that seen with administration of daytime blood samples, when tumor activity is particularly high.

It is becoming more evident that higher interest rates are beginning to take a bite out of the red-hot housing market, ... While today's housing start result exaggerated weakness in the sector, it is yet another sign that the impact of higher rates has pushed housing activity off its peak.

Just come out and take the kids to a healthy activity with the family.

John Ashcroft

Just as neighborhood watch programs keep watch over their neighborhoods and report suspicious activity to law enforcement, Internet users now have a 'cyber community watch' program,

Japan is entering the summer holiday season. Activity should be limited this week and next.

Japan is closed today so the market is taking the U.S. as a reference. But there's not much activity because investors are taking a wait-and-see strategy ahead of Greenspan's speech.

January purchasing managers' surveys signal that the impressive acceleration in manufacturing activity from the final quarter of 2005 has carried over into the new year.

Last year continued to be a strong year for deep-water activity in the Gulf of Mexico. There is intense interest in oil and gas potential in the deep water.

David Allen

Land on Mars' as a project still comes down to something like 'Call Fred about the Mars budget proposal' that can be accomplished as soon and as easily as any other activity in our inventory of work at hand.

The activity was not objectively directed toward the taking . . . (and) in all the circumstances (it) could not have been avoided,

The activity is definitely a lot skewed towards financial sponsors and leveraged-buyout-type companies coming to the public market. We think that trend is going to continue.

The activity in the bullion market remains very impressive, with aggressive buying of any dips and a dearth of selling in the rallies helping to create a bullish chart pattern of higher lows, and higher highs, thereby attracting more momentum-based fund buying.

Ralph Klein

The amount of activity now taking place in Fort McMurray with the oilsands is nothing short of phenomenal,

The American Fire Safety Council strongly supports this activity and believes that as electronic technology and design features continue to evolve, appropriate fire safety protection must be maintained.

That when you get an adult that comes into an activity like that and tries to exploit young people I think is a tragedy.

I was really encouraged to see the rebound in activity in June and July. The local economy looks much healthier this summer than it did this past spring. However, a clear up-trend is not yet in place and probably will be slow to develop given the punishing level of energy prices and the prospect of more consolidation in the auto industry.

I think among this group of chip companies there's a period of merger and acquisition activity coming up.

I think it's safe to say they're (cable operators are) looking at it very, very seriously. There is definitely activity out there.

It has all started off strongly because of continuing M&A activity in the oil sector.

I think this market now is basically trying to stabilize. The market will probably begin to focus on economic activity rebounding in the first quarter.

I think this market now is basically trying to stabilize, ... The market will probably begin to focus on economic activity rebounding in the first quarter.

It is not a university activity or an activity sponsored or affiliated with the institution in any way.

Kemal Dervis

It is not just a physical reconstruction effort but also an effort of generating economic activity that can then lead to a self-sustaining kind of situation in the medium term.

I think that what we're beginning to see is that other sectors are beginning to get a little bit worried because oil prices are pressing on and people are beginning to express a reservation that this is going to hamper the level of economic activity going forward.

John Wooden

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

It is no coincidence that households found it more difficult to maintain current payment schedules just as the volume of refinancing activity began to dry up as the second half of the calendar year got underway,