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Changes to the aircraft resulting from flight test and certification requirements in the first quarter caused the retrofit activity to be more extensive than originally anticipated.

By early next year we expect starts to have begun to decline, though activity can probably remain close to current levels for another couple of months,

By promoting this part of the state, we're hoping to get a lot more production activity down here.

Ryan Holmes

By monitoring the activity taking place on social networks, retailers can amplify successful marketing and sales strategies and avoid weak tactics which can later be tied back to organizational objectives.

Home sales in June dipped more than expected following record activity at the beginning the year, which was spurred by exceptionally mild weather, ... Home sales should hold to a slower but more even course in the second half of the year.

The January findings of the Monster Local Employment Index show that eight major U.S. markets rebounded from a seasonal slowdown in recruitment in December, indicating increased online hiring activity due to higher demand for workers. The national Index findings for January were clearly consistent with other labor and economic indicators pointing to solid employment growth at the outset of 2006, so overall, this year's labor market appears to be off to another strong start.

The level of activity has been building up the last month or two. We have a very strong pipeline headed into 2006, as do most of the M&A law firms and the investment banks.

The latest survey confirms the solid nature of corporate activity and provides hard evidence that the Japanese economy continues to grow modestly, after having emerged from a soft period.

The latest leading indicator readings suggest some slowing in the pace of economic activity through this summer.

The latest data - including the improvement in manufacturing activity and current strength of the housing market - has increased the odds that the eventual next move in interest rates will be up.

The kind of activity we've seen so far in certain respects is encouraging.

The Internet stocks have been under pressure since mid-March. The Internet, as a group, is down more than 50 percent. Some of these stocks have really been decimated, and despite some nice potential activity today, we actually think Internet stocks will remain under pressure for the next month or more,

The long awaited drop-off in housing activity may have started.

Douglas Hyde

The literary activity of even the eighteenth century among the Gaels was very great.

The Lees were very concerned about this biased and unfair media coverage and requested that this activity stop, but they were unsuccessful.

The depreciation will now slow down but at the same time the parallel market will become more active. When controls are put in place, the activity on the black market picks up. This is exactly what will happen.

Alan Greenspan

The determination of global economic activity in recent years has been influenced importantly by capital gains on various types of assets, and the liabilities that finance them. Our forecasts and hence policy are becoming increasingly driven by asset price changes.

The deterioration in economic activity would argue for a more aggressive move, but the Fed has rarely moved by more than (half a point) during Greenspan's tenure,

All of the dome-building that went on after the 1980 big eruption didn't have earthquake activity the way we're seeing it now.

All of the climate signals in the Atlantic Basin that we've been monitoring are very positive for above-average storm activity this year,

All the drivers of M&A activity are firmly in place. We see another good year for M&A activity. The type of M&A will continue as well with foreign buyers coming into the U.K. and private equity buyers (also) coming in.

All the reports I've read suggest that if you're not marketing to those 50 and over, you're missing out. The material shows that they have the biggest pool of discretionary money, and a lot of it goes to leisure activity from those who are retiring younger. But there are many more who will continue to work because they don't want to retire, or because they can't.

All retail stocks have bounced. M&A activity is driving the market.

And I anticipate there will be a lot more development activity spurred by the ballpark.

The electricity and gas M&A activity surpassed the exceptional momentum that had already built up and is continuing to gain speed in 2006. We are seeing a new era of 'blockbuster deals.' Companies are consolidating and extending their regional footprints to attain non-organic growth in a tight sector facing high fuel prices and security of supply concerns. We are also seeing greater involvement of financial players in the market with the rise of infrastructure funds creating a new asset class.

The end of the war won't produce a starburst of economic growth, nor will it unleash a tidal wave of business spending, ... Instead, we'll get just enough business and economic activity to keep us from slipping back into recession and to set us up for stronger growth next year.

The close-season transfer activity resulted in a substantial reduction in football wage costs and this, together with a planned reduction in amortisation costs will result in a reduced cost base and a sustainable financial position.

The climb in annual house price inflation to 2.5 per cent in November from a nine-year low of 1.8 per cent in October reported by the ODPM adds to the recent evidence that house prices have firmed to a limited degree recently amid stronger housing market activity and increased buyer interest.

The current background suggests that the market will continue to cool in a contained fashion, but it will be some time before we can expect prices and activity to return to the growth rates seen in the last two years.

The currency markets are much more driven by activity and data coming out of Europe and Japan right now.

The class is usually a winter course and we get going around the first of the year and go three months or so. It's a good indoor activity in the winter. We may in the future expand so that classes are offered year-round.

Sharon Robinson

The children's version, MyPyramid for Kids,' was developed in recognition of the fact that many children have diets that are poor, and children often do not get the physical activity they need to stay healthy,

The catalyst for deals is generally rising corporate profits, ... We should have rising activity next year.