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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.

The challenge there is that we're looking for larger users, and there's been some leveling off of activity the number of clients looking to build large facilities. And rising fuel costs may have had an impact on that.

The finance minister is assuming an optimistic outlook for tax revenues, especially corporate taxes. He expects corporate tax collection to increase a hefty 28.4 percent, despite indications that industrial activity is rolling over. Perhaps he is betting on improving compliance.

The comparative weakness of the mortgage market in the first half of last year means that current indicators of activity, i.e. gross lending and approvals, are much stronger than they were 12 months earlier when the housing market was somewhat subdued, but they are by no means yet approaching the levels of activity seen in 2004.

The condition now is what we call organized chaos. There's a lot of activity but it's all associated with good preparedness.

The Committee is placing more weight on current data releases and, therefore, less weight on forecasts of economic activity and inflation. What I'm foreseeing is that the Fed is going to keep on tightening due to the economy being stronger in the first half of the year.

Jim Rohn

Activity leads to productivity!

The market could go into a lull phase for a while where prices flatten out because we've pulled a lot of (sales) activity from the future.

The FBI has really stepped up its mortgage fraud investigations. But as you can expect, the agency will only go after someone if their name links up with other reports and there is a sufficient amount or activity to warrant an investigation.

The consequences of declines in physical activity over time are now evident by the large proportion of society with poor fitness levels.

The continued improvement in services-sector activity is particularly impressive given the head winds restraining the consumer-related sectors.