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I think that the numbers weren't as good as Continental's and they were below the consensus estimate,

Henderson Land should face great selling pressure and could fall below HK$38.

There is no fundamental reason driving prices back up. Market participants felt that the 60 dollar level is an important mark and dropping below 60 is too much of a fall.

Ralph Brown

There is no evidence that they are below marked wages. Wal-Mart even provides health benefits for full-time workers and for part-time workers, which is unusual in the retail trade.

We try to go 50 percent below regular stores and 30 percent below Wal-Mart.

HKEX is viewed as a good company as the exchange's turnover is expected to rise. Its shares have room to move higher as they are trading at slightly below some of their counterparts.

There is an increasing challenge for OPEC next year. If you look at what people expected last year, non-OPEC supplies have disappointed and demand has been stronger. The result has been in OPEC's favor. But next year will be tougher. And they will not want prices to drop below $50 a barrel. They will need to cut production.

I thought that was a pretty significant jump in a few months' time. I think it was around Christmastime they had it on the news there that it was below $2 a gallon.

Greg Boyle

I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive.

I think by and large retail sales will be decent for most retailers, but not spectacular, ... Most will come in with same-store sales very much below the formidably high same-store sales of last year.

I think it's safe to say that if the rain remains below average, then we won't see prices coming down much below current levels.

It gets cold. Winters are cold, it's not a surprise. We had such a mild November we'd need it to be 15 to 18 degrees below normal for the rest of the month to get the degree days we had last year, and that's not going to happen.

It had a really good try below C$1.15 earlier and failed. We've had some pretty wild ranges in the last couple of days, so I'm not surprised to see a little bit of a breather.

Lord Byron

He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find, The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below

For those people that are now walking two hours, and sometimes six hours a day to get their water, the solution is just about 20 meters below their feet. We don't need a miracle cure, we just need to drill a well and make sure there are proper systems in place so people can operate it and maintain it themselves.

For the year, we expect earnings for the Outdoor Group to exceed those of 1997 as seasonal marketing and promotional campaigns are implemented and inventories are reduced during the second half of the year, ... For the second quarter, however, earnings for the group are expected to be below year-ago levels.

Riley Smith

I go home to Iowa. I call it defrosting my heart. Everyone in Iowa is so simple, a genuine. In this business, sometimes you can get cold-hearted. When I go, even if it's 20 below and snowing, I come back with a warm heart.

If we start to see a slide in distillates, it wouldn't be a cause for alarm, unless it fell below five-year averages.

If the dollar were to threaten below 120 yen again, they'll intervene again. I think they've got to improve their export sector. They've got to export their way out of this.

Laurence Meyer

If the Fed study is right, payroll employment would have to slow to well below that.

If it remains warm, no problem. But if we have a cycle where we go back to the normal spring weather ... and you get below freezing, that's a real risk.

If oil goes to $50 a barrel, I think we're talking about 3 percent economic growth, rather than 4 percent growth, possibly. And the jobless rate could actually go up, not down, because the long-term potential economic growth rate is actually 3.5 percent -- we could actually be falling below potential.

I would be surprised to see a massive increase in prices, but a slow creep up towards just below $570 would be on the cards this week.

I would come over here in the morning biting my lip in fear when the temperatures dropped below 10 degrees.

I was pleased with our defense in the second half. We held Stout 20 points below their season average. We were right there with them. Unfortunately, we couldn't get our shots to go in.

If we fall below 7,700, we're looking at a potential fall to 7,200, where it was in October. That's a 500 point range, but it's one we could stay in for a while.

If we had won a number of those close games, we probably wouldn't have thought about doing the trade. Looking at the results, which were below our expectations, we felt we had to do something. Wally was a player other teams wanted.

We have cut down the travel time below two hours for the Delhi-Agra stretch. This will greatly benefit tourists.

O. Henry

the real take-home-pay replacement rate that workers receive is already below 40 percent. ... Benefit reductions in a system that's already parsimonious is not desirable.

There are many who are living far below their possibilities because they are continually handing over their individualities to others. Do you want to be a power I the world? Then be yourself.

Alan Greenspan

With production running well below sales, the lift to income and spending from the inevitable cessation of inventory liquidation could be significant,

This will be the coldest night in three years in Central Florida. The last time we were below freezing here in Orlando was back in January of 2003 but it is likely to happen tonight.

Tom Burke

The passing of this threshold is of the most enormous significance. It means we have actually entered a new era - the era of dangerous climate change. We have passed the point where we can be confident of staying below the 2 degree rise set as the threshold for danger. What this tells us is that we have already reached the point where our children can no longer count on a safe climate.