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Southern Union is buying lines in a region that may have higher production in coming decades. The newest gas-shale play that has the industry most excited is Barnett Woodford in West Texas, just west of the Permian.

Speculation about an end to interest rate rises is strengthening more than ever. The central bank's minutes prompted buying of electronics makers today.

One guy said, 'I have a hard time buying my wife roses when it's her money.'

Now, if anything, you should be buying these stocks because if anything, (the weakness) is going to be reversing itself.

Oil prices have been permanently on the rise, so it's clear that costs were higher. I'm slightly optimistic, but not enough for a big buying story.

The mood is negative. It could fall further, but whoever comes in now is buying cheap.

Dell has had a very focused strategy: Don't spend a lot on research and development, leverage the work of others, and deliver cookie-cutter servers and desktops cheaply. That lined up well with the market when saving money was in. But IT managers have to consider more than price now in making buying decisions.

The three most important factors in buying a home are, location, location, location!

The third quarter corporate results are very good this time, which so far found very little reflection in stock prices. Stocks are cheap and people are buying in a calmer market to fill year-end portfolios.

The things we look at most closely are buying power and selling pressure. There's been no change in that stuff. We're sitting here going, 'well, whatever'.

Sometimes it's not worth buying the cheap stuff.

It would be a great buying opportunity if the tower stocks got significantly hurt by news of a wireless merger,

These situations often provide buying opportunities, rather than reasons to sell stocks. We've seen all this before. They argue, and then they resolve things.

These schools are just buying games, buying wins. That's not fair, and it's not what's good for college basketball. ... There has to be some reward for people willing to play a good schedule and realizing that when you play good people, you're going to win some and you're going to lose some. We should reward the people that are willing to challenge their teams.

These rising prices impact those that are forced to decide between heating their homes, buying prescriptions and skipping a meal.

Shawn Johnson

The short-term folks that are worried about earnings are providing us long-term investors some great buying opportunities,

The shorts are running for cover, buying whatever they can to keep their already huge losses from getting bigger.

These exciting new programs are going to open doors for thousands of California families who may have thought buying their first home was impossible.

These developers are buying land, knowing it's on the San Andreas fault, and if you deny (their projects), they say you're denying them their property rights.

The stock will likely remain under pressure in the very near term due to the lowered growth rate for earnings per share. However, we would use the weakness in particular as a buying opportunity.

The stock looks cheap and management is buying back stock, but these aren't enough to drive performance given growing fundamental concerns.

The selling will likely ease this month, but strong buying won't return for a while longer -- as long as U.S. markets are down.

The selling pressure still exists for many stocks but some buying power has came back again.

The slowdown in consumer PC sales could not have come at a worse time for Microsoft. The December quarter is seasonally the heaviest period of consumer buying because of Christmas.

The strong fund flow supported gains in the market. Investors were buying property stocks following recent weakness in the sector due to concerns over interest rates.

Michael Baker

The short-term impact is pretty clear and pretty obvious, and it's to be expected. Traffic really dropped off, ... The main effect of Sept. 11 was to exacerbate a trend that was already in place, and that is that consumers were really buying consumables and buying them in discount outlets. How quickly that will turn around? Your guess is as good as mine.

The buying is just too strong for that.

John Hughes

The buying is broad-based, and the movement in some of these stocks is significant, particularly for technology, ... I think we're making some good progress today. It could mean a change in tone.

The buying experience for us was outstanding. We placed the order last November, and the press was installed within 30 days. The installation went quicker than we anticipated. It was flawless. We have many pieces of equipment from other manufacturers, and a smooth installation hasn't always been the case with other vendors. We are now tried-and-true Mitsubishi fans.

Back-to-school tends to be a very different buying season than others -- much more focused on needs than wants. Productivity products are the big sellers because the money is still coming from Mom and Dad.

Back in 1987, the day of the 500-point decline, I started buying like crazy, ... I spent $40 million that day.

As long as the employment picture remains good and interest rates remain in a lower fashion, as they have right now. As long as those two factors remain in play, I think you're going to see a lot of demand in terms of buying homes or refinancing.

As London came back from a holiday, the dollar was down and oil was up. You saw buying return to the physical market, and that's why we entered the day higher. After we saw the dollar down and oil firming, that drew some further fund buying.