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This shows the general level of apprehension gripping consumers now. Though it's not a reliable guide to what consumers will do, it does hint that spending will grow at a slower pace.

This shows some strength in the consumer sector at the end of the year.

There are a number of consumers I've talked to who have given money to hurricane funds in lieu of gifts. Last year luxury retail was the grand slam .... If this shopper cuts back, it will send Wall Street into a spin.

When you get more providers into a market it's usually better for the consumer because it creates competition. And that should yield new programs, greater services and perhaps lower prices.

When you look at the enabling technologies for live voice, most consumers have speakers, many have a microphone, but how you get them to work is another thing.

When you look at the details on the positive revision, it's a fairly robust figure. The consumer is continuing to drive a lot of the growth that we're expecting in the first quarter.

David Brown

What leads the U.K. economy out of weak growth is generally the consumer, and the consumer is not in that fit state to pump the economy to 2.5% or 3% growth.

With employment gains non-existent, income growth has slowed. As households also become more judicious in taking on more debt, consumer spending will remain soft.

With crude prices forecast to remain strong for the remainder of the year, consumers can expect, on average, higher pump prices than last year.

With consumers not spending, is it any surprise that the manufacturing sector has stumbled?

While information technology products will continue to be the largest market sectors for semiconductors, consumer products will be the major growth-drivers in the years ahead,

Gary Shapiro

While home entertainment continues to be an important segment of the consumer electronics industry, home information has become the largest and fastest growing product group.

We already thought it was very, very strong and consumer spending has been a big factor, but the underlying tone seems to indicate that overall growth is tapering off.

We all talk about our dependence on imported oil, but our dependence on manufactured goods is two and a half times larger than oil. We're so dependent on imported goods -- from consumer and capital.

Marsha Blackburn

Women are the primary healthcare consumers in the country. 80 percent of all healthcare decisions are made by women.

UPS is much better suited from a pricing standpoint, but also from a consumer standpoint.

There is some nervousness on the part of consumer and it is not going to be a red-hot market in 2006.

The recent Sony experience shows us that we need to be thinking about how we ensure that consumers are not surprised by what their software programs do.

John Butler

The recovery is still being held back by the weaker consumer outlook.

We will be looking to enhance the consumer versions of our product later this year with similar features.

We will be demonstrating how consumers can use Yahoo throughout their lives.

This way the creditor risk is minimized, but (the consumer still has the convenience of having a credit card).

This week's focus will be the January US consumer price index, due Wednesday, as the market is awaiting the key inflation data.

This week, consumers can expect to be hearing from retailers reminding them of all the strong promotions they are offering.

This tells me the Fed is correctly looking forward, looking at the risk of consumers pulling back in spending because stocks have fallen. They're working in anticipation of that to make sure the U.S. economy does not slip into recession. I'm very encouraged by the Fed's action.

Bill Richardson

What is important to us is not just that OPEC and other nations make a decision to increase production, but that they do it and get oil into the market because this is not just the United States, ... ...What is most important here is consumer and producing countries need to have a stable price, and that helps them both.

We want to offer the consumer the most integrated way of doing business,

We knew going into this that one of the most popular days for streaming video throughout the year is the Super Bowl. We knew with the hype this year, there was going to be more of an emphasis placed by consumers on historic video commercials.

We knew consumers weren't satisfied with traditional payment options online.

Though Mother's Day celebrations and gifts will vary, many consumers see this as an important day to honor the women in their lives. With all the sacrifices mom has made over the years, Mother's Day is an opportunity to give something back.

Though many consumers are more financially comfortable now than they were a year ago, they are still looking for great prices and savings on gifts and everyday merchandise. The retailers that succeed this holiday season will be those that continue to focus on sales and promotions to drive traffic.

We need to encourage policies that recognize that being a little long in electricity is much better for consumers than being a little short,

We think this will be the end of unwanted software on your computer. Consumers deserve to have control over what's on their computers.