Bill Sullivan
Bill Sullivan
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Last year, our revenue grew by 30% in India and we hope it continues.
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We looked at probably 25 different places and narrowed it down to three. And this was one of them.
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From that perspective alone, the current pattern of money supply weakness deserves scrutiny, particularly if the erosion persists into the new year. Essentially, the longer the pattern lasts, the greater the economic impact of this erosion.
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It does not seem as though this will be an Adlai Stevenson moment. I think a lot of his evidence may be open to wide interpretation. Unless there's a huge surprise, it doesn't seem that the evidence provided will turn global opinion against Saddam.
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Today starts a new chapter of Agilent. We have made decisions today for us to be able to focus on our core that we have been a leader in for the last 65 years.
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Typically, at the present stage of an economic rebound -- roughly two years after the trough in economic activity had been reached -- corporations are borrowing aggressively, funding capital expansion projects, payroll additions and inventory accumulations,
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Japanese produced goods will become less competitive on the global market place as the yen appreciates and that's going to slow the recovery process, not only in Japan, but Asia as a whole.
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We'll continue to look for acquisitions to grow our portfolio.
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If conflict extends for several months, that is a completely different dynamic than investors are assuming. One could not rule out global equity markets hitting new lows.
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For the first game of the year I thought our guys played well. They came out strong and really took it to them in the first half.
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This is a continued negative reaction to Friday's employment report. More investors are realizing the Fed may tighten policy more aggressively than originally thought.
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And she listens better. We also have a very high level of love and respect for each other.
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All of a sudden the supply challenge will be taking a quantum leap.
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The markets pretty well anticipated the context of President Bush's proposals. The euphoria is over and now the cold reality of Washington politics will dominate.