Jim Smith

Jim Smith
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We have significant problems on the horizon. It's $15 worth of fear and $15 worth of speculation. The only part of the marketplace that's shrinking, profit-wise, is retail.
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The price of crude has $10 worth of fear in it and $10 worth of speculation and when Wall Street isn't afraid, they don't bid the price up so high.
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What we're seeing is that most of the compliant product lead times are firming up and creeping out. If the lead time was two weeks, now it's four. If it was four weeks, it's going to six or eight weeks.
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We felt like we played well in the second half against Fairfax. We were down 15 over there and came back and had a chance to tie it up.
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We want them to be ready for whatever they might have to deal with on that first flight; to understand what to do if some of the systems don't do what they're supposed to.
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We strongly suggest that material planners anticipate an impact on lead times and factor that into appropriate buffer inventories on critical components.
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We're in good shape. The big tanks are unusually full.
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There are three large refineries that have been shut down since Katrina that are due to come online at the end of this month. That bodes well for lower prices.
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There is just a significant amount beyond the control of this country.
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We are in good shape as far as inventory at Port Everglades and Port Tampa.
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We're not trying to make the rodeo disappear. We're trying to give it a hiatus, so that it can survive.
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The department has all the new technology available in the marketplace today. The equipment in our rehabilitation department is on the cutting edge. I think it is fair to say that the equipment is comparable to the types available in large hospital-based rehabilitation departments.
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We've got a lot of work on our hands. Now that our section of A1A is out of danger, we'll be focusing our energy on other matters.
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That play really energized us back up. I told the kids that we can score quick and I know we can. We can also grind it out too. We drove the ball really well tonight, we just didn't put it in the end zone.