S. Walker
S. Walker
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When we bought it, there was no recognizable standard in place for utilities, the runway and for many of the buildings. Anytime you go from old dilapidated and crummy to new, it's going to cost something. We've given tenants at the airport the opportunity to lease something new.
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Pay issues can cost up to about $8 million a year and that would leave very little, if any, for incentive programs and educational programs. The mistake we made was on the benefits.
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People often feel like they're abusing the (health care) system by going when they're well, ... At this clinic, we've done a lot about cost as a barrier to care ... but we still need to get them here regularly to manage chronic diseases.
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We expected that our earnings from operations would be lower this quarter due to costs and expenses related to branding and operating on our own. Our current fiscal 2000 branding plan continues to call for spending of around the $140 million we mentioned in February. While we have more work to do in establishing our brand globally, we have made good progress.
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This is the perfect time for consumers to do something about the high cost of gas, ... It's the battle of the titans -- the global Internet versus global gas prices. OPEC was a force to increase the cost of gas. Now, the Internet is the new counter-force to lower it.
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We would have loved to move to the bigger arena, simply to accommodate hopefully more people so we don't have to turn anyone away at a high-profile game. The cost is just prohibitive. Based on the income that we've derived each year from ticket sales, it wouldn't be enough to cover the rent. It wouldn't even be close. . . . I thought (the estimate) might be somewhere where we could meet and negotiate, but it wasn't even in the ballpark.
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From an inflation perspective these are reassuring numbers: If manufacturers can't raise their prices when input cost inflation is running at an all-time high, when can they?
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We're getting the apartments furnished now. Hopefully within two weeks, we'll have everybody housed.
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We wrote more tickets this week than I've ever seen on a Super Bowl.
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We bonded right after the tragedy. Kyle was unbelievable. He was definitely not defeated, he was the energy guy and he's emotionally tough. He had a great week.
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We are getting better and our confidence is building. We're trying to find the identity of the offense. We have special players around us, and the offensive line is just doing what it has to do.
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What's missing is an enormously hot category to pull the whole industry ahead.
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We're going to continue to target locations of concern in regards to auto burglary. We're currently in the process of carrying out some specific operations in regards to both prevention and apprehending the person or persons responsible.
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We're in uncharted waters now with an 11 seed in the Final Four. I really think that with the interest this has created, we're in for a monster weekend.