Steve Cochrane
Steve Cochrane
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We support EPA Administrator Carol Browner's effort to vigorously appeal this wrong-headed court decision. The public health and environmental community stand firmly behind her. And so do the American people.
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It dawned on no one ... that Mr. Miller was an investigator hired by an attorney, namely Mr. Geragos?
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This year is really going to be seen as a transition year away from the booming economy to a more moderate pace of growth.
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We've been saying for some time that if oil hits $70 a barrel, that puts the economy at a tipping point where if there were some other serious problems, we could fall into recession, ... they would leave the economy vulnerable to some other shock that might come along.
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It sounds like it's too soon to write the obituary on the housing market. There's not enough clear evidence.
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The biggest impact clearly is local, not national. If New Orleans suffers a fair amount of damage to hotels and casinos, people may not go there for a while because who wants to go if the place is a mess?
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The factors that have been supporting growth around the country, they're just not present in the Midwest. The turnaround's just been more prevalent on the coasts.
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We were just never able to find where the source of ignition came from due to the damage of the building. It was a total loss.
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You do need to earn more in California to achieve the same standard of living than in almost any other state,
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This is not a home run. But it's pretty steady growth over the last six or seven months. If nothing else, it's a stable rate of growth that San Jose hasn't seen this in a long time.
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Huge amounts of grain from the Midwest get shipped out through New Orleans. If grain cannot get out through New Orleans, it could be lost if warehouses are flooded or ports close and barges are stuck in Mississippi. That could have a negative impact on farm income. It would be more costly to truck it to other locations.
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That could give the housing market in California another year of life before it slows down.
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The first half of 2005 was a bit slower in terms of retail sales but the pace picked up in the second half.
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These January numbers are strong. The fact that the number of unemployed persons is down to 7,400, on a seasonally adjusted basis, must be a new cyclical low. It?s pretty remarkable that so few people are unemployed in the county.