(The) actions are a step in the right direction. |
[A seven-year chart illustrates how health care and the broad market trend in opposite directions.] The purple line is the S&P 500, ... The green line is a ratio of the XLV divided by the S&P 500. The green ratio line bottomed at the end of 2000 as the S&P 500 was peaking. The XLV/S&P ratio peaked in the fourth quarter of 2002 as the S&P 500 was bottoming. |
[John Murphy was the highest placed U.S. rider, placing 119th out of 135 finishers after leading the chase effort to help bring Farrar closer to the breakaway.] We missed the break and we were working to chase with two laps to go, ... We did everything we could do to bring it back. |
[Murphy said he is particularly appalled by speeches made by attorneys in TV courtrooms. Sam Waterston (as Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy on] Law & Order ... the witness sits mute, the judge stares and the defense attorney seems to be Crazy-Glued to his chair. |
[Murphy uses a three-year chart of the XLV alongside the ratio of the XLV to the S&P 500 Index, providing a measure of health care's relative strength. When it rises, the implication is bearish for stocks.] Their relative strength ratio rises when the market is weak and falls when the market is strong, ... The fact that it's been rising for most of 2005 is a sign that money is moving into more defensive sectors in an aging bull market--another reason why health care is an attractive choice right now. |
A lot of these areas most affected were in pretty bad shape before the hurricane, |
Adding engineering resources dramatically increases costs, so we provide companies with technology that produces higher quality of results at extreme speed. |
After we got there in the morning, we were going into neighborhoods, doing water search and rescue, |
All the road networks that we got over the years were actually laid down in the plan that he devised. |
Although (Monday's) guidance is tough, it appears that the (North American) tire operations -- the linchpin to any recovery story at Goodyear -- are still in good shape. |
Although GM is in the middle of launching its much touted large trucks, (overall GM product) mix will likely be negative at least through the first half of 2006. |
Although the Big Three would have us think the incentives war has run its course, or that a truce has been called, this is by no means the case. |
Although we think Magna is one of the best operators in the auto industry, with proprietary technology and a solid balance sheet, we believe that industry headwinds will keep a lid on results and the stock in the near-term. |
Although York was not explicit about the Suzuki equity stake in his January 10th speech, his aim appears to build up a cash hoard necessary to restructure GM. |
An equivalent strike today would be significantly more expensive. |