Before, people were making bond, and while they were out on bond before their trial they would get busted again. |
Beyond the United States, in Asia and elsewhere we have seen where the excessive reliance on bank financing has contributed to financial crisis, ... help China's economy shift from savings to consumption without sacrificing growth. |
Bottom line is: I am confident we're going to see those 'Help Wanted' signs go up again in greater and greater numbers, |
But I am optimistic that rebuilding efforts will restore lost GDP by the first quarter of next year, |
But it's not good enough. We know we got to bring that down significantly and are committed to do so, |
But we need to see movement, ... Let's make no mistake about it. Congress will demand to see movement. |
China can quickly move forward with further liberalization of its financial services sector by allowing foreign securities firms to establish wholly owned subsidiaries, and by expanding the scope of products securities firms can offer, |
China can quickly take advantage of these important advances and thereby 'leapfrog' in the development of its financial sector, |
Claims like the one that Bush will be the first president to end a term with fewer jobs than when he started are nothing more than 'myths.' |
Clearly this will be a challenging time for the economy, ... The normal pattern is that after the negative consequences, we get into a rebuilding mode, and that rebuilding mode takes you to higher GDP levels. |
Completion of this transaction strengthens our balance sheet, increases shareholder value and allows us to focus more of our energies on our core railroad business, |
Earnings have suffered this quarter and throughout the year as we have changed the composition of our company and implemented the most complex rail merger in history, ... We had difficulty handling strong fourth-quarter demand and changing traffic flows, particularly in the northwestern sector of our new, combined rail network. As a result of this congestion, locomotive, equipment and crew costs were much higher than we expected. |
Earnings have suffered this quarter and throughout the year as we have changed the composition of our company and implemented the most complex rail merger in history. |
Energy prices are way too high, |
fell short of our expectations. |