For the victims it's extremely difficult but that's the way democracy works. |
I didn't do anything wrong to anybody. The people need us and we offer. We are here for work. |
Nobody can question the priorities of the President to commute or pardon. |
Oil prices are heading to levels that may kick off a pullback in equity markets. A spike in inflation could slow down growth. |
The conditions will relate to asset sales in line with what the energy regulator has already proposed. The government wants the merger to go ahead to create a large energy group which controls both gas and power. |
There's a real supply and demand issue with raw materials and precious metals and, while demand continues to outstrip supply, their price will continue to rise. |
This marginal rise at the end was a light respite in the market, but there was too much volatility in the U.S. markets and that affected us at times. |
This was the year to be in Europe, but the tables have now turned, and 2006 will be a different story. |
We'll see some companies taking the pinch from rising costs such as fuel. Some industries will be reporting lackluster earnings because of this. |