On the economic front, deflation is hurting companies. Mall traffic across the U.S. is down for the last 21 months, there's a lack of fashion newness out there. The average price that teens are paying for an item is down, and it's difficult to see profit pick up in 2003. |
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One mistake I've made in this business was passing on Dan at an early time in his career, ... Obviously, he has the history, has shown he can adapt very quickly to this formula of racing, and is very comfortable racing at the front. I think it's going to be a great team. |
One obvious explanation (for the weakness) is that investors are aware that Best Buy faces much tougher sales comparisons, particularly in the second half of the year. Looking at the numbers, second-quarter sales were up 7.8 percent, third-quarter sales rose 5.8 percent. |
One of the highlights (of our season) last year was obviously making it to state, but we also played good, effective soccer. That's our goal always at Geneva, and we did a nice job of that. I think it bodes well for the program on both the boys' side and the girls' side. |
One of the key goals at the beginning of the season was to get the county championships back. Today was the deadline for the state playoffs with the power points. So now we go into that arena. That's our next challenge -- that's the next thing we have to look forward to. |
One of the messages from this study is that children born preterm should have their blood pressure checked at follow-up visits, at least when they reach school age, because it may be important to consider other risk factors for cardiovascular disease as they are growing, |
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Our 1 percent growth in Europe is affected by currency. In the quarter, the effect of the euro took about 9 percentage points of growth. That's still good growth. I'd love to see North American sales be higher than that. Our focus is to grow the top line, but profitably. |
Our advice is that for a very small portion of your portfolio — 5 percent — it's OK to own gold or a broader basket of commodities. But don't do this because it's popular or exciting. If you're investing in gold, you need to stay committed through good times and bad. |
Our business is based in Nashville, and it always will be, but New York City is still our No. 1 or No. 2 market. There's an amazing history of country music here; most people just don't realize. Garth (Brooks) is still the biggest concert that was ever in (Central) Park. |
Our English for Speakers of Other Languages wait list averages about 400 and we update it once a month. In our pre-GED program, we get 80-100 applications per month throughout the year. People can be on the wait list for too long. We don't have enough to meet the demand. |
Our founder was a woman of great vision who knew early on that women are not small men and shouldn't be treated as such. Her goal was to make the hospital as homelike as possible, and we continue to adhere to her vision today by treating each patient like they're family. |
Our goal is going to be to win the Cup. For me, personally, I don't really look around at what people are saying or writing or anything. It's just what we have to do as a group and how we have to achieve that goal. It's a long season and a lot of things have to go right. |
Our goal is to teach our students the fine points of food preparation and the discerning art of wine selection. Our talented chefs are uniquely suited to this task, and we are confident that our tradition of excellence and passion for food will be evident in our classes. |