The reason that we are in the position we're in is because of all the non-union stores that are around us that give a lower rate than we do, and therefore we have to maintain our presence in the market by maintaining our level that we presently have. |
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The report isn't so tame as to deter the Fed from bumping rates another notch, especially with Y2K fears dissipating and consumers showing no signs of fatigue. However, it should ease market fears that the Fed will need to tighten several more times. |
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The retail sales are a real blow-out number. They show that economic activity is healthy but they will also ignite fears that the Fed will continue raising interest rates as it takes these numbers as a sign that the economy is still growing strongly. |
The rivalry among Optus and Telstra in Australia for business and residential customers has been intense. Competing against two powerful and much larger scale businesses has always been difficult. This is a reflection of that being put into earnings. |
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The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for it is evident that no one can master it fully or miss it wholly. But each adds a little to our knowledge of nature, and from all the facts assembled there arises a certain grandeur. |
The secretary has been intimately involved in everything we've been doing. To her credit ... one of the first things she did was to establish an office of historical accounting ... to do what the court had ordered and to start the accounting process. |
The services business is a higher profit margin area for the company, ... With Best Buy's success in the home theater business, I think they have rightfully determined that providing installation services and other types of work is a good investment. |
The situation for nurses in Cook County is critical and getting worse every day in patient safety and keeping RNs in the system. What the nurses want, and the county needs, is for the RNs to have a strong voice in patient care decisions and staffing. |
The situation is getting worse because we are seeing an increase in the numbers of children coming to us. The key problem is water because these children are malnourished and a lack of hygiene means they get diarrhea, which pushes them over the edge. |
The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field. With his forces intact he disputes the mastery of the emp |