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Aggressive Quotes
GM's retail market share is off to a slow start, but should finish the month somewhat higher than its mid-month estimate. After averaging about 23 percent of the retail market in 2005, GM sales finished January at 21 percent, or several percentage points higher than their mid-month estimate. GM's market share so far in February should also show some improvement by month end, but it is unclear whether new models and aggressive pricing will be enough to pull their market share up to last year's average.
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Available Quotes
(GM and Ford) have now sucked up all of the available customers through year-end with their employee pricing scheme. And with gasoline, even though it has come down from its highs, at current prices people are sufficiently concerned about heating their homes and putting gas in their car that they're going to buy more sensibly, and they're not going to buy big sport utility vehicles.
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Access Quotes
Global protein sector challenges continued during the past quarter. High poultry inventories depressed retail poultry prices and contributed to declines in pork pricing in the US, although US pork industry volumes increased over last year. At the same time, extraordinarily high US live cattle costs in relation to finished box beef prices, combined with a continued lack of access to major Asian export markets, limited our beef operating results.
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Area Quotes
Hollywood Intermediate's depth of talent, workflow efficiencies, exceptional quality and competitive pricing in the area of digital intermediate technology, are unparalleled in the industry. Especially when coupled with the immense growth and popularity of digital intermediate technology, I believe that Hollywood Intermediate is clearly positioned to be a leader in end-to-end digital intermediate solutions. This is an exhilarating time to be part of this industry.
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Attracted Quotes
The overwhelming success of this year's event shows the continued momentum we are experiencing in this space. It was exciting to see the number of executives interested in improving their pricing processes. Overall, this year's event attracted a diverse group of corporations and organizations representing over 25 industries.
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Calling Quotes
I wouldn't be surprised to see it start come down slowly, ... I think market trends are going to start driving prices down. I think when prices got to a $3.29 and $3.39 rate, everybody was calling me, saying, 'Why is everyone pricing like that?' The market has never been through anything like this and I think a lot of people didn't know where to price.
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Carefully Quotes
I think the market at this level is not fully pricing in what the Fed is likely to do. We are looking for rates to peak at 5.0 percent. What the Fed indicated in its policy statement, in our view, is not that they are about to stop raising rates, but that they are going to look very carefully at data.
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Attitudes Quotes
I think the big story of Christmas will be this shift in consumer attitudes where people felt that stores gouged them with their pricing strategy. The 30 to 40 percent discounts this year instead of the 50 to 70 percent off last year will help profits but will hurt customer loyalty in the long term.
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Activity Quotes
Over the next few weeks, we expect oil service companies to post strong fourth-quarter results and likely provide bullish guidance for 2006, including positive data points on both activity and pricing trends, which should fuel sharp earnings growth for oil service companies over the next few years and ultimately push stock prices higher.
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Account Quotes
Our sales force will become strategic partners with customers, thereby building greater trust and influence. We will tailor the location and composition of our account teams to fit our customers' differing requirements. We will devote more resources toward our customers and broaden our sales capabilities and influence beyond merchandising to assortment, pricing and shelving.
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Affected Quotes
Our first quarter results were affected by comparatively higher claims expense in both our employee benefits and individual disability businesses, which we have said can fluctuate widely from quarter to quarter. The slower rate of premium growth for the quarter was largely attributable to the effects of our ongoing commitment to pricing discipline in what was noted as a very price competitive renewal and sales environment for the quarter.
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Adequate Quotes
Overall, beyond salary and overhead, pricing department budgets contribute to qualitative and quantitative pricing studies that inform products' final pricing structure. In such a tough market, companies must spend more money for adequate research if their products are to be successful.
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Again Quotes
Our call was based on the next six to nine months where we think that oil pricing is at the top end of its trading range. And speaking about the production cutbacks that you alluded to, we are concerned that the OPEC nations will start to overproduce once again going forward over the next several months because of how high oil prices currently are, ... And we have a hard time seeing how investors are going to make money going forward from these current levels.
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Anticipate Quotes
Our outlook for 2006 is for operating earnings per share growth within our long-term goal of 12% to 15%, but at the lower end of the range due to the expected dilution related to the equity offering completed during the fourth quarter. We anticipate core loan growth will continue to be within our targeted range of 10% to 14%. Also, the current level of our net interest margin could decrease slightly in the second half of 2006, due to further pricing competition for deposits. Our outlook assumes a stable economic environment and continued strong credit quality.
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Affiliates Quotes
Participating members may save up to 40 percent through national networks of participating health care providers. Since the program is not an insurance plan or policy, any person at any age can enroll and may include their entire family for one low monthly price. This is the first step employers can take to provide an affordable health benefit for their staff. We're pleased to offer Magnuson Hotel affiliates reduced monthly pricing to make this investment even more affordable.
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Activity Quotes
Stable demand and rising land values have placed upward pressure on pricing resulting in a 14.4 percent increase in average asking rates in only six months. With robust sales activity and mom-and-pop operators seeking expansion opportunities, we believe there is room for additional increases in newly constructed retail centers.
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Airline Quotes
That we have secured such an impressive slate of equity investors and partner support in a period of such industry uncertainty is a strong indication of the prospects and enthusiasm for this transaction, ... We believe that the airline created from the merger of US Airways and America West will bring more choices for customers, as we expand the low-fare pricing structure of America West to dozens of new cities, while also offering passenger-service amenities, such as an attractive frequent flyer program, assigned seating and a First Class cabin.
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Benefit Quotes
(Mergers are) good for the industry. Just the fact that there are fewer companies in the industry should help stabilize pricing in the long term. In the near term, there could be some benefit to Western Digital. There probably will be some merger-related losses. Western Digital is in a good position to pick up share.
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Base Quotes
Micron is a beneficiary of the current weaker pricing environment from the standpoint of its relative cost position, market share, and long term profitability as marginal competitors struggle to maintain a current capital base in a weaker pricing environment, ... Further, while pricing hasn't yet bottomed, investor sentiment is likely near a bottom.