The post-Fed performance of the S&P 500 could prove to be the biggest surprise of 2006.
The positive surprise is insurance in Europe, which has performed quite well, including in the Netherlands.
The positive surprise comes from the merchandising operations, which is encouraging.
The PMI is a big upside surprise ... and is at least hinting that services growth stepped up at the end of last year.
Ultimately, it wouldn't surprise me if this is a way for two different groups to raise as much money as possible and then join forces. We are suspicious of their motivation because we know they are motivated by wanting to take away the rights of our families.
Ultimately, criticism that 'The Real World' has devolved into a lesser enterprise comes from the viewers who came of age alongside it, not the teens of the moment that MTV has always existed for.
UK Plc feels it has gone as far as it can in accommodating tax rises that have weakened our international competitive position. The trend we now want to see is a downward one not an upward one,
U.K. May PPI data are unlikely to move markets markedly, in spite of the large rise in input prices, since this was largely due to the rebound in oil prices.
UK is a great team. I think they're going to surprise a lot of people this year. They did a great job, it's a hostile environment here in Lexington and they just came up short.
UK imports of goods excluding oil ... rose for a fourth successive month in February, and by substantial 4.5 percent, suggesting that domestic demand may have surprised on the upside in the first quarter.