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My concern is that inventories are so low, some businesses will actually miss sales through stock-outs.

More and more people are arriving to work earlier and earlier. Given the ever-growing use of cell phones, the Internet, and other communications options, many businesses operate 24 hours a day today. There is a growing necessity to get to work earlier.

Montana is transitioning from a natural resource economy to a human-resource-based economy. Economic production is now more decentralized than 30 years ago. This has flattened the economic playing field so that businesses can do things in small towns that used to have to be done in big cities.

More and more businesses have invested in good health among their employees. It's an example of doing well for the bottom line as well as for employee health.

More and more businesses are recognizing the value in building customer loyalty and see mystery shopping as an essential marketing component.

More and more businesses are becoming aware that helping tackle climate change is not just a cost, but an opportunity as well.

Monetary policy has to be somewhat accommodative, since a tightening in credit will likely cause liquidity difficulties in businesses that are suffering from overcapacity.

Most accountants will tell you the majority of small businesses run as an S Corporation.

Now, the railroad is in the top five employers in the city. They pay very good wages for employees, they're stable. When you look at our portfolio of businesses and diverse business activities, this is one of our bedrock companies.

Now, with a single step, city departments, businesses and private citizens can access a tool that will help speed the rebuilding of New Orleans into a better, safer and stronger city.

New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer.

New federal criminal penalties are needed to deter and punish these dishonest individuals and businesses and to put them out of business permanently.

RFID is very important to businesses and it is very important to citizens, but it also raises concerns about trust. If we don't remove the trust problem, well then the business won't fly.

Philosophically, what you don't ever want government to do is to put legally operating businesses out of business. That's not the proper role of government.

Policymakers need to understand how dependent the U.S. economy is on innovative risk-takers that make up the small to medium manufacturing sector. The U.S. Congress and the Administration must promote public policies that allow and encourage small and midsize manufacturers to thrive in that role. The innovation we see in abundance in small and midsize businesses comes with great risk. This report identifies specific tools and resources that can help manufacturers manage risk without compromising their commitment to innovation in today's highly competitive global marketplace.

Portions of this are somewhat vague. We would need to update daily what businesses had business with the city.

Nine farmers across India have committed suicide after their businesses suffered huge losses.

Nike soccer represents one of our top three businesses today, an incredible achievement from where we started in 1994. We have great momentum. In the past four years, we have more than doubled Nike's soccer business worldwide, and we have established brand leadership in the hearts and minds of consumers. We are confident that Nike product innovation and our connection to players and consumers will continue to drive significant growth.

Night is the best time to visit sewers, because the businesses dispelling the most waste are closed, and the flows are calmer.

Ninety-five percent of the world?s consumers are outside of the U.S., and U.S. businesses need to think globally to expand their market share. The International Buyer Program can save U.S. firms valuable time and resources in meeting potential buyers.

New Yorkers have a clear choice: A candidate for governor who hopes he can do a good job protecting the environment, or one who has actually done it. Bill Weld has a proven record of protecting our air and water and preserving open space, and he did it while cutting taxes, balancing budgets and turning an entire economy around for businesses and families.

On one hand you have very strong signals from businesses services, but on the other quite weak ones from the retail sector. That's going to drag overall services growth down.

Only successful businesses can secure and create jobs.

On the other hand, people are living longer now. That is kind of the negative side. If people are living longer, these businesses won't grow all that fast.

One of the biggest problems businesses face in the aftermath of a natural disaster like this is a diminished workforce. Unless it's a 'mom and pop' operation, businesses can't operate without a staff. Good planning could help avoid this problem.

One of the most important services provided by our website is to find a business feature. From this site you can just type in a one word description, such as restaurant or clothing, and you will be given a list of every business in Southlake that fits that criteria. It's a great tool for newcomers and current residents because new businesses open everyday and it is hard to keep up with them unless you have a database like this to search.

One of their fundamental strategies was the same as ours - to move into businesses that were fee-driven and not so capital-intensive, and that is managing hotels instead of owning them.

I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief.

I would expect they're going to have real difficulty putting a jury pool together. If people are back in New Orleans, they're going to be rebuilding their homes or businesses or both.

I would have a quarrel with any bill that would give the information to businesses before anyone else. OPRA did some very good things to make the record open, but it hasn't done anything to change the mind-set.

If we get good prices on the businesses we like, I'm willing to buy,

If they don't, then the businesses will locate wherever they want to locate -- that's the irony.

If they have a license, it makes it easier for us to inspect. So many times we hear about these businesses by word of mouth or read it in the newspaper or else are just driving by and see a new establishment.

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

I'd like to see a renewed focus on our neighborhoods, not only our neighborhoods but on our downtown area. To me, we have to have a clean environment downtown so our businesses can thrive.

Idaho must keep focusing on building top quality engineering schools, specialize in areas you can compete and specialize on what local businesses are good at.

I am definitely concerned about the businesses closing. I want to see businesses opening up in Penn Hills. People need to understand we need to support our local businesses.

I am ideologically opposed to involving private businesses for the purpose of avoiding prevailing wage rates.

I believe this is good for businesses and good for the taxpayer.

I believe these decisions will contribute to a better understanding of 3 Italia's business in the marketplace and will result in Hutchison shareholders to recognize the value of their investment in both 3 Italia and our other 3G businesses to go forward.

I believe the private sector and small businesses drive our economy, and that means the federal government should work to ensure the private sector is as robust as possible.

I believe that such fears are overblown. Advance labor-market indicators like Manpower's survey of businesses indicate that hiring plans are on the rise. So while it is true that job gains have been slow in coming, they typically are anemic in the early stages of recovery.

I believe that such fears are overblown, ... Advance labor-market indicators like Manpower's survey of businesses indicate that hiring plans are on the rise. So while it is true that job gains have been slow in coming, they typically are anemic in the early stages of recovery.

I believe you need to stay open longer. I come in and work at night. But a lot of businesses close because they can't afford the help.

Certainly, in the same way the Web has leveled the playing field for businesses of all sizes to compete, search has taken that one step further. It allows Mom and Pops to get that much closer to shoppers they wouldn't ordinarily come into contact with.

Certain applications are too big to write quickly. In other cases, businesses will not readily switch to another application to run on Linux if they are happy with the current software's performance.

CDP alone doesn't provide for offsite protection. Businesses should look for a solution that provides both local and offsite backup.

Capitalists seem uninterested in capitalism, even as eager entrepreneurs can't get financing. Businesses and investors sound like the Ancient Mariner, who complained, 'Water, water everywhere - nor any drop to drink.'

But there aren't any businesses there (in that annexed section) to speak of, just residents.

But the evidence is still out on whether any of the sludge left behind on the streets and in homes and businesses after the water was pumped out is particularly toxic. I would certainly still caution anyone cleaning up and handling that material not to do it without good protective clothing and gear.

But the core businesses are still suffering. It's a mixed bag.

Businesses would rather go to a state where the employees have the right to join a union or not to join a union. In that sense, then, it's sort of a zero-sum game - where they are competing with and attracting business from other states.

Businesses will be adding workers, so productivity growth will stay modest in 2006. The increase in unit labor costs is something the Federal Reserve is aware of, and it adds to the case they're going to continue raising rates.

Businesses which import products into San Diego also are impacted.

Businesses were more willing to come to the area where they knew there would be a highly educated work force.

Businesses were liquidating inventory last fall at a frenetic pace and adding to weakness in the economy's production. It looks like the rate of inventory liquidation is starting to slow, and a basis is forming from that reduction for a rise in the economy.

Businesses want to succeed. They want to make sure they get access and a hearing, regardless of who's in office. They're very bottom-line oriented.

Businesses today are seeing an increasing need to more rapidly adapt to changing environments. If you need a biz to be agile you need an architecture to be agile, too.

Businesses that distribute information and news are in the business of training and teaching people.

Businesses that decide to be reality based and identify where they're vulnerable to climate impact, that start thinking about how to buffer against it, are going to be able to take advantage of shortages. When the water runs out, not everyone is in the same pickle.

Businesses, small businesses restaurants, service businesses can take a credit off of the minimum wage for the tips that certain employees receive and this is prevalent throughout the US.

Businesses seem to be doing everything they can to increase profits without increasing hiring. Unfortunately for the labor market, they appear to be quite successful.

Businesses remain confident in the economic outlook and are committing to significant capital investments.

Businesses relying on those incentives may find them challenged, as in Cuno, by competitors or by departments of revenue unwilling to provide credits under statutes they deem unconstitutional. Either way, Tennessee businesses could potentially be deprived of the benefits provided by many longstanding incentive programs if the Cuno decision is not successfully challenged.

Businesses recognize that information and information security are critical to delivering their products and services.

Businesses pick not just a locality but a state, ... We are not going to give away the state but we are getting positive feed back on our efforts. We want to provide not just incentives but efficiency in the process of getting reviews done and decisions made.

Businesses or factories where we cannot restore profitability to an acceptable level will be closed or sold.

Businesses need to proactively create models that make a difference in society and let everyone else use them, talk about them, emulate them - and build on them.

Businesses need to be 24/7, ... Individuals don't.

Businesses need almost exclusively year-to-year planning cycles. It would be impossible for anybody to take true advantage of any lower-cost power program if it didn't exist for the entire year.

Businesses may react. We saw after 9/11 that there was some caution on the part of businesses regarding capital spending,

Businesses make decisions based on what they are seeing in their order books.

Businesses make business decisions for business reasons. Obviously, the new owner has a different vision. We would certainly be willing to do whatever we can to assist in any transition if that's appropriate.

Businesses located in the Northwest portion of Arkansas tended to report stronger economic conditions than businesses in other parts of the state. However, I do expect reasonably solid job growth for most areas through the second quarter of this year.

Businesses in particular want convenience, with one device, one bill, one provider for all communication services, one contact point to the provider and the same experience on the move and within buildings.

Businesses in North Dakota definitely benefited from much warmer weather for the month according to comments from businesses in our survey. It is difficult to separate out the impacts of weather from more fundamental economic factors, but even so, our survey still points to solid growth in the months ahead.

Businesses in Hastings have to be competitive with the rest of the U.S. We need to provide opportunities for those business to locate and expand and be able to make that profit so they can provide the payroll that will turn over in the community in terms of retail sales.

Businesses have to make gestures that go beyond words. Persuasion no longer works.

Businesses have to feel safe or they won't come to the city. If customers don't feel safe they won't patronize the businesses. In economic terms, crime prevention is critical. Even if there's no crime, if you're in fear of it, you're a victim of the crime.

Businesses have responded rapidly to the economic climate, showing the dynamic nature of the U.S. economy, and it's very good for the long-term outlook.

Businesses have regained confidence in the sustainability of this economic expansion and have started to hire people in earnest. Employers are trying to boost employment by adding more workers, not more hours per worker.

Businesses have not been able to identify employees who know what they are doing and have confidence to apply what they understand,

Businesses have come and gone at Homeboy Industries. We have had starts and stops, but anything worth doing is worth failing at. We started Homeboy Plumbing. That didn't go so well. Who knew? People didn't want gang members in their homes. I just didn't see that coming.

Businesses have been very generous in donating to our silent auction. They have donated many gift certificates and other items.

Businesses have been through a lot over the last few years, and many of them don't have a great deal of tolerance for uncertainty.

Businesses have been investing at a record pace in productivity enhancing equipment. If you have free cash flow beyond your investment needs, then how do you increase value to shareholders?

Businesses have been clamoring for the leading e-mail providers, like Microsoft, to enhance the capabilities of mail servers.

Businesses had been relying on that tax cut. They've sent a very bad message that we're not as much of a business-friendly state as we would like to be.

Businesses go where they are welcome. One of the most welcoming features of a state is a fair legal system. When businesses set up shop in your state, they bring jobs, an expanded tax base, and economic vitality.

Businesses give a higher priority to profitability and earnings.

Businesses don't want to train them just to lose them.

Businesses continue to look at the future with some skepticism. Companies again report weaker employment outcomes in December, while capital spending also weakened somewhat. The official cash rate is even more firmly on hold for the foreseeable future.

Businesses are using texts more than ever because they are seeing the power of convenience.

Businesses are the most sensitive to changing economic dynamism, followed by households and, lastly, the government. Right now, the household sector is catching up.

Businesses are stepping up. They're flush, and they're increasingly confident.

Businesses are starting to ramp up spending on new equipment and technology and consumer spending looked relatively strong in January, despite predictions that they were tapped out. This may mean fewer job cuts in the months ahead as companies try to meet the steady demand for their products.

Businesses are simply not able to pass any additional costs through to final consumers. They were bargain hunters in good times, and now they're really bargain hunters . This says there is room for the Fed to do whatever it needs to do to maintain growth.

Businesses are showing increased optimism in their hiring plans.

Businesses are running up against capacity constraints and have no choice but to hire, and that may bid up wages. Productivity is decelerating and inflation pressures keep creeping up.

Businesses are regaining confidence to the point where they are now actively hiring new workers.