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I think investors should strongly invested, ... They should realize that doom and gloom and all of this talk of recession is typical of major market lows. I think they should realize that the average decline within these long-term 'super bull' markets is 19 percent. And we've been down 27-to-28 percent. It's a great time to buy.

It is a genuine shocker... I don't think anyone anticipated a decline of this magnitude.

I think the market is going to have a good decline early next year because of all the broader issues. To an extent, it doesn't matter who replaces Greenspan, assuming it's not a shocker.

I think the key is that next year, even though Boeing will see about a 15-16 percent decline in revenue, they should still be able to show improvement in the bottom line.

I think the price decline pressure is gradually easing.

I think the fans lost interest starting 10 years ago when Gary Bettman came in, and I think everyone who has watched the game has seen the game decline not only in popularity, but the actual game itself has declined in skill and excitement and fan entertainment value. Something's got to be done. We don't have a TV contract because it's 'a bad game.

I think the Fed is done hiking, but this economy has shown great resilience, so it's far too early to call for a decline in interest rates. I think the Fed's out of the picture for now.

I think that the market is ultimately driven by real forces, ... Once you get a decline started, it's not clear whether people use that as a reason to sell or buy.

It is clear from these results that although the ANC will still be the largest party in South Africa, in absolute terms, its supports continues to decline in election after election.

Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly relates to the aging of the baby boom generation. But the pace of decline accelerated with the recession.

I think we'll continue to see weaker housing starts, but the slowing will be more modest than the 8% decline we saw in February.

I think bonds look attractive enough to buy as yields are appealing. The decline in stocks is creating a comfortable situation for people to buy debt.

I think it's rather ironic these are the accusations management is making, when in fact union density is quite low nationally, ... If the law was so weighted in favor of unions, then we wouldn't have the situation we face today with a significant decline in union density across the country.

I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether it has to do with mental health, whether it has to do with the social decline of our young people and some of the things that they are exposed to, whether it has to do with the firearms and guns.

It is inevitable that we will see a 1% or 1.5% decline in retail sales in an upcoming month as consumers become sated with new vehicles. ... This will not be an indication of any particular vulnerability.

It is a time-tested pattern. February has essentially returned to normal conditions, suggesting to me that we will see a substantial decline in housing starts.

It is an area that has probably been in decline for 30 years.

I think there's a strong probability that digital sales will start to compensate for the decline of physical sales for the global recorded music industry this year.

just as we did in the McCarthy era, we have offset the decline of traditional forms of repression with the development of new forms of repression. A historical comparison reveals not so much a repudiation as an evolution.

Japan is signaling that they're not concerned about the pace of the decline in the yen, so people are going to continue to push the yen lower. Japanese investors are continuing to buy bonds abroad and we see more scope for yen weakness.

Last year as gas prices increased, we didn't see a decline in our visitation. In fact, we had a slight increase. As long as we don't have any dramatic or traumatic fire seasons, which we have experienced in the past, we hope to see a continued incremental increase in visitation each year.

Land reforms alone were responsible for an estimated 12,5% average annual decline in GDP growth. Rainfall played a minimal role in the GDP contraction.

I think consolidation is kind of the theme here. It's been there for the past few days and I think it will continue. I don't think there's a big risk for a major decline out there, but I don't think there's much out there that's going to change what's going on.

I see his expertise as a business I see in decline ? broadcast assets. I'm sure he has a strong skill set, but I'm not sure he has the vision thing these companies are looking for going forward.

People are acting like this is a new issue but it is going to be one-for-one so I don't see any pop or decline in the stock -- it will just continue trading under a new symbol.

Over the past decade we've seen the biggest influx of immigrants in our nation's history and at the same time a decline in resources for wage and hour enforcement at the state and federal level. These centers have become a safety net that's tried to enforce the laws.

Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay are in serious, serious trouble. They've had such a drastic decline in the past century. And things are not getting better under current management strategies.

Our results were driven by a combination of strong top-line growth, continued expense control and improved gross margin performance that reflects the smallest decline we have seen in nearly three years,

Our research will document the decline of pocket gophers in Georgia, identify remaining habitat and discuss steps to ensure the long-term survival of this species.

Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse.

Overall, trends look good and in line with expectations. We were pleasantly surprised to see expenses decline on a linked quarter basis. Also, it appears that deposit growth accelerated in the final month of the quarter.

Overall, the survey is still very strong, but we hoped for a bit better. A further decline next month would be a bit disconcerting, but there is no reason to expect that.

Our budget is down, and that's a good thing. The head count at Sudbury School is about 50 percent of what it was a decade ago and that decline is expected to continue to drop by 5 percent a year.

Retailers are biting their nails because of the large decline in consumer confidence. But it remains to be seen whether consumers will vote with their feet.

Rental revenues have continued to decline over the last several months, and the market weakness we are currently experiencing has been more severe and longer lasting than anticipated,

Really, it's entirely the very strong investment we made to build up an industry-leading dot.com position. Our normal retail profits are up materially from the prior year. This decline simply reflects the very significant investment we've made over a six-quarter period to build up our dot.com business. And as we announced, we're already seeing terrific rewards from that.

Rebate checks, a rate reduction on tax day and a stimulus package helped turn three quarters of decline into two quarters of growth,

Relative abundance is an index of what's out there. We know a lot of these species move, but within what we have the data for, we are seeing this decline range.

Supplies are pretty lush. Once this report is digested we should see a big decline in prices. The geopolitical concern and economic growth are still there in the background supporting prices.

Such a decline would be an unwelcome headwind for the continuing recovery but it would not reverse the upward trajectory that we've been on,

Spotify appeared nine years after Napster, the pioneering file-sharing service, which unleashed piracy on the record business and began the cataclysm that caused worldwide revenues to decline from a peak of twenty-seven billion dollars in 1999 to fifteen billion in 2013.

Some of the steam has come off the housing market, but the decline in activity will be gradual and orderly.

Some of this may have to do with the rental market, which is where more of this direct-to-video product ends up going. We've seen a consistent decline in this category since 2003, but it seems to be accelerating.

Some investors are worrying about the slowdown in the housing market, a key driver of the U.S. economy. The abrupt slowdown in the housing market could lead to a loss of consumer confidence and a decline in assets, which makes investors cautious about buying the dollar.

That decline is considerably less than we've seen in other years.

That decline has taken a heavy toll on our industry as a whole -- from songwriters losing their jobs to record stores, especially those around college campuses, closing their doors.

That certainly is part of the issue. People have stakes (in the stock market) have noticed these things. If you get to the top quarter or the top 10 percent, then these consumers have mentioned decline in stock market prices much more often.

My opinion is we're seeing market liquidations of many of the former high-flying Internet stocks, ... A lot of the stocks are down. Margin calls happen when stocks decline by more than 35 percent. And we're seeing more than 35-percent declines in many former high flyers.

Looking into the second quarter, what could move us higher is a decline in oil prices, lower bond yields, solid economic data that is non inflationary and stronger growth on the earnings front.

Look for manufacturing employment to continue to decline in the coming quarters -- a clear negative for overall employment quality.

Lincoln's CSI performance was also helped by improved vehicle quality. This has translated into a 14 percent decline in the volume of repairs needed, meaning that more of Lincoln's work is maintenance-only, which is easier from a customer satisfaction viewpoint.

I will tell you right off the bat, I believe the (unemployment) decline is a little exaggerated.

I think people have a growing interest in beverages which are lighter and have actual or perceived functional benefit. I think we've seen a decline in regular soft drinks for some time.

I think Mr. (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan is partially responsible for the latest decline in the market, because in his last testimony, he said something that was quite important, and I think he gave a wake-up call to the market. He said that they were - they had not made a decision yet about the August interest rates.

I think if anything, interest rates will stay still or decline and that could potentially offset the petrol issue.

I think Monday's decline is pretty modest after last week's sprint, so a bit of a pullback is not a complete surprise.

Manufacturing is still mired in a deep recession, although the rate of decline may be slowing. The rapid adjustment in reducing inventories will eventually slow and ultimately reverse, giving the factory sector a lift.

We now believe PC shipments will not show any growth from the prior year and will show a decline for the full fiscal year 2002.

I would not expect any precipitous decline in housing. I would expect it to just be leveling off, and you would see new source of growth from business fixed investment.

Most of the cost benefits - both on an operational and regulatory basis - have now been achieved so ITV will need to reverse the top-line decline to be able to perform beyond 2005.

Most analysts are on record with expectations of a decline in corn planting intentions and an increase in intentions for soybeans. The debate generally centers on the magnitude of the changes. Acreage of spring-planted crops, however, could deviate from intentions due to escalating spring wheat prices; potential for abandoned hard red winter wheat acreage to be replanted to other crops; changes, if any, in price relationships of spring-planted crops; and spring weather conditions.

Michigan is not yet at rock bottom, but it will be in three to five years. We are a seeing an economic decline in the next five years.

Wholesale gasoline prices have dropped across the country and West Coast gasoline inventory is strong. That actually led to a slight decline in pump prices in the last few days, although overall averages are still higher than at this time last week. However, oil industry analysts expect wholesale prices to start heading up again once the more expensive summer-grade fuel starts going on the market at the end of February.

Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... got people's attention. That made it possible to start looking at this in great detail.

While the decline in inflation can certainly accommodate a rate cut, we believe the bank will defer such a decision until any potential petroleum price hikes and their likely impact on inflation becomes clearer.

Wireless high-speed data is their one shot to stem the precipitous decline in voice (average revenue per user), which they need to make up with really compelling features.

We continued to see solid double-digit sales growth from the vast majority of our businesses in the third quarter, ... This has enabled us to offset the decline in business units affected by Asia.

We're all looking at Disney's numbers and particularly what they said about weakness in the current quarter and it's got the investment community spooked about a decline in demand overall.

We have taken a lot of steps not only to arrest the decline in military spending, but in fact to reverse it.

While any decline is encouraging, we remain concerned because too many people continue to act out their anti-Jewish hatred. We have always said that America is different, that the Jewish communities here are fortunate to be largely immune from the kind of anti-Semitic violence experienced by some European Jewish communities. The numbers remain sobering because we know from painful experience that it only takes one incident of anti-Semitism to affect an entire community.

Without a doubt, the decline mainly reflects the run-up in gasoline prices.

We don't see rates declining much further or a significant firming in the near future, partly because ample capital is flowing into the market after the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, we are encouraged by the ongoing development of our internal sales culture and by our ability to complete and integrate acquisitions. We anticipate further improvement in both areas in 2006. We also anticipate that contingent commissions could decline this year due to loss experience for insurers in 2005.

We expect a decline in consumer confidence as several factors come to bear on the consumer.

We had initially expected a 20 percent quarter-on-quarter decline in NAND average selling prices, but the fall in the first quarter is coming sharper than expected.

We've moved on from the days when the main impact of digital technology was to harm our industry by facilitating rampant online and physical theft. The day is surely within our sights when digital growth outstrips physical decline and we can all compete for share of a growing pie.

Usually, one would see a ratio of less than 50 percent for industrial and transportation companies; however, that's the peak and from there, it should decline as they use free cash flow to pay down debt.

We believe the decline in share prices ... has gone well beyond what the fundamentals suggest,

Today's weak market performance is the result of some worse-than-expected earnings reports and a decline in the consumer confidence report.

Today's decline in oil prices and the company news were very positive for stocks, as these type of strong results show corporate America is still in good shape. But trading is coming to a bit of a halt before the Fed. The interest-rate outlook can't be ignored.

My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian of decline.

While we have expected weaker trends in orders, we were surprised by the magnitude of the 20% decline in the quarter given the significant community growth.

We can attribute some of last month's decline to the rise in the Canadian dollar and increased concern among companies as to the impact this will have on export penetration and earnings, but at the end of the day the Ivey has never been a valued directional indicator because of its volatility and desks may partially dismiss the decline as a result.

We had expected a snap-back in consumer spending after a decline in May, and that's what these numbers showed, ... Consumers appeared to be optimistic in their spending, despite the stock market and the ongoing corporate frauds and malfeasance.

The practice of torture, though on decline particularly in urban areas, remains widespread in China.

Unfortunately, what has precipitated this decline is a real fear of interest rates rising. Personally and professionally, I think interest rates go a little higher than most people expect and until that happens, until we see the end of that fear, I think the market between now and the end of June is going to be very, very nervous.

Though this news is clearly a disappointment, we believe that the damage is largely done and the 10 percent decline in the stock price fully compensates for the approximately 8 percent reduction in the earnings outlook for next year.

Though the decline in the U.S. market was quite severe, strong growth in other parts of the world such as Western Europe and Asia/Pacific kept worldwide damage in check.

We are seeing some cheap buying after yesterday's decline which was a bit overdone. Some good U.S. earnings results has also encouraged some people.

We are seeing smaller increases in both than we have previously. But it can be a gradual process. We are predicting and we are going out on a big limb here a slowing of the increases, possibly leading even to a decline in the future.

We are seeing a decline and it's real.

The polarization of Congress; the decline of civility; and the rise of attack politics in the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early years of the new century are a blot on our political system and a disservice to the American people.

The pieces are in place for the Canadian dollar to continue to strengthen and the U.S. dollar to continue to lose ground. I believe that we are in the start of a gradual decline of the U.S. dollar that will take us somewhere in the territory of parity ? we are only 10 per cent away from that now.

The overall picture in September is one of negligible decline in manufacturing activity. Production registered significant growth, with nine industries reporting greater output. Deliveries of commodities were somewhat slower. However, commodities appear to be in ample supply as once again the short supply list is vacant.

The overall industry outlook is not improving in the short term, and the economic conditions in Asia Pacific and Latin America continue to negatively impact our business, ... The domestic market is suffering from heavy promotions at retail, which is affecting our performance. And the well publicized conditions in Japan and Korea, our two largest markets in the Far East, has caused reported sales to decline approximately 50 percent when compared to last year.

The overall decline in our boys' business hurt toys' profitability because that is a high margin business for us,

The pending decision against Microsoft and the decline in the share price was absolutely the catalyst for the sell-off. To the extent these companies may do very well in the next year, I think there may be buying opportunities here.

The outsized decline in starts in November is a bit confusing given the steady and elevated pace of permitting over the last several months.

When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.

When Dickens arrives in the United States in November of 1867, he's already in questionable health. So by the end of the trip, he was really in failing condition, and really, he would never recover completely after this point, and you could sort of draw a straight line to his ultimate decline and death.

We're likely to see a correction this year after the run we've had, as well. But the outlook for third and fourth quarter earnings has been good, and if the economic data continue to improve, we could see a slightly more narrow decline that what people have been expecting.