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These data add to the growing evidence that economic activity has slowed and that any re-acceleration is likely to be short-lived.

The stock markets have been doing reasonably well and there's been a big hike in merger activity over the past couple of years that created a huge amount of fee income. There's also been a move toward the higher fee earning elements.

The stock is really looking ahead to better times down the road. We're expecting of course a Fed rate cut and a resurgence in investment banking activity into next year.

These levels of activity have brought new players, mainly large independents.

The strength of high street activity during the month (November) reflects an abrupt turn in the weather driving demand for winter wear.

John Butler

The story on the activity side is that the recovery is a reflection of better domestic demand, but export orders are contracting at their fastest pace since May. This suggests the UK is still failing to benefit from good global growth.

The slowdown in manufacturing activity will be welcomed at the Federal Reserve, where any sign of economic slowing will be cheered.

The slight depreciation of the rand during March seems to have impacted positively on both the export performance of manufacturers as well as the degree of import competition. This is a positive development. However, compared to other sectors of the South African economy (excluding mining), where both activity and confidence are at high levels, the manufacturing sector is clearly still under pressure.

Robert Higgs

Austria, Germany and the U.S. South did not disappear as a result of their currencies' ruin. Although many people suffered, most people found a way to survive, life went on, and economic activity eventually resumed after the adoption of a 'reformed' or foreign medium of exchange.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.

That's where we're seeing a lot of increased activity now.

That smuggling activity exposes a vulnerability in our border security, and that is a vulnerability we will address.

All available indicators of retail activity are moving in the direction of improving household spending.

All around the world the stress levels of business leaders shot up last year, whether economic activity in their country was picking up or slowing down. Thailand was no exception, with business leaders increasing their stress levels to find opportunities in the current economic climate and also worrying about future political and environmental factors.

James Foley

All American citizens should remain alert to any suspicious activity and take precautionary steps to reduce the profile and vulnerability of any U.S. facilities,

Igor Ivanov

aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the activity of the international inspectors.

Philippe Petit

You see, it's actually very good that a human activity is performed very close to death, because that's where life is. Life is, at its most valuable and most full, very close to the boundary of life.

You see a lot of activity going on there. He's spent almost $800,000 on his renovation. He plans to have about 30 employees. My client believes he needs the (sign variances) to be seen from all lanes of the parkway.

This index is designed so that readings over 50 point to expanding activity in the Midwest factory sector.

This increase ... is most likely a result of an increase in the difficulty of stunts being attempted by cheerleaders in recent years as cheerleading has evolved from a school-spirit activity into an activity demanding high levels of gymnastics skill and athleticism.

This increased housing market activity has clearly led to some recent firming in house prices, and there is undeniably a risk that prices could move sharply higher over the coming months.

They're trying to make home prices more expensive, so some of this speculative activity will decrease, and incomes will have a chance to catch up.

They're totally random. We believe this to be the activity of juveniles. Nobody that called in saw or heard anything overnight.

They (the veterinarians) were quite satisfied that the hunt was very humane and that there was a 98 per cent likelihood that all seals that were skinned were in fact dead before the activity took place.

Although we have already seen a record-setting seven tropical storms during June and July, much of the season's activity is still to come.

Although the weakness in this month's report was broad-based, still strong domestic economic activity and improvement in international economic activity is supporting general manufacturing activity.

Gary Johnson

Although the investigation is in its initial stages we have found no apparent connection to any type of terrorist activity or group.

Although the full force of the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will not be fully known for some time, it is clear that the scope of the devastation is unprecedented for the local economies and is projected to slow U.S. economic activity in the third and fourth quarters.

Although manufacturing activity is still expanding, momentum in the manufacturing sector has clearly faded. This report confirms that the FOMC was correct in pausing their tightening cycle at last week's meeting.

Although little should be made of one month's data, the smaller pace of import decline in November is consistent with other recent data that suggest that U.S. economic activity may be stabilizing.

Although IM threats were down this month, companies need to be aware that we view this as a temporary lull in activity and that the threats are going to get more malicious and sophisticated with time. February saw the first ever worm spread over IM networks using the Apple OS X platform. This speaks to the increased sophistication and ways that virus writers are trying to develop worms for different networks and operating systems. Companies need to know that unless they currently have an IM security solution in place, they are leaving their networks open to security attacks.

Alan Greenspan

Although household spending should continue to trend up, the potential for significant acceleration in activity in this sector is likely to be more limited than in past cycles,

Although home buying remains at relatively high levels, and though no longer robust, refinancing activity has slumped. Less refinancing activity should dampen consumer spending.