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Earnings are supposed to be up 10 percent by the second quarter of 2002 if you look at the consensus numbers, ... But our guess is that they'll be down about 10 percent by the second quarter of 2002.

Essentially traders can't seem to come to a consensus this week over the state of the US economy and this is leaving markets in a somewhat volatile state.

Ron James

(Ferraro) has a model of what he wants, and either I fit into that model or I don't. When the season ends, we'll come to a consensus if we're heading in the right direction or the wrong direction.

Everyone wants to get through the Fed with the affirmation. The consensus in the marketplace is no move out of the Fed and I do think that's been priced into the market.

Jalal Talabani

We should have a consensus between the three groups -- Shiites, Kurds and the Sunnis,

There had been tremendous progress toward a consensus in creating a human rights council. That consensus has now been damaged because Bolton picked up the pages of the draft document and threw them into the air.

We're going through the roof here on the expectation of a 48-hour war. If the war is over quickly, you might see a 1,000-point rally on the Dow -- that's what the consensus is. Obviously, it's one of those things which might turn true before it even happens, which is dangerous.

Jose Maria Aznar

We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some.

At the chancellery, he is someone who never pushed himself into the foreground or sought the media spotlight but tried to get positions with consensus from the various ministries.

Constitutions can do two things for you. When you have a fundamental consensus they can codify it and enforce it. The second thing is that the process can be more important than the product; the process of getting all the sides sitting down and talking can be healthy.

Don't run the consensus up, especially not in the first quarter.

There's getting to be a general consensus that what is good for your heart is good for your brain.

Michael Shifter

There's no consensus on how to move forward.

There's more consensus . . . within the economics profession about how the world works than there was in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

The resolution is unacceptable and illegal. The Europeans evenfailed to get a consensus on it.

India welcomes all initiatives, including from Russia, which could enable a consensus to be reached on this issue.

Jeff Olson

I know that he (McKie) is only accused. But the consensus of members I've spoken to was that he should at least be suspended during this. A number of members have told me how upset they are. I feel sorry for the volunteers, because they do such great work.

If the parties succeed in reaching a consensus on technical details before the tripartite meeting, a final decision about the project can possibly emerge in that meeting.

Burt Rutan

If you don't have a consensus that it's nonsense, you don't have a breakthrough.

Larry Robinson

It seemed that it was either 10 years or 40 years or life. It was one of those. That seemed to be the consensus of it.

It was a very quick and strong consensus for Matt Doherty.

George Allen

It may be several years down the road or months down the road we can get a consensus on how you handle a good temporary-worker system.

Intel revenue and earnings per share were in line with our expectations, but consensus for 2001 will be slightly down revenue, which has not occurred since 1986,

Li Zhaoxing

Instead, the member states should seek consensus through dialogue and consultation and in accordance with the principle of democratic international relations,

I really can't say for sure what the consensus might be at this time. Obviously, the (landlord ordinance) is not a good one because it violates state law. I think we need to start off with that premise with anything we do.

He's leading the whole thing the whole year long. I think you've got to look at the strength of his year. I think the consensus was Dana had a longer, better year.

Horizon is excited to be the first in the U.S. market to offer the 40-inch and 42-inch SAW touch screen displays. This product development is the direct result of strong demand from our customers and is consistent with the market consensus of growing demand for large interactive displays.

But I think there's a general consensus that times have changed, and we've been more fortunate than anything else that we've only had 9/11.

We share the wish for a national consensus for peace as a passport for the reconstruction of our country.

Something's driving this train, and I think there is a growing consensus that at least fresh gases have reached older magma that is shallow in the volcano, activating it.

Silvio Berlusconi

This can happen only if there is wide consensus and wide support for reform.

When you look at the stronger (applications), they are very, very descriptive in what they're doing. The general consensus was that it was just a weak application. There was nothing unique about the application.

There seems to be a strong consensus that the Fed isn't going to do anything.