Famous Quotes & Sayings

The recent Sony experience shows us that we need to be thinking about how we ensure that consumers are not surprised by what their software programs do.

John Butler

The recovery is still being held back by the weaker consumer outlook.

We will be looking to enhance the consumer versions of our product later this year with similar features.

We will be demonstrating how consumers can use Yahoo throughout their lives.

This way the creditor risk is minimized, but (the consumer still has the convenience of having a credit card).

This week's focus will be the January US consumer price index, due Wednesday, as the market is awaiting the key inflation data.

This week, consumers can expect to be hearing from retailers reminding them of all the strong promotions they are offering.

This tells me the Fed is correctly looking forward, looking at the risk of consumers pulling back in spending because stocks have fallen. They're working in anticipation of that to make sure the U.S. economy does not slip into recession. I'm very encouraged by the Fed's action.

Bill Richardson

What is important to us is not just that OPEC and other nations make a decision to increase production, but that they do it and get oil into the market because this is not just the United States, ... ...What is most important here is consumer and producing countries need to have a stable price, and that helps them both.

This sale ensures that refineries have the petroleum they need to keep gasoline and diesel fuel flowing to American consumers while production facilities in the gulf region regain their capacity,

The recession has ended, ... It is pretty typical but mild recession because consumer spending remained firm and housing continued to grow.

There has been, and continues to be, a strong shift of consumer spending away from traditional department stores and specialty stores over to discount stores.

We need to encourage policies that recognize that being a little long in electricity is much better for consumers than being a little short,

We think this will be the end of unwanted software on your computer. Consumers deserve to have control over what's on their computers.

John Palfrey

We think there's enormous value ... in giving consumers more control and giving them more information before they do something that could be damaging to their computers. The longer-term goal is we hope that these reports ... will lead the providers of applications to operate more openly and more transparently.

Ted Sarandos

Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.

This year was the year when consumers started to feel their power. But in 2006 and 2007, consumer spending will really take off.

This trend is going to be with us for the foreseeable future. Growth will continue and will be very strong, but it will be more moderate than it was last year, ... Make no mistake about it - this growth will continue. Consumer spending will continue to grow, but it's not going to suddenly stop or go back. It will continue at a more reasonable pace.

Shoichi Nakagawa

To restore consumer confidence, Japan may need to take its own measures, including inspections of designated facilities, for example.

My view is make Indian manufacturing competitive, and if it is competitive, it can serve customers or consumers anywhere.

We have consumers spending in a healthy but not excess pace. They are an important prop to the economy but not a major driver.

The real question is, What will consumers do? That's a key part of the equation.

We conducted this study to get a feel for how consumers feel about the two formats.

We want to offer the consumer the most integrated way of doing business,

We knew going into this that one of the most popular days for streaming video throughout the year is the Super Bowl. We knew with the hype this year, there was going to be more of an emphasis placed by consumers on historic video commercials.

We knew consumers weren't satisfied with traditional payment options online.

Though Mother's Day celebrations and gifts will vary, many consumers see this as an important day to honor the women in their lives. With all the sacrifices mom has made over the years, Mother's Day is an opportunity to give something back.

Though many consumers are more financially comfortable now than they were a year ago, they are still looking for great prices and savings on gifts and everyday merchandise. The retailers that succeed this holiday season will be those that continue to focus on sales and promotions to drive traffic.

With incomes outpacing spending I think American consumers will keep spending like crazy going into the New Year, ... That's going to be taken into consideration by Greenspan, who's trying to slow things down.

With household finances already under considerable stress, one has to wonder if another round of rate hikes will lead to a more severe cutback in consumer spending.

With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to be contained, further interest rate hikes seem unnecessary.

You have a consumer decision to make, but you don't have a frame of reference to work with.

You have to have a 'wow' factor. The consumer is more demanding, more educated, and hospitals have to adapt. We want to stay in the forefront of creating change.