Steve Baker
Steve Baker
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Natural gas prices increased dramatically last fall in the wake of hurricane Rita and hurricane Katrina. Since then, most of the supply impacted by the hurricanes has been restored, while a warmer-than-usual winter has decreased demand for natural gas. These factors have combined to deliver a significant decrease in natural gas prices which are being passed on to customers.
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These attractions can open in six months, but it's questionable whether there will be any tourists there by then. It's going to be years before the New Orleans tourist industry comes back. Once engineers get inside a lot of those buildings, they'll discover damage that wasn't visible. A lot of buildings will have to be torn down or completely rebuilt.
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Sales in the first-half of this year have been pretty strong. But one of the biggest issues is the tough year-over-year comparisons.
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They advertised that if you gave them $250 a month upfront, that your money would end up making $10,000 a month,
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There's a huge amount of demand defined by lower prices and growth in broadband and wireless networks. Consumers in the U.S. are adding PCs to their home inventory and finding new and different ways to use them.
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Back-to-school tends to be a very different buying season than others -- much more focused on needs than wants. Productivity products are the big sellers because the money is still coming from Mom and Dad.
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Another thing about back-to-school is that the marketing push from retailers is getting earlier and earlier. It used to start beginning of August, but now we're seeing it as early as mid-July.
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They have been very aggressive about getting share and getting shelf space. We haven't seen a lot from Intel.
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We're hard pressed for labor more than for warehouse space. But we're going to be hard pressed for warehouse space.
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In most cases, these are products that people really need and they have a finite period of time in which to acquire them. So expect prices to be firm.
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I knew of 15 that were coming and expected more, but never expected this many, ... Based on what we're hearing, we'll probably have 60 or so by the time this is over.
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He pretty much had the fire out by the time the fire department got there. When they got there, they checked everything out, just to make sure.
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This is a very exciting time for the industry, ... The pricing across products looks great. Back-to-school was very strong for the group and I expect the same going into the holidays.