Steve Baker
Steve Baker
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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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It's hard to make money in this market if you are not Apple. Now There is little barrier to anyone wanting to enter the market.
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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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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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The con artists have discovered the Internet, ... Digital Jam.
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It's not the products -- it's the business model,
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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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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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With some of the refineries now shut down in the Houston area and their workers evacuated, we are pulling from operations east of the area,
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We are employing lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and trying to take the steps now that will help us get back up and running depending on the impact,
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You can get PC's with DVD burners in them for under $1,000 and DVD recorders for between $350 to $500.
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You have to question whether it's legal for the state, in essence, to take away benefits from a pension system that people have been paying into, where they've been promised, with nothing in return - not a negotiated reduction, nothing.
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We'll be delivering what's in the lines as soon as we have the power back on.
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We don't have that kind of borrowing power.